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		<title>Breaking the Cycle</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[People who molest children, people with various addictions, and people with other destructive behaviors are often part of a historical but tragic cycle. So are Christian movements and local churches. History demonstrates that the older they get, the more inward they turn. The more established and organized a belief system gets the more it tends to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What are they thinking?</title>
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		<title>11 Checkpoints for Disaster Response</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[When a person allows the Spirit of Jesus to enter his or her heart, a transformation begins. One of the fruit of this new life is an increased sensitivity to the suffering of others – similar to Jesus being moved with compassion (Mt. 14:14, 15:32, 20:34). As Christ followers, we have a new heart and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Give like a Wise Man</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seven Key Guidelines to Giving Wisely Millions of dollars are wasted this time of year. Generous Christians tend to make gifts in December without thinking carefully. Because you want to be a good steward of God’s resources AND you want your donations to have maximum impact on genuine needs, consider the following guidelines before you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Maximum Impact Investments</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 21:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It has been my joy for the past twenty years to help Christ followers and church leaders make Kingdom investment decisions. To help your yearend charitable giving have maximum impact on the world with Jesus&#8217; love, consider these suggestions: Give to organizations that non-Christians are not likely to support. Explicitly Christian ministries (including churches) have a smaller pool [...]]]></description>
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