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		<title>Walking Through Fire With a Gasoline Suit On</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 06:09:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you pass through the waters, I will be with you.        When you cross rivers, you will not drown.     When you walk through fire, you will not be burned,        nor will the flames hurt you.  Isaiah 43:2, NCV There is an unique immunity that is given to the simple.  Believers find that suddenly [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brokenbelievers.com&#038;blog=9189627&#038;post=4878&#038;subd=alaskabibleteacher&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Scary Part of Depression</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 06:10:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pastor Bryan Lowe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Must I then, indeed,  Pain, live with you All through my life? &#8211;sharing my fire, my bed, Sharing&#8211;oh, worst of things!&#8211;the same head?&#8211; And, when I feed myself, feeding you, too?&#8221;  Edna St. Vincent Millay The critical issue we face is the reality of  living with ourselves through an acute episode of depression or mania.  I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brokenbelievers.com&#038;blog=9189627&#038;post=952&#038;subd=alaskabibleteacher&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Getting to Know Your &#8220;Sheepiness&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 07:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pastor Bryan Lowe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am the good shepherd. I know my sheep, and they know me.  &#8211;John 10:14 The shepherds of Israel have a custom of marking their sheep to make them distinct from each other.  Each bears a unique notch or brand that makes them distinguishable from their companions.  It is not done for aesthetics, but recognition.  Christ gives [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brokenbelievers.com&#038;blog=9189627&#038;post=4060&#038;subd=alaskabibleteacher&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>God&#8217;s Strange University</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 06:10:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pastor Bryan Lowe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[No book, nor tutor will give us the education we need.  We must patiently go through seasons of difficulty and temptation before we can understand what our brother or sister is facing.  Furthermore, we must advance through different levels;  sickness, injury, loss and discouragement.  On top of this, we must be tutored in the language [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brokenbelievers.com&#038;blog=9189627&#038;post=5009&#038;subd=alaskabibleteacher&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Absorbing the Evil</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 07:05:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pastor Bryan Lowe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have danced on the edge of theology for years.  I appreciate it so much and yet I am confused by a whole lot, and then sometimes just plain disappointed.  I do on rare occasion cross the line and wander into &#8220;The Twilight Zone&#8221;.  People who know me well start to get concerned. It is not [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brokenbelievers.com&#038;blog=9189627&#038;post=4404&#038;subd=alaskabibleteacher&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Kissing Twisted Lips</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 07:01:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pastor Bryan Lowe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[God accommodates Himself to our &#8216;sickness&#8217;.  We find that He has this beautiful quality about Him, that He becomes quite tender and gentle around any spiritual disease. In his book Mortal Lessons (Touchstone Books, 1987) physician Richard Selzer describes a scene in a hospital room after he had performed surgery on a young woman’s face: [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brokenbelievers.com&#038;blog=9189627&#038;post=5994&#038;subd=alaskabibleteacher&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Come Away My Beloved</title>
		<link>http://brokenbelievers.com/2012/05/17/come-away-my-beloved-the-victory/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 13:16:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I WILL BRING THE VICTORY   &#8220;O My Child, have I ever failed thee? Have I ever turned My back upon thee, or forsaken thee? Have I not been thy refuge and thy strong defense? I have protected thee and kept thee in sickness and in health. Yea, I am with thee to help thee [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brokenbelievers.com&#038;blog=9189627&#038;post=4398&#038;subd=alaskabibleteacher&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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