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		<title>this blog has moved</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 20:14:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m blogging again after a brief hiatus. You can find everything from Scum of the Earth and more over at IcoNick_last.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=purescum.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9276787&amp;post=383&amp;subd=purescum&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Nov 2010 13:48:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[John Thomson has been producing some excellent articles on the biblical basis and historical pedigree of the imputation of Christ&#8217;s active obedience in justification. His latest offering is particularly good. Since taking some time out of blogging, my mind on the matter has solidified somewhat. Here are some conclusions: The imputation of Christ&#8217;s active obedience [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=purescum.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9276787&amp;post=357&amp;subd=purescum&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>niv 2011 &#8211; brief further thoughts</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2010 20:18:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve only been able to briefly peruse the NIV 2011 over the past day. Some other texts that jumped out at me: Romans 7:18 reads: &#8220;For I know that good itself does not dwell in me, that is, in my sinful nature.&#8221; Then in verse 25 it reads: &#8220;So then, I myself in my mind [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=purescum.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9276787&amp;post=355&amp;subd=purescum&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>niv 2011 &#8211; initial thoughts</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2010 17:58:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, I know I said that this blog was over for a while, but I just had to post some of my thoughts on the updated text from the NIV, which appeared on the Biblica website here today. I know that it&#8217;s early to say, but I am bowled over by my first impressions and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=purescum.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9276787&amp;post=350&amp;subd=purescum&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 19:54:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scott Clark is taking no prisoners: I am not saying that God is absent from the universe or that he is not active constantly and wonderfully. Not at all. The Biblical doctrine of providence says that God exercises the same power manifested in creation to uphold and govern and sustain and work through his creation [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=purescum.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9276787&amp;post=339&amp;subd=purescum&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 19:43:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apparently moves are afoot to end the practice of exclusive acapella psalmody in the Free Church of Scotland. Donald MacLeod seems to be one of those pushing for change. He says: Those of us in favour of change argue, first of all, that it is no small thing to be out of step with the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=purescum.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9276787&amp;post=336&amp;subd=purescum&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>lutheran medicine for a sick prayer life</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 13:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you don&#8217;t find prayer a struggle it&#8217;s either because you&#8217;re dead or because you&#8217;ve given up praying. Lutheran pastor Paul McCain has some helpful tips for fellow strugglers: Keep it simple. Using devotional guides can be of great benefit, but don’t allow the process of meditation and prayer become more important than actually meditating on [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=purescum.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9276787&amp;post=332&amp;subd=purescum&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>gospel-lite gospel songs</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 13:27:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The problem of theologically vacuous singing in the church is not merely a trend of the last decade. Consider &#8220;In the Garden Alone&#8221; written in 1912: In the Garden I come to the garden alone While the dew is still on the roses And the voice I hear falling on my ear The Son of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=purescum.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9276787&amp;post=330&amp;subd=purescum&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>another preacher arrested</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 19:38:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If anyone has any doubt that religious liberty and freedom of speech is being attacked here in the UK, look no further than this article by Al Mohler. Another preacher has been arrested in the UK for daring to say that homosexuality is a sin. Only two months ago the very same thing happened here [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=purescum.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9276787&amp;post=324&amp;subd=purescum&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>limited atonement and broughton knox</title>
		<link>http://purescum.wordpress.com/2010/05/03/limited-atonement-and-broughton-knox/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 19:54:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Michael Jensen gives us the skinny on Broughton Knox&#8217;s arguments opposing limited atonement. Well worth the read.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=purescum.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9276787&amp;post=321&amp;subd=purescum&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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