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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>Does Your Life Tell the World that God Is Great?</title>
		<link>http://www.benbirdsong.com/archives/932</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 15:19:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, the news reported the death of world renown atheist, Christopher Hitchens, from a long battle with cancer.  Hitchens is known in religious circles for his role as a leader in the New Atheism movement and as author of God Is Not Great.  In the world of atheists, I think that Hitchens was my favorite.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review: Why God Won&#8217;t Go Away: Is The New Atheism Running on Empty</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 23:10:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Why God Won&#8217;t Go Away: Is The New Atheism Running on Empty, Dr. Alister E. McGrath presents a provocative book about the fall of the New Atheism empire.  McGrath does an effective job of presenting the differences between the New Atheism and classical Atheism, the foundations of the New Atheism, and the conflicts within [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review: Churched: One Kid&#8217;s Journey Toward God Despite a Holy Mess by Matthew Paul Turner</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 22:26:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Churched: One Kid’s Journey Toward God Despite a Holy Mess, Matthew Paul Turner presents a tragic memoir of what happens when churches fail to practice the gospel.  The book is the story of his childhood in church, which he described as fundamentalist. In these fundamentalist churches, every thing took a fundamental place except for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review: The Final Summit: A Quest to Find the One Principle that Will Save Humanity</title>
		<link>http://www.benbirdsong.com/archives/810</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 16:34:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In The Final Summit: A Quest to Find the One Principle that Will Save Humanity, Andy Andrews presents another page-turning fiction work that he has built a reputation around.  This next chapter in the Travelers stories presents travelers from throughout history all gathered together at a great tribunal in heaven to determine how to save [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review: Out Live Your Life: You Were Made to Make a Difference</title>
		<link>http://www.benbirdsong.com/archives/724</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2010 14:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Out Live Your Life: You Were Made to Make a Difference, Max Lucado presents a book to challenge the church to minister to the least of these.  This book is a narrative-driven commentary on the ministry of the early church to hurting people throughout the book of Acts.  Lucado does an excellent job of [...]]]></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>
		<link>http://www.benbirdsong.com/archives/672</link>
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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: Six Ways to Engage Culture</title>
		<link>http://www.benbirdsong.com/archives/514</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 17:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Resurgence had an interesting article about engaging culture: In a recent interview, singer/songwriter Rufus Wainwright surprisingly remarked: &#8220;We&#8217;re so obsessed about debunking Bush in this country that we don&#8217;t spend time on any other subjects. That&#8217;s a little depressing.&#8221; Wainwright&#8217;s point is that many Americans neglect a whole range of cultural issues, often neglecting political engagement for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Church Leaders Thoughts on Ministry</title>
		<link>http://www.benbirdsong.com/archives/480</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2008 16:07:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[JD Greer, the pastor of Summit Church, had some interesting insights on his blog today from Mark Driscoll, Greg Surratt, and Larry Osborne that were very insightful.  Enjoy! Continued from yesterday. (I got to spend the last 3 days in a small group with 3 great church leaders&#8211;Mark Driscoll, Greg Surratt [of Seacoast Church and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Politics and the Sovereignty of God: Thoughts on Election Day</title>
		<link>http://www.benbirdsong.com/archives/403</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 21:14:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Taking the idea of the sovereignty of God to politics. God will reign on the throne tonight as Lord no matter who is the next president. I am a Christ-follower before I am an American.  My confidence in the future is not based on a future here and now. When trials and troubles come, they [...]]]></description>
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