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		<title>Book Review: The Voice- New Testament</title>
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The Voice is a new translation of the Bible that seeks to bring together biblical scholars alongside talented writers to present a biblically sound yet easily readable translation.  This is the New Testament edition released by Ecclesia Bible Society, which is headed by Chris Seay at Ecclesia in Houston, Texas.
The translation of the text itself [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Modern Day Parable of the Prodigal Son</title>
		<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, they [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.benbirdsong.com/archives/672</link>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Miss the King</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When we come to the Christmas season, we are met with many things to do.  Our lives tend to immediately get busy and hurried in the midst of all of the presents, parties, and other things that make this season so loved by many.  But before we get lost in the craziness of the season, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.benbirdsong.com/archives/666</link>
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		<title>Book Review: A Million Miles in a Thousand Places: What I Learned While Editing My Life</title>
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In A Million Miles in a Thousand Places: What I Learned While Editing My Life, engaging author and masterful storyteller, Donald Miller, invites his readers into the realm of story.  This memoir, which journeys with Miller through the past few years since his last book, To Own a Dragon, brings the idea of living your [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.benbirdsong.com/archives/657</link>
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		<title>Book Review: Fearless</title>
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In Fearless, Max Lucado brings to life Jesus&#8217; teachings on fear throughout the gospels.  The is a timely book considering our current cultural fears raging from economic to health to political fears.  Lucado does a biblical job of addressing fears not using the popular techniques of self-help and prosperity preachers who take advantage of people&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Late August Life Update</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So, I have not blogged in ages because life has been insane between working with the middle school at FBC Pelham and working at Student Life.  I started Beeson Divinity School this week so I think that my life and schedule is going to reach some form of stability and rhythm soon.
God has been doing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Accountability Groups</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The following is a blog post from Ed Stetzer that I thought would be worth passing along:
Cathy Grossman and USAToday writes about christian accountability groups.  You can read the whole article here.
It begins with:
Does the Capitol Hill house on C Street &#8212; home to several congressmen although it eludes property taxes by being listed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.benbirdsong.com/archives/645</link>
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		<title>Book Review: Notes from the Tilt-A-Whirl: Wide-Eyed Wonder in God&#8217;s Spoken World</title>
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In Notes from the Tilt-A-Whirl: Wide-Eyed Wonder in God&#8217;s Spoken World, author, N. D. Wilson takes readers on a seemingly random journey of exploring snapshots of the world while making theological observations and discovering timeless truths along the way.  This is a book that is unlike almost anything that I have ever read.  The randomness [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Double Obligation of the Gospel</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Having recently returned from a mission trip to East Asia, I was really struck by the following devotional that I read last night from Dr. Calvin Miller&#8217;s Conversations with Jesus.  I hope that this will be encouraging to you as you seek to share your faith with others both on mission trips and in day [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.benbirdsong.com/archives/631</link>
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		<title>Book Review: The Principle of the Path</title>
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In The Principle of the Path, Andy Stanley brings to life the key truth that your current direction in life will determine your destination.  This is what Stanley terms as &#8220;the principle of the path.&#8221;  This is an idea that in being a principle happens naturally as a result of our life decisions.  This is [...]]]></description>
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