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	<itunes:subtitle>Awestruck Ministries Podcast features the teaching and preaching of Ben Birdsong and also contains other contributions from Awestruck Band and other members of the Awestruck Ministry team.  Awestruck Ministries exists to make famous the name of Jesu[...]</itunes:subtitle>
	<itunes:summary>The Awestruck Ministries Podcast features the teaching and preaching of Ben Birdsong and also contains other contributions from Awestruck Band and other members of the Awestruck Ministry team.  Awestruck Ministries exists to make famous the name of Jesus Christ as the crucified, risen, and exalted Savior through music and the teaching of the Word in order that people can catch a glimpse of Christ and be awestruck by a small taste of His glory. For more information about Awestruck Ministries, visit us online at http://www.weareawestruck.com</itunes:summary>
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		<title>Book Review: Throw It Down: Leaving Behind Behaviors and Dependencies that Hold You Back</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2011 12:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Throw It Down: Leaving Behind Behaviors and Dependencies that Hold You Back, Jud Wilhite challenges believers to evaluate the struggles in their lives biblically and seek to surrender themselves fully to the work of the God who saves.  This is a very personal book for Wilhite in which he shares his own struggles in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review: The Goodness of God</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2011 04:32:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In The Goodness of God: Assurance of Purpose in the Midst of Suffering, Randy Alcorn does an excellent job of succinctly and powerfully presenting a Christian worldview of suffering and the problem of evil.  Alcorn&#8217;s book is filled with stories, quotations, and examples that make deep theological truths come to life for the reader.  His [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review: Slave: The Hidden Truth About Your Identity in Christ</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Dec 2010 02:48:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Slave: The Hidden Truth About Your Identity in Christ, Dr. John MacArthur argues that the gospel has been minimized due to many English translations of the New Testament choosing to translate the Greek word &#8220;doulos&#8221; being translated as &#8220;servant&#8221; instead of &#8220;slave.&#8221;  This initially seems like an intellectually based argument that would only be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Light in the Darkness</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 21:53:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[About this time last May, I was on a plane headed to East Asia to serve the Lord doing mission work.  One of the towns that we were in was a large city that had little knowledge of the gospel.  One day, we went to a model display of the city to pray that God [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Modern Day Parable of the Prodigal Son</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:18:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a modern day adaptation of Jesus&#8217; parable of the Prodigal Son from Luke 15.  I wrote this to incorporate in a message for my middle school students and thought I would pass it along. There once were two brothers who lived on the rich side of town.  Whatever there was to be had, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Week of Interesting Blog Posts: Preaching the Great Christological Texts</title>
		<link>http://www.benbirdsong.com/archives/524</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2008 18:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Between the Times had a great post on preaching Christological texts: Evangelicals believe the biblical teaching concerning the uniqueness of Jesus Christ as the sole and sufficient Savior for all persons who have lived or ever shall be.  We note that such an affirmation is needed because the Christian church is now confronted with various [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Journey to the Cross: He Has Risen</title>
		<link>http://www.benbirdsong.com/archives/235</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Mar 2008 19:14:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This Easter as I reflect on the great love and grace that Jesus Christ displayed for me on the cross, I am amazed.  I want to share something that was very moving and a great reminder of the message of Easter that I experienced this morning at my church (the Church at Brook Hills).  The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Journey to the Cross: The Day in the Tomb</title>
		<link>http://www.benbirdsong.com/archives/234</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Mar 2008 17:09:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I continue to reflect on the cross and passion of Jesus Christ, I am trying to imagine what all of the people who were involved were thinking.  I can imagine the religious leaders thinking that they had crushed this Jesus for good and that their problems were over, but yet in the back of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Journey to the Cross: Good Friday Reflections</title>
		<link>http://www.benbirdsong.com/archives/233</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2008 21:05:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement for our peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed.&#8221; &#8211; Isaiah 53: 5 KJV This verse always leaves me in awe and worship.  As I look at my own depravity and sin and how deserving I am [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Journey to the Cross: Reflection 19</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2008 01:11:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“All unannounced and mostly undetected there has come in modern times a new cross into popular evangelical circles.  It is like the old cross, but different: the likeness are superficial; the differences are fundamental…This new evangelism employs the same as the old, but its content is not the same and its emphasis is not as [...]]]></description>
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