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		<title>Community for the sake of what?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many churches nowadays are emphasizing the need for Christians to be in community with each others; to walk in community and to experience community. Why is “community” such a big deal and where is it in the Bible.   Well, it’s a big deal because it appears that it’s all over the Bible (and the New [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hannibalian.wordpress.com&blog=3516431&post=351&subd=hannibalian&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:16:59 +0000</pubDate>
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Proverbs 11:24-25
24 One gives freely, yet grows all the richer;
another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want.
25 Whoever brings blessing will be enriched,
and one who waters will himself be watered.  (ESV)


What an insane thought! This defies everything we inherently believe in the flesh. Our line of thought is, “If I give it away, then [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hannibalian.wordpress.com&blog=3516431&post=349&subd=hannibalian&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A stewardship of our loved ones</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:33:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last night my wife and I had a date night and went to see a movie.  I generally prefer action flicks, my wife generally prefers chick flicks, but we usually settle for a comedy.  In the absence of a good comedy, and to demonstrate to my wife that I care about her and her enjoyment, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hannibalian.wordpress.com&blog=3516431&post=345&subd=hannibalian&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Encouragement for those in ministry</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:09:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Because of our culture&#8217;s drive for success, acquiring more and desire for bigger and better, many churches have adopted these same goals and values.  It often sounds very good, &#8220;The church is an organism, healthy organisms grow, therefore healthy churches should grow numerically.&#8221;    While the goal of this post is not a slam on big [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hannibalian.wordpress.com&blog=3516431&post=239&subd=hannibalian&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 21:01:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My family lives in Hannibal, MO.  We&#8217;ve lived here two years now and we live here in Hannibal because, of all the cities in the world, we felt like we could honor God best by moving here.  Let me say that another way:  we wanted to move to Hannibal and felt like God was okay [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hannibalian.wordpress.com&blog=3516431&post=323&subd=hannibalian&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 18:36:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ray Ortlund, not your stereotypical Acts 29 Network church planter (see his reasoning for joining A29 here), has a great post over at his blog on the local church and marriage.  Check it out here.  And here&#8217;s a taste:
Suppose I said, &#8220;My passion isn&#8217;t to build up my marriage. My passion is for Marriage. I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hannibalian.wordpress.com&blog=3516431&post=320&subd=hannibalian&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:36:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Matthew 16:18 Jesus says to 12 men that he chose to follow him and be his students,
I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
The word &#8220;church&#8221; used throughout the New Testament is the Greek word &#8220;ekklesia&#8220;.  This word is used upwards of 130 times and has a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hannibalian.wordpress.com&blog=3516431&post=312&subd=hannibalian&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why do we sing so much about the cross?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:15:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At BC we have tried to be very intentional to sing songs that fix our thoughts on Jesus&#8217; death, burial, and resurrection.   Because of our desire to be deliberate about this that we actually have a check list we use for songs that asks the following questions:

Does this song mention [Christ, Jesus Christ or Jesus] [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hannibalian.wordpress.com&blog=3516431&post=307&subd=hannibalian&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:47:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There has been some level of debate among Christians whether or not it&#8217;s helpful to use the term &#8220;missional&#8221;, which essentially means adopting a missionary stance toward your culture; living as a missionary within your zip code.  The fear of some is that using this term (missional) and making no distinction between Bob who lives [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hannibalian.wordpress.com&blog=3516431&post=301&subd=hannibalian&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Todd Bumgarner and 2 Pillars Church</title>
		<link>http://hannibalian.wordpress.com/2009/08/17/todd-bumgarner-and-2-pillars-church/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last night Todd Bumgarner preached at BC-Gathered on 2 Corinthians 5:21. It was a great message on the &#8220;two heads&#8221; of the gospel and the audio should be up on the BC site later this week (Lord willing).  I first met Todd while being part of his assesment team at an Acts 29 church planting [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hannibalian.wordpress.com&blog=3516431&post=297&subd=hannibalian&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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