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	<title>Nathan Smith</title>
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	<description>The road less traveled... has lots of potholes.</description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 16:57:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>New Versions of Two Songs</title>
		<link>http://captivebygrace.com/?p=134</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 16:57:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nathan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve had 3 songs on NoiseTrade for a while now, all of them really rough recordings. They were either live, one track recordings, or were recorded with the built-in mic on my Macbook. Not good!
For STL FamilyCamp this year, our genius brother and fellow board member Marc Sikma had the brilliant idea of sending out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Expectations for Band and Vocalists at Peine Ridge Church</title>
		<link>http://captivebygrace.com/?p=133</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 20:55:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nathan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This is what the musicians have begun to strive for at Peine Ridge Church in order help us to better serve together in a way that reflects the character of Jesus.
If you&#8217;re involved in leading musical worship at your church, this might be helpful for you.
If you&#8217;re not a musician, it might help you to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Join a Church?</title>
		<link>http://captivebygrace.com/?p=132</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 15:53:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nathan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Since most of the practical benefits of church membership seem to be available to those who might be termed &#8220;regular attenders&#8221;, especially those who are very involved in what the church is doing (serving on a team, part of a small group, etc&#8230;), what is the point of having a formal, covenant church membership?
The covenant [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Bible Isn&#8217;t Magical</title>
		<link>http://captivebygrace.com/?p=131</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 21:38:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nathan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The following quote was written in reference to preachers, but is true for all who read the Bible with any hope of understanding and gaining from it.
&#8220;For a man solemnly to undertake the interpretation of  Scripture without invocation of God, to be taught and instructed by His Spirit, is a high provocation of Him; nor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Does a Pastor Do All Day, Anyway?</title>
		<link>http://captivebygrace.com/?p=130</link>
		<comments>http://captivebygrace.com/?p=130#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 19:24:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nathan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;ve ever asked the question &#8220;What does my pastor do all day?&#8221;,  this is what he&#8217;s doing (or should be).  If you&#8217;re a Christian, and not a pastor, this may may help you to pray  for, encourage, and have healthy expectations for your pastors.
If you are a pastor and you&#8217;ve ever [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wisdom of Gandalf</title>
		<link>http://captivebygrace.com/?p=128</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:41:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nathan</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Family]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;&#8230; it is not our part to master all the tides of the world, but to do what is in us for the succour of those years wherein we are set, uprooting the evil in the fields that we know, so that those who live after may have clean earth to till. What weather they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hobbit Wisdom</title>
		<link>http://captivebygrace.com/?p=127</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 01:52:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nathan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;It is best to love first what you are fitted to love, I suppose: you must start somewhere and have some roots, and the soil of the Shire is deep. Still there are things deeper and higher; and not a gaffer could tend his garden in what he calls peace but for them, whether he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Worship on God&#8217;s Terms</title>
		<link>http://captivebygrace.com/?p=126</link>
		<comments>http://captivebygrace.com/?p=126#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2010 00:42:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nathan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I had the privilege of teaching on the Worship value of Peine Ridge Church on Feb 07, 2010. By God&#8217;s grace, I learned an incredible amount as I prepared to give this message.
Below are a couple of excerpts from it, and the full manuscript is here. I pray that God uses your reading of this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Small Groups</title>
		<link>http://captivebygrace.com/?p=123</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:29:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nathan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Little fellowships within each local church that met at people&#8217;s homes on Sunday afternoons or in the evening. People shared their personal religious experiences, held informal Bible studies, sang hymns, and prayed about each other&#8217;s needs.&#8221;
(quoted from Worship: Reformed according to Scripture, by Hughes  Oliphant Old, pg. 104)
Sound familiar? Interesting that many evangelical churches [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Christianese vs. Scripturese- &#8220;Pray to Receive Christ&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://captivebygrace.com/?p=122</link>
		<comments>http://captivebygrace.com/?p=122#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:04:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nathan</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[social justice]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve heard (and used) some phrases so much in our churches that we don&#8217;t stop to question anymore where they&#8217;ve come from. Take the ever-popular invitation for lost people to &#8220;pray to receive Christ&#8221;. We&#8217;ve heard it a lot. Sounds easy enough. Sounds spiritual. Must be right&#8230; Right?
The phrase &#8220;to receive&#8221; is used in John [...]]]></description>
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