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	<description>"The Resurrection is the eucatastrophe of the story of the Incarnation -- This story begins and ends in joy." J.R.R. Tolkien</description>
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		<title>Christ is . . .</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Christ is the ALPHA and OMEGA of my life, the beginning and the end of it; the author and finisher of it; Christ is the principle of my life, from whom I live: Christ is the end of my life, to whom I live; Christ is the pattern of my life, according to whose example [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.eucatastrophe.com/blog/archives/2008/07/08/christ-is/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;Is there any word from God?&#8221;: Preaching the Gospel to Yourself (Part 4)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You may not agree with Ralph Erskine on every point of interpretation in this series of posts, but he serves us very well by providing wonderful instruction on how to preach the gospel to ourselves whatever our faith-struggles may be:
Go to God and say, O &#8220;do as thou hast said.&#8221; Consider what he hath said, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.eucatastrophe.com/blog/archives/2008/06/30/is-there-any-word-from-god-preaching-the-gospel-to-yourself-part-4/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;Is there any word from God?&#8221;: Preaching the Gospel to Yourself (Part 3)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You may not agree with Ralph Erskine on every point of interpretation in this series of posts, but he serves us very well by providing wonderful instruction on how to preach the gospel to ourselves whatever our faith-struggles may be:
Go to God and say, O &#8220;do as thou hast said.&#8221; Consider what he hath said, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.eucatastrophe.com/blog/archives/2008/06/28/is-there-any-word-from-god-preaching-the-gospel-to-yourself-part-3/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;Is there any word from God?&#8221;: Preaching the Gospel to Yourself (Part 2)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You may not agree with Ralph Erskine on every point of interpretation in this series of posts, but he serves us very well by providing wonderful instruction on how to preach the gospel to ourselves whatever our faith-struggles may be:
Go to God and say, O &#8220;do as thou hast said.&#8221; Consider what he hath said, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.eucatastrophe.com/blog/archives/2008/06/25/is-there-any-word-from-god-preaching-the-gospel-to-yourself-part-2/</link>
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		<title>We Know Not How, O Lord</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is the song I wrote about a year and a half ago.  One of my former students, Jordan Huff, wrote the music for me.
Unfortunately, you can see the shadow of a video behind the text.  It wasn&#8217;t visible when I made the video.  oh well&#8230;


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		<link>http://www.eucatastrophe.com/blog/archives/2008/06/24/we-know-not-how-o-lord-2/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;Is there any word from God?&#8221;: Preaching the Gospel to Yourself (Part 1)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is some wonderful instruction from Ralph Erskine about how to preach the gospel to yourself whatever your faith-struggle may be:
Go to God and say, O &#8220;do as thou hast said.&#8221; Consider what he hath said, and take him at his word, and put him to it, that he would do to you accordingly.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.eucatastrophe.com/blog/archives/2008/06/20/is-there-any-word-from-god-part-1/</link>
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		<title>C.S. Lewis on Christian Effectiveness</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;If you read history you will find that the Christians who did most for the present world were precisely those who thought most of the next.  It is since Christians have largely ceased to think of the other world that they have become so ineffective in this&#8221; (C.S. Lewis).

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		<link>http://www.eucatastrophe.com/blog/archives/2008/06/17/cs-lewis-on-christian-effectiveness/</link>
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		<title>Urgent Request from John Fonville</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Please take a few minutes to read and prayerfully consider this urgent request from John Fonville, blogger at Gospel Driven Blog, regarding the Frase family.  My family has the privilege of eating dinner with them tonight.  We are especially looking forward to meeting the Frase&#8217;s son Joshua.

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		<link>http://www.eucatastrophe.com/blog/archives/2008/06/11/urgent-request-from-john-fonville/</link>
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		<title>Christ: The Only Food of Our Soul</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Now Christ is the only food of our soul, and therefore our Heavenly Father invites us to Christ, that, refreshed by partaking of him, we may repeatedly gather strength until we shall have reached heavenly immortality&#8221; (John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion, 4.17.1).

