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		<title>On Being a New Creation</title>
		<link>http://sacredmeditations.wordpress.com/2007/01/17/on-being-a-new-creation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jan 2007 13:20:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Schroeder</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ephesians]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Justification]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Romans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sanctification]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The word &#8220;create&#8221; and its variations are used somewhat frequently throughout the Bible.  If you use some sort of Bible software (Biblegateway.com, E-Sword) you can search and you will find that in the majority of instances, it is speaking of God and His creating the world and all that is in it.  In all of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sacredmeditations.wordpress.com&blog=376886&post=20&subd=sacredmeditations&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On the Comfort Seen in the Flood</title>
		<link>http://sacredmeditations.wordpress.com/2007/01/16/on-the-comfort-seen-in-the-flood/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jan 2007 13:57:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Schroeder</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[1 Peter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Divine Providence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Exodus]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nearly everyone in the world is familiar with the Story of the Great Flood and Noah&#8217;s
Ark.  However, most people, even some who call themselves Christian, do not hold the story to be true.  For many it is just too terrible to imagine that God could be so disappointed with his creation that he felt the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sacredmeditations.wordpress.com&blog=376886&post=19&subd=sacredmeditations&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On the Magnificat</title>
		<link>http://sacredmeditations.wordpress.com/2007/01/08/on-the-magnificat/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jan 2007 18:09:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Schroeder</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Luke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Testament]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[After hearing of her blessings from the Angel Gabriel, Mary goes to see her cousin Elizabeth, who was also miraculously pregnant at the time. Luke has recorded at least a part of their conversation for us. Of course, this is more than a little bit of &#8220;Girl Talk&#8221; between cousins, this is the culmination of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sacredmeditations.wordpress.com&blog=376886&post=18&subd=sacredmeditations&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>on 2 Timothy 4:1-5</title>
		<link>http://sacredmeditations.wordpress.com/2006/12/02/on-2-timothy-41-5/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Dec 2006 00:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Schroeder</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2 Timothy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Testament]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I charge you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead at His appearing and His kingdom: Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sacredmeditations.wordpress.com&blog=376886&post=17&subd=sacredmeditations&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On Ephesians 6:10-17</title>
		<link>http://sacredmeditations.wordpress.com/2006/11/08/on-ephesians-610-17/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Nov 2006 19:15:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Schroeder</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Divine Providence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ephesians]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Justification]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Theology]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[St. Paul wrote his letter to the church at Ephesus without any particular error to refute, as he did is most of his other letters. He wrote it from Prison in order to send the Ephesians a word of encouragement, a very potent reminder of our being saved by Grace alone, and a deeper understanding [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sacredmeditations.wordpress.com&blog=376886&post=15&subd=sacredmeditations&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>on the Baptism of our Lord</title>
		<link>http://sacredmeditations.wordpress.com/2006/10/17/on-the-baptism-of-our-lord/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Oct 2006 20:16:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Schroeder</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Christology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matthew]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Testament]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Theology]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Our Lord Jesus Christ began his public ministry when he was 30 years old, by receiving Baptism from John the Baptist.  Each of the four Gospel writers take note of this event and at least mention in in their respective books.  However for most people it is somewhat of a mystery as to why Jesus [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sacredmeditations.wordpress.com&blog=376886&post=13&subd=sacredmeditations&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On Philemon: A Picture of God&#8217;s Grace</title>
		<link>http://sacredmeditations.wordpress.com/2006/09/27/philemon-a-picture-of-gods-grace/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Sep 2006 12:51:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Schroeder</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Justification]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Philemon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Theology]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The book of Philemon is one of the shortest and most often overlooked books of the Bible. It comprises of a single chapter. In this letter, Paul is writing to Philemon in defense of Onesimus. Onesimus was a runaway slave of Philemon&#8217;s, who became a disciple of Paul&#8217;s. Paul sent Onesimus back to his master, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sacredmeditations.wordpress.com&blog=376886&post=12&subd=sacredmeditations&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Christ&#8217;s Regal Office</title>
		<link>http://sacredmeditations.wordpress.com/2006/09/20/christs-regal-office/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Sep 2006 12:35:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Schroeder</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2 Samuel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psalms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Theology]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Christ&#8217;s third and final office is that of a King.  I have kind of struggled with where I wanted to go with this Third and Final office.  There are many different applications and even interpretations of Christ&#8217;s regal office.  There are also many errors and misinterpretations that have been made regarding his office. 
