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		<title>Why Church? &#8211; Good Question&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 01:53:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, I preached a series of sermons called &#8216;Love My Church&#8217;. I was seeking to develop a very positive mindset toward the church, and why we should engage more deeply with it. That got me asking another set of questions, and those questions have grown into a series of posts&#8230; For those who don&#8217;t know [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=davidgroenenboom.com&#038;blog=4357947&#038;post=328&#038;subd=davidgroenenboom&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;When I was a stranger&#8230;&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 02:35:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning&#8217;s news reports Bernie Fraser, former Governor of Australia&#8217;s Reserve Bank, as saying, &#8216;For a long time I&#8217;ve thought Australia could become something of a special country, a demonstration of a country that was competitive, fair and compassionate and I&#8217;m afraid those hopes have been dashed…&#8217; [ABC News] One area where compassion and consideration [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=davidgroenenboom.com&#038;blog=4357947&#038;post=318&#038;subd=davidgroenenboom&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rethinking Refugees</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Mar 2012 00:08:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have just had a vivid dream. And not being one who dreams a lot, I thought it was worth sharing. I was at an outdoor venue listening to my daughter (@melodyjoyg) speak about Australia&#8217;s current treatment of refugees. Melody always speaks with passion and warmth, and this time was no exception. Except that I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=davidgroenenboom.com&#038;blog=4357947&#038;post=314&#038;subd=davidgroenenboom&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Which Road Are You On?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 04:14:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last weekend I attended &#8216;The Road Event&#8217;, a tremendously stimulating conference organized by Über, a Christian church in Melbourne Eastern suburbs. The conference charted the development of cultural trends and ideas that have worked together to influence how we see life and how we view ourselves and our world. It all sounds a bit philosophical [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=davidgroenenboom.com&#038;blog=4357947&#038;post=308&#038;subd=davidgroenenboom&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Will God really protect me?</title>
		<link>http://davidgroenenboom.com/2012/02/21/will-god-really-protect-me/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 22:57:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the primary questions people ask about Christianity is whether it produces actual outcomes: whether it makes a real difference to their lives. We know that Jesus is God&#8217;s son, that he died and rose again, that he rules the universe, and that he is returning to complete his restoration of all things. But [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=davidgroenenboom.com&#038;blog=4357947&#038;post=305&#038;subd=davidgroenenboom&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Following and Sacrifice</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 04:08:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At first thought, following Jesus seems easy. It seems a matter of changing your mind about who Jesus is, recognising and accepting him as Saviour, and acknowledging him as King and Ruler. I suppose it is easy, relatively speaking, to see ‘following Jesus’ as a ‘decision’. Western Christianity often focuses on people making ‘decisions’ to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=davidgroenenboom.com&#038;blog=4357947&#038;post=300&#038;subd=davidgroenenboom&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why the ads on this blog?</title>
		<link>http://davidgroenenboom.com/2012/01/10/whey-the-ads-on-this-blog/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Good question… I have not placed any advertising on this blog, nor have I given approval for anyone else to do so. It seems these ads are something that WordPress allow. I&#8217;ll be looking into what I might do to stop them, but I am not sure how all that will work out. For now, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=davidgroenenboom.com&#038;blog=4357947&#038;post=295&#038;subd=davidgroenenboom&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Follow Me!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 02:12:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reading Matthew 4 this morning I was again struck by how this very simple passage communicates such profound and (possibly) unnerving truths about Jesus. Jesus shows up at the Sea of Galilee, and proceeds to call his first disciples. There is no promotional tour, no bus with a banner, no advertising campaign. Jesus just shows [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=davidgroenenboom.com&#038;blog=4357947&#038;post=292&#038;subd=davidgroenenboom&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;m back&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 00:57:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know, it&#8217;s been a while… My last regular blog post was July 1. Since that time we have said many a tear filled good bye to great friends in Brisbane, moved to the other side of the country, started ministry at Gateway Community Church in Cockburn Central (Perth). I have buried my mother, and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=davidgroenenboom.com&#038;blog=4357947&#038;post=286&#038;subd=davidgroenenboom&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ed Surrey&#8217;s 26 Thoughts on Youth Ministry</title>
		<link>http://davidgroenenboom.com/2011/08/27/ed-surreys-26-thoughts-on-youth-ministry/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Aug 2011 11:18:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today at the EQUIP Youth &#38; Children&#8217;s Ministry Conference, Ed Surrey shared some of his thoughts on youth and children&#8217;s ministry. Well, he works in youth ministry, so it was mainly a youth ministry thing as opposed to a kids ministry thing. Ed expanded on each one of thoughts, of course, but I&#8217;ll record them [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=davidgroenenboom.com&#038;blog=4357947&#038;post=284&#038;subd=davidgroenenboom&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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