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		<title>The Paphos Paradigm has moved</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:40:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brent Alderman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Beginning October 22, 2009, The Paphos Paradigm has a new home.  There will be no more postings at this site.  So, www.capminmd.wordpress.com is shutting down and www.capitolcommd.wordpress.com is the new URL to access the blog.  I hope you will continue to stop in to read new postings, think about our mandate to pray for and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=capminmd.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7776476&amp;post=176&amp;subd=capminmd&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Screwtape and Politics</title>
		<link>http://capminmd.wordpress.com/2009/09/17/screwtape-and-politics/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:18:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brent Alderman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had coffee today with a member of the Maryland General Assembly and a comment he made has stuck with me.  He said, &#8220;Brent, if Satan himself sat down with a pad of paper to design an environment effectively suited to derail a person from thriving spiritually, it would be politics.&#8221;  No field, according to this [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=capminmd.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7776476&amp;post=170&amp;subd=capminmd&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Changing Our World Through Crowds or Conversation?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 19:52:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brent Alderman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gospel vs. Politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The pictures that came out of Washington D.C. this weekend showed huge crowds passionately protesting against their government’s direction. The motivation to show up at a public rally comes from a desire to change things. If one agrees with the current conditions, no need to make a sign or start a chant. The bottom line is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=capminmd.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7776476&amp;post=159&amp;subd=capminmd&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Labor Day Prayer Reminder</title>
		<link>http://capminmd.wordpress.com/2009/09/07/a-labor-day-prayer-reminder/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 05:28:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brent Alderman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Applying 1 Timothy 2]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following is an excerpt of a prayer email I sent out on Labor Day 2009: Since today is Labor Day and this is our monthly prayer email, a verse came to my mind.  What a convicting example is presented to us in Colossians 4:12 which says, “Epaphras, who is one of your number, a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=capminmd.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7776476&amp;post=154&amp;subd=capminmd&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>America Doesn&#8217;t Need a Theologian-in-Chief</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 08:30:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brent Alderman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday, a celebration was held at the White House for the Muslim observance of Ramadan.  In his speech for the occasion, President Obama continued his effort to find common ground for the nation&#8217;s various religious views.  To support his point, though, he chose an ill-advised quote from boxer Mohammed Ali:  &#8220;A few years ago, he explained [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=capminmd.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7776476&amp;post=148&amp;subd=capminmd&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ted Kennedy&#8217;s Surprising Friendship</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 23:17:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brent Alderman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The news is full of remembrances of Senator Edward Kennedy, who died yesterday of a brain tumor.  As I listened to dozens of politicians, friends, media members and others share their recollections of &#8220;The Lion of the Senate&#8221;, one in particular stood out.  It was from Cal Thomas, the syndicated columnist. Thomas, who was a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=capminmd.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7776476&amp;post=135&amp;subd=capminmd&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Great Illustration and Warning from John Piper</title>
		<link>http://capminmd.wordpress.com/2009/08/19/a-great-illustration-and-warning-from-john-piper/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 22:38:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brent Alderman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Applying Acts 13]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I came across a sermon in John Piper&#8217;s resource library at Desiring God from 1991 that, I believe, helps Christians sharpen their focus on virtually every area in their lives.  The text is from Acts 8:9-24, the account of Simon who offered Peter and John money for the secret to their ministry of sign gifts.  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=capminmd.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7776476&amp;post=128&amp;subd=capminmd&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Anger in the Public Arena &#8211; Answer to a Recent Comment</title>
		<link>http://capminmd.wordpress.com/2009/08/11/anger-in-the-public-arena-answer-to-a-recent-comment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:15:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brent Alderman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following is an excerpt from a reply I posted to a comment on the recent entry &#8220;Counter-Cultural Anger&#8221;.  Since media reports are still filled with accounts of Americans outwardly expressing outrage to their leaders, I thought I would publish this response to a thoughtful reader of this blog:   I don’t deny that it is great [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=capminmd.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7776476&amp;post=122&amp;subd=capminmd&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Counter-Cultural Anger</title>
		<link>http://capminmd.wordpress.com/2009/08/05/counter-cultural-anger/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 18:06:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brent Alderman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you been watching the news the past few days? I have, and I&#8217;m seeing some irate Americans out there at these town hall meetings. I suppose we can expect more of the same through the summer break for Congress, but what are we to make of such outbursts? If you agree with the tirade [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=capminmd.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7776476&amp;post=116&amp;subd=capminmd&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Jimmy Carter and the Authority of Scripture</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 13:57:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brent Alderman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Applying 1 Timothy 2]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[An article by former president Jimmy Carter earlier this month in a British newspaper again confirms the need to pray for our leaders in government and importance of fidelity to the Scriptures.  In the article, Carter resigns from the Southern Baptist Convention, something he has done several times in the past dating back to 2000.  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=capminmd.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7776476&amp;post=109&amp;subd=capminmd&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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