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		<link>http://www.eucatastrophe.com/blog/archives/2008/06/07/christ-the-only-food-of-our-soul/</link>
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		<title>Not a Matter of our Worthiness</title>
		<description><![CDATA[“Christians often find it difficult to believe that God’s unfailing love is real.  This is where the knowledge and increasing assurance that we are children of God is a refuge and shield against the attacks of Satan.  Just as part of his plan of action in his temptation of Jesus included the issue [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.eucatastrophe.com/blog/archives/2008/06/04/not-a-matter-of-our-worthiness/</link>
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		<title>Announcing Together for Adoption</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What is Together for Adoption?  Check it out here: http://www.togetherforadoption.org

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		<link>http://www.eucatastrophe.com/blog/archives/2008/05/31/announcing-together-for-adoption/</link>
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		<title>Cruver Boys Dunk Sessions (with music)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My two boys, Isaiah (6) and Noah (4), treated us to a little dunk session the other day. The videos I created from the footage are below.   Which of the two versions below do you like the most (both have the same footage, just with different music)?  Also, Isaiah is the right [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.eucatastrophe.com/blog/archives/2008/05/26/cruver-boys-dunk-sessions-with-music/</link>
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		<title>Maria&#8217;s Miracle Fund</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In lieu of flowers, the Chapmans request that all gifts be directed to Maria&#8217;s Miracle Fund at Shaohannah’s Hope. You can donate here in memory of Maria Chapman.  
A blog has been set up where you can leave a message for the Chapmans.  
Here&#8217;s a short video of Maria with her Daddy:



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		<link>http://www.eucatastrophe.com/blog/archives/2008/05/22/marias-miracle-fund/</link>
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		<title>Our Only Comfort in Life and Death</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Heidelberg Catechism
Question 1: What is your only comfort in life and death? 
Answer: That I with body and soul, both in life and death, am not my own, but belong unto my faithful Saviour Jesus Christ; who, with his precious blood, has fully paid for all my sins, and delivered me from all the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.eucatastrophe.com/blog/archives/2008/05/22/our-only-comfort-in-life-and-death/</link>
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		<title>Pray for the Chapman Family</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Maria Sue, the five-year-old adopted daughter of Steven and Mary Beth Chapman, died Wednesday after being struck in the driveway of their home.

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		<link>http://www.eucatastrophe.com/blog/archives/2008/05/22/pray-for-the-chapman-family/</link>
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		<title>Lift Up Thy Bleeding Hand</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Great, great hymn text:

Lift Up Thy Bleeding Hand
1. When wounded sore, the stricken heart
Lies bleeding and unbound,
One only hand, a pierced hand,
Can salve the sinner&#8217;s wound.
2. When sorrow swells the laden breast,
And tears of anguish flow,
One only heart, a broken heart,
Can feel the sinner&#8217;s woe.
Chorus
Lift up Thy bleeding hand, O Lord,
Unseal that cleansing tide;
We have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.eucatastrophe.com/blog/archives/2008/05/21/lift-up-thy-bleeding-hand/</link>
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		<title>Dr. Joel Beeke at Geneva Reformed Seminary</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Joel Beeke, President of Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary, is the graduation speaker for Geneva Reformed Seminary on Friday, June 6, at 7:00 p.m.  If you live near Greenville, South Carolina, let me strongly encourage you to attend.
You can learn about Dr. Beeke&#8217;s soon-to-be-released book, Heirs with Christ here and pre-order a copy here.

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		<link>http://www.eucatastrophe.com/blog/archives/2008/05/21/dr-joel-beeke-at-geneva-reformed-seminary/</link>
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		<title>Exalt the Free Grace of Adoption</title>
		<description><![CDATA[“We have enough in us to move God to correct us, but nothing to move him to adopt us, therefore exalt free grace, begin the work of angels here; bless him with your praises who hath blessed you in making you his sons and daughters” (Thomas Watson, A Body of Divinity, London: A. Fullarton, 1845).
(Quotation [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.eucatastrophe.com/blog/archives/2008/05/19/exalt-the-free-grace-of-adoption/</link>
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		<title>Gospel-Preaching and Joy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is good counsel not only for those who are preparing for the pastorate, but also for those who are now in it: 
&#8220;Think of the time when you will be the pastor of a congregation and make a vow to God that you will adopt the apostle&#8217;s method, that you will not stand in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.eucatastrophe.com/blog/archives/2008/05/17/gospel-preaching-and-joy/</link>
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		<title>Sermon on Adoption</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Justin Taylor introduces his sermon  (23:35) on adoption by considering adoption within Islamic thought in contrast to its central importance within Christianity.  I think you will find the entire sermon a great introduction to Scripture&#8217;s teaching on God&#8217;s gracious provision of adoption.
(HT: Jason Kovacs)

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		<link>http://www.eucatastrophe.com/blog/archives/2008/05/17/sermon-on-adoption/</link>
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