I recently read [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sacredmeditations.wordpress.com&blog=376886&post=11&subd=sacredmeditations&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On Christ&#8217;s Sacerdotal Office</title>
		<link>http://sacredmeditations.wordpress.com/2006/09/09/on-christs-sacerdotal-office/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Sep 2006 15:16:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Schroeder</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Christology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Theology]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Traditionally, the second office of Christ is that of a priest.  In reality, this is his primary office, the one that embodied his primary, that is Saving, work.  Again we will first examine Old Testament Office of Priest in order to better understand Christ&#8217;s how Christ fulfilled the office of Priest.
Under the Old testament Law, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sacredmeditations.wordpress.com&blog=376886&post=9&subd=sacredmeditations&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On Christ&#8217;s Prophetic Office</title>
		<link>http://sacredmeditations.wordpress.com/2006/09/03/on-christs-prophetic-office/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Sep 2006 21:40:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Schroeder</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Christology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prophecy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Theology]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The word prophet brings many different ideas to our minds. The most common of these is the idea of a prophet foretelling the future. In fact, the idea of &#8220;Biblical Prophecy&#8221; almost exclusively brings this idea to mind. This is a rather limited view of prophecy. In the Old Testament, the prophets were not simply [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sacredmeditations.wordpress.com&blog=376886&post=8&subd=sacredmeditations&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On Christ&#8217;s Threefold Office</title>
		<link>http://sacredmeditations.wordpress.com/2006/09/03/on-christs-threefold-office/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Sep 2006 21:33:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Schroeder</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Christology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Theology]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Christ&#8217;s work on earth is commonly said to be divided into three seperate offices. These are the offices of Prophet, Priest, and King. These three also happen to be the three offices of the old testament for which people were anointed. Those anointed were those people whom were set apart by God to perform certain [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sacredmeditations.wordpress.com&blog=376886&post=7&subd=sacredmeditations&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On Ephesians 2:1-10</title>
		<link>http://sacredmeditations.wordpress.com/2006/09/01/on-ephesians-21-11/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Sep 2006 03:27:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Schroeder</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ephesians]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Justification]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sanctification]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Theology]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A meditation on Ephesians 2:1-10.
Ephesians 2 is one of the most famous chapters in the bible.  It contains the gospel in its purest form.  It is the most essential &#38; central of all messages in the scriptures.  Its central message is that of Salvation by Grace through Faith. 
The chapter in fact is a brief description [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sacredmeditations.wordpress.com&blog=376886&post=6&subd=sacredmeditations&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On The Comfort of Prayer</title>
		<link>http://sacredmeditations.wordpress.com/2006/08/28/on-the-comfort-of-prayer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Aug 2006 20:40:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Schroeder</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Justification]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prayer]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Prayer has commonly been defined as the communion of the soul with God. It is through prayer that we have access to God to give him our thanks, praises and petitions. There has been much discussion and writing concerning how God answers our prayers, if the will of God is influenced by prayer, or if [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sacredmeditations.wordpress.com&blog=376886&post=5&subd=sacredmeditations&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On The Concept of a Clean Heart</title>
		<link>http://sacredmeditations.wordpress.com/2006/08/26/what-is-a-clean-heart/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Aug 2006 17:56:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Schroeder</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Psalms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Repentance]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA["Create In Me a Clean Heart O God!"  These words should be familiar to most of us.  We sing them every Sunday.  The words come from Psalm 51, and they are the epitome of Repentance.  This is what it means to be repentant, to have God create a clean heart in you.  It is not something that you can do yourself, it is the Very Work of the Holy Spirit.  When we say "Create in me a Clean Heart" what is it that we are asking for?<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sacredmeditations.wordpress.com&blog=376886&post=4&subd=sacredmeditations&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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