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		<title>King James vs. NIV? &#8211; Precept upon Precept vs. Do and Do</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My wife and I were discussing Isaiah 28:9-10 this morning. Our discussion went to the devastating consequences of modern Bible versions, such as the New International Version (NIV).]]></description>
		<link>http://closetojesus.org/john316/2010/02/king-james-vs-niv-precept-upon-precept-vs-do-and-do/</link>
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		<title>A Small Price to Pay</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A Small Price to Pay, written by Harvey Yoder, is the biography of Mikhail Khorev.  This book is based on interviews that Mr. Yoder had with Mikhail Khorev. It is the story of a young boy who was taught by his father and mother to love God. He grew up to serve God in communist Soviet Union and was imprisoned for his faith.]]></description>
		<link>http://closetojesus.org/john316/2010/02/a-small-price-to-pay/</link>
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		<title>Filthy Rags</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was remembering a church service from several years ago when something happened that proved to me the importance of having the pure word of God. It was near the beginning of worship when a man stood up and read the following verse from his Bible.]]></description>
		<link>http://closetojesus.org/john316/2010/02/filthy-rags/</link>
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		<title>Seven Things to Remember in Your Sermon</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am reading a book called The Soul Winner by Charles H. Spurgeon. I just finished the chapter called Sermons Likely to Win Souls.  In it he expounds on seven points to remember for your message.]]></description>
		<link>http://closetojesus.org/john316/2010/01/seven-things-to-remember/</link>
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		<title>Seven Rules for Daily Living</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have just completed reading Goforth of China by Roaslind Goforth. This is the second edition published March, 1938 and it was given to me by one of my children. I have read other books about Jonathan Goforth, but this book has made a deep impression on me.]]></description>
		<link>http://closetojesus.org/john316/2009/12/seven-rules-for-daily-living/</link>
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		<title>Time for Remodeling</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I started Close to Jesus in 2003 and since then software for running a site like this has made many advances. The old software I used became plagued by spam comments and it didn&#8217;t have a facility to prevent or remove these comments. I originally planned to get the new site 100% ready before switching [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://closetojesus.org/john316/2008/09/time-for-remodeling/</link>
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		<title>Fathers! Don&#8217;t lose your child&#8217;s heart.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I remember talking to a man about his son. It was at a wedding. I asked him where his son was that night. He told me that his son stayed home. He wasn't interested in coming with his family. The man admitted that he could not get his son to do what he wanted him to do. He said this with the tone of defeat. The incredible thing is, that his son was only 13 years old!]]></description>
		<link>http://closetojesus.org/john316/2005/04/fathers-dont-lose-your-childs-heart/</link>
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		<title>Does love define your family?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Take a moment to think deeply about your family. Think about your children and their relationships with each other. What comes to mind? Are they loving, caring, and involved in each other's lives? Or, does disharmony or distance characterize their lives together?]]></description>
		<link>http://closetojesus.org/john316/2005/03/does-love-define-your-family/</link>
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		<title>God is pleading with you to follow Him!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The memory of that “adventure” came back to me when I was meditating on a scripture from the book of Jeremiah. He is God's man on the earth and is prophesying against Israel and Judah. Both Israel and Judah had lost their way. They have drifted from the ways of God and are caught up in the ways of the world. Yet, God does not give up on them.]]></description>
		<link>http://closetojesus.org/john316/2005/02/god-is-pleading-with-you-to-follow-him/</link>
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		<title>The Return of Close to Jesus</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have been in a long-running dispute over control of my domain, closetojesus.org. It’s a long story and not quite finished, but the long and short of it is that my hosting company hijacked the administration of this domain.]]></description>
		<link>http://closetojesus.org/john316/2005/02/the-return-of-close-to-jesus/</link>
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