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		<title>PROMISES MADE, PROMISES KEPT</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[What if God&#8217;s promises were conditional or unreliable, like marketing offers couched in fine print? The promise to send a Savior: &#8220;Well, maybe.&#8221; The promise to forgive sins: &#8220;That depends.&#8221; The promise to provide for daily needs: &#8220;If time allows.&#8221; Thankfully, the promises of God are as absolute, infallible, and unchangeable as He is&#8212;the God&#8230;&#160;<a href="https://lutheranspokesman.org/2025/12/01/promises-made-promises-kept/" rel="bookmark"><span class="screen-reader-text">PROMISES MADE, PROMISES KEPT</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Beyond the Manger</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2021 23:01:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Myguess would be that most, if not all, of us have a creche or manger scene that we display in our homes. These may range from simple hand-carved figures, to extremely expensive Fontanini&#8217;s, to light-up plastic yard models. Now, before we begin, I want to assure you that my purpose for this message is not&#8230;&#160;<a href="https://lutheranspokesman.org/2021/12/06/beyond-the-manger/" rel="bookmark"><span class="screen-reader-text">Beyond the Manger</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>The Ashes of Repentance</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2021 23:47:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[COVER STORY – ASH WEDNESDAY The custom of observing a time of fasting, prayer, and repentance leading up to the celebration of Christ’s resurrection began very early in the Christian church, but practices and customs varied among congregations in different areas. The First Council of Nicea (A.D. 325) unified the Christian church in observing Lent&#8230;&#160;<a href="https://lutheranspokesman.org/2021/02/01/the-ashes-of-repentance/" rel="bookmark"><span class="screen-reader-text">The Ashes of Repentance</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>“Hat in Hand”</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2019 17:04:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[DEVOTION – ASH WEDNESDAY An office worker named Bill had had just about enough. He was tired of the management’s incompetence. Most of all, he was tired of his immediate supervisor, Mr. Sanders. He had to vent about it somewhere, so he walked over to his co-worker’s desk and said “Sylvia, can you believe that&#8230;&#160;<a href="https://lutheranspokesman.org/2019/03/01/hat-in-hand/" rel="bookmark"><span class="screen-reader-text">“Hat in Hand”</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>When It’s Time  to be Uncomfortable</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2016 18:30:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It’s natural to seek a certain level of comfort. I’m talking about getting and being comfortable. People want to be comfortable in their clothing, in their homes, and in their lives. If we become uncomfortable, then we try to make a change of clothing, or the body position that doesn’t feel right, or the circumstances&#8230;&#160;<a href="https://lutheranspokesman.org/2016/02/01/when-its-time-to-be-uncomfortable/" rel="bookmark"><span class="screen-reader-text">When It’s Time  to be Uncomfortable</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>We are Not Alone</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2016 18:48:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I think it’s arrogant of us to think that we are alone in the universe.&#8221; So said a network television news reporter in a discussion of some new discovery in the universe. That statement is surely one that we would agree with, though not as the reporter intended it. He was not talking about the arrogance of&#8230;&#160;<a href="https://lutheranspokesman.org/2016/01/01/we-are-not-alone/" rel="bookmark"><span class="screen-reader-text">We are Not Alone</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
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