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		<title>Book giveaway winner!</title>
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		<dc:creator>Alan Rudnick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guess what? @thomaswhitley won a free copy of &#8220;Introverts in the Church&#8221;. Thank you everyone for entering. Check back for other giveaways.]]></description>
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		<title>The cult of Christian celebrity</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:26:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Rudnick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I must admit, as a pastor it is very easy to raise up followers of your ministry.  That might not sound bad, but it is.  Your purpose as a pastoral leader to raise up disciples of Christ. There are a lot of pastors out there that just make mini-disciples of themselves. Pastors who make people pledge their authority to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gisele Bundchen asks for prayer for Brady, then curses</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:09:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As most of us are talking about Madonna&#8217;s halftime show or Cee Lo Green&#8217;s bling robe this morning. However, Super model Gisele Bundchen, wife to Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, created a stir this weekend. As most upstate New Yorkers around here are cheering the Giants&#8217; win in the Super Bowl, Pats fans are in grief [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Super Bowl: New robes for clergy?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:23:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Super Bowl, okay, let&#8217;s be real&#8230; Madonna Halftime Show 2012 was also a fashion show to roll out the line of Cee Lo Green and Madonna&#8217;s robes for clergy: Bling!]]></description>
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		<title>Book Giveaway</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:09:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Win a copy of “Introverts in the Church” by subscribing to alanrudnick.org, follow @alanrud on Twitter, comment on the book review post, or “Like” the Facebook page. The winner will be selected @ 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, February 7, 2012.]]></description>
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		<title>Who does God want to win the Super Bowl?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:36:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I remember watching the pregame coverage of Super Bowl XXXII in 1998 and being shocked when a reporter asked Green Bay Packers’ defensive end and ordained minister Reggie White if he thought God wanted him to win the Super Bowl. White shot back, “Well, I’m praying to win.” The reporter replied, “Do you think the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PRE-ORDER my book, &#8220;The Work of the Associate Pastor&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:37:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Rudnick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Judson Press just made my book, The Work of the Associate Pastor available for pre-order. Judson currently has a web special of $11.99. From Judson Press: Having spent more than ten years in pastoral staff ministry, Alan R. Rudnick brings a wealth of research and experience to the often undervalued ministry of the associate pastor. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>At prayer breakfast, Obama is theologian-in-chief</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:53:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Rudnick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the National Prayer Breakfast Thursday morning, President Obama got theological in front of 3,000 attendees. Obama pulled passages from the Bible to encourage governmental policies to help the poor and provide more opportunities for the disadvantaged. Drawing from Jesus’ words, the president encourage higher taxes on wealthier Americans. Drawing upon faith tenants from almost every world religion, Obama said, “For me, as a Christian, it also [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Introverts in the Church</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Rudnick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Giveaway: Win a copy of &#8220;Introverts in the Church&#8221; by subscribing to alanrudnick.org, follow @alanrud on Twitter, comment on this post, or &#8220;Like&#8221; the Facebook page. The winner will be selected @ 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, February 7, 2012.   In college, I was able to spend time with two international public speakers, pastors, and authors.  These [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Romney: I&#8217;m not concerned about the very poor</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:25:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the president race unfolds, we received a message from Mitt Romney that will certainly be replayed and analyzed: I&#8217;m not concerned about the very poor&#8230; No matter what he said after that, this is a certain blunder. Romney put the rest of the sentence into context by saying, &#8220;&#8230;there&#8217;s a safety net there, and [...]]]></description>
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