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		<title>The cult of Christian celebrity</title>
		<link>http://www.alanrudnick.org/2012/02/the-cult-of-christian-celebrity/</link>
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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>Steve Jobs, the Modern Prophet?</title>
		<link>http://www.alanrudnick.org/2011/10/steve-jobs-the-modern-prophet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 13:56:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Rudnick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past Sunday a private memorial service was held at Stanford University&#8217;s chapel for Steve Jobs, the juggernaut of the personal computing world.  Jobs&#8217; passing has many of us reflecting on the work of one man&#8217;s life. His leadership provided for many visionary changes that have affected the world. Like the prophets from old, one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why 9 in 10 Believe in God but not Church</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 12:45:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Rudnick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many in the religious right have been running for the hills because this &#8220;godless&#8221; nation is become too secular.  The rhetoric of our nation&#8217;s direction is flawed by the growth of atheists and secularists is over played.  It seems a recent Gallup study confirmed what has simply is unknown to many: We are still a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lewis Fellows: Kansas City or Bust</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2010 15:30:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Rudnick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past week was crazy.  I didn&#8217;t have any time to blog or tweet. I traveled to Kansas City, MO with the Lewis Fellows and spent some time with pastors of dynamic churches.  When I returned to New York, I went back to the airport to welcome Gary Long, our retreat speaker.  Saturday the church [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Age Segregation in Church</title>
		<link>http://www.alanrudnick.org/2010/09/age-segmented-worship/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2010 15:45:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Rudnick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the last 30 years, age-segmented worship was an unforeseen effect of the contemporary worship movement within Christianity.  What has developed in many (not all) churches are two worship services.  A traditional service with older adults and a commentary service with younger adults.  This results into a type of age segregation in congregations. Several blogs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guest Blogger: Tripp Hudgins the AngloBaptist</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 10:35:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Rudnick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Part III: Sacrament vs. Ordinance: Guest Blogger, Tripp Hudgins (AngloBaptist).  Check out Part I &#38; Part II. Alan generously asked me to participate in this blog series on Baptist sacramentality and immediately I said yes. I wanted to chime in. But it took me a while to figure out how I could share my thoughts. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why No One Likes Evangelism</title>
		<link>http://www.alanrudnick.org/2010/06/why-no-one-likes-evangelism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 10:43:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Rudnick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the years, I have encountered many Christians who do not feel comfortable with evangelism.  Loosely, evangelism is the process in which Christians seek to convert or share the Gospel of Christ to others.  When you say the word &#8220;evangelism&#8221; at a church meeting, thoughts of door knocking, Bible tracks, and street preaching come to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reports of the Demise of Mainline Churches Have Been Greatly Exaggerated</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:32:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Rudnick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A fresh report from the Barna Group has yielded some surprising results: Mainline churches are not dying! I should be honest with you, nation wide, mainline churches are not growing either.  In the past decade, the six mainline church denominations (American Baptist Churches in the USA, Episcopal Church, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America;  Presbyterian Church [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Q&amp;A with Author Russell Rathbun</title>
		<link>http://www.alanrudnick.org/2009/10/qa-with-author-russell-rathbun/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:34:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Rudnick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Author Russell Rathbun spoke with On the Bema about his new book, nuChristian: finding faith in a new generation (Judson Press).  Russell is a founding minister with Debbie Blue of House of Mercy, a pioneering emergent church in St. Paul, Minnesota. Rathbun is also the author of Midrash on the Juanitos (Cathedral Hill Press,2009) and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review: NuChristian</title>
		<link>http://www.alanrudnick.org/2009/10/book-review-nuchristian/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:47:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Rudnick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As part of Judson Press&#8217; blog tour for Russell Rathbun&#8217;s new book, nuChristian: finding faith in a new generation, I have had the wonderful opportunity to preview and review this insightful book.  In addition, Wednesday of this week, I will feature a Q &#38; A with Russell about his new book.  On Friday, Russell will [...]]]></description>
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