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		<title>If you say you love Jesus - then, why are you so critical?</title>
		<link>http://truthhiker.com/2008/05/14/if-you-say-you-love-jesus-then-why-are-you-so-critical/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 04:26:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Cody Bateman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA["Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaks evil of his brother, and judges his brother, speaks evil of the law, and judges the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge. There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judges another?" James 4:11-12 

 Christians commit two types of sins related to criticism. One is that of criticizing others; the other is taking offense when they criticize us. Criticism is, in reality, judging, and as our text brings out, none of us are really qualified to judge others. Only God is qualified to judge. "Let us not therefore judge one another any more" (Romans 14:13).

Criticism almost inevitably generates resentment, quarreling, and enmity. It actually harms the character and testimony of the critic as much as that of the recipient. Even unspoken criticism is harmful. Love "seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil" (1 Corinthians 13:5).

This does not mean that Christians should condone doctrinal error or moral evil when circumstances indicate clear conflict with Scripture. "Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment" (John 7:24).]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">&#34;If you hate your brother - you are worse than a murderer!&#34; ...God</media:title>
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		<title>Every man must and will confess&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://truthhiker.com/2008/05/11/every-man-must-and-will-confess/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 04:21:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Cody Bateman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA["If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." (1 John 1:9)

The Bible book in which this glorious promise is given was written entirely to the saint of God, not to the unbelieving sinner.

Confession is what saints do when they sin. 
Repentance is what sinners do before they become saints. 
Confession is agreement (identity) with the sin against God. 
Repentance is reversal (changed mind) to trust (from me to God). 
 Psalm 51 is a classic prayer of confession. King David poured out his heart of sorrow for the terrible affair with Bathsheba, and yearned for God to "wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin" (Psalm 51:2). David acknowled that "against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight" (Psalm 51:4). He confessed his sin, and asked God, "restore unto me the joy of thy salvation" (Psalm 51:12).]]></description>
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		<title>An ear to the Master&#8217;s voice&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://truthhiker.com/2008/05/08/an-ear-to-the-masters-voice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 04:12:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Cody Bateman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA["And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free: Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul; and he shall serve him for ever." (Exodus 21:5, 6)

This unique ordinance of the Mosaic law is significant as being the first one given after the Ten Commandments. It (and the following ordinances) centers first on the most humble members of society (that is, the slave--recognizing the universal existence of slavery at the time and ameliorating its practice), then on other people, then on property--thus establishing God's priorities.

Here also, right at the beginning of the dispensation of law, we are given a picture in miniature of the coming Servant of the Lord, who would come someday to bear the penalty of the law for us, saving us by His grace.]]></description>
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		<title>Jesus&#8217; warning about diluting His word&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://truthhiker.com/2008/05/06/jesus-warning-about-diluting-his-word/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 05:02:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Cody Bateman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA["And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book." (Revelation 22:19)

This final testimony and warning of Christ to those who profess to be His followers is a clear command not to either augment (Revelation 22:18) or dilute the inspired "words" (not just "thoughts") of the Bible. There are many people in the various cults following some leader who think he or she has received some new inspired word from God. That is very unwise. But it is usually certain leaders in the mainline denominations who presumptuously either cull out or explain away those Bible verses they consider unscientific or offensive in some way. That is even more dangerous, for those whose names are not found "in the book of life" will be "cast into the lake of fire" (Revelation 20:15).]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Rick Warren - when comparing God's truth and doctrine with Rick Warren's teachings; something is very amiss. Has Rick Warren (and many other modern day </media:title>
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		<title>&#34;The Baptist Standard&#34; doesn&#8217;t speak for me&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://truthhiker.com/2008/05/05/the-baptist-standard-doesnt-speak-for-me/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 21:49:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Cody Bateman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA["A scorner seeks wisdom, and finds it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understands." Proverbs 14:6 

The two photographs on a Baptist Standard editor’s piece on fundamentalism are of rioting Shi’ite Muslims and a smiling Ken Ham (AiG president) next to a dinosaur at the Creation Museum. We’ll let you guess how the author, Marv Knox, feels about creationists.

 In a shoddy attempt at crowding out journalism with invective, Marv Knox, editor of the newsmagazine that bills itself as representing Texas Baptists, takes a look at what “fundamentalists of every faith share”: resistance to modernity. (So much for the traditional definition of a fundamentalist as referring to someone who sticks to the Word of God.)]]></description>
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		<title>The gift of labor&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://truthhiker.com/2008/05/04/the-gift-of-labor-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 13:08:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Cody Bateman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA["And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it." (Genesis 2:15)

When God first created man, He gave him work to do. Although "the LORD God planted a garden" for man (Genesis 2:8), it was up to man to take care of it if he would continue to eat its fruits. Thus, having to labor for one's living is not a divine punishment for man's sin as people sometimes interpret it, but rather a divine benefit for man's good.

Similarly, even in the new earth, when sin and suffering will be gone forever, there will still be work to do. "There shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him" (Revelation 22:3).]]></description>
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		<title>How to know the will of God&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://truthhiker.com/2008/05/03/how-to-know-the-will-of-god/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2008 14:48:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Cody Bateman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA["Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths." (Proverbs 3:5, 6)

The key to knowing God's will is willingness and determination to follow it before knowing it. "If any man will &#124;literally 'wills to'&#124; do his will, he shall know" (John 7:17).

The best indicator as to whether one is really willing to follow God's will, of course, is whether or not he is now following that part of His will which is already known, as revealed in His Word. This requires first knowing and believing, and then obeying the Word, especially those portions dealing with God's general will for all Christians. "Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path" (Psalm 119:105). Then, if one indeed is following the revealed will of God, he may ask in confidence (1 John 5:14, 15) for the Lord to indicate His will in a specific matter on which there is no explicit biblical teaching (see also James 1:5, 6).]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">&#34;One of the most critical elements of the Christian walk is God's requirement to know His will.&#34; William Bateman, truthhiker</media:title>
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		<title>Why not start at the beginning?</title>
		<link>http://truthhiker.com/2008/05/02/why-not-start-at-the-beginning/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 13:14:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Cody Bateman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Mission organizations like New Tribes Mission, for instance, found a problem when presenting the gospel to many pagan cultures.

At first, they thought they were reaching these people by telling them about Jesus and the message of the Cross. But after some time, they started to realize that these people did not understand the message at all. Commitments they thought they had did not turn out to be real.]]></description>
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		<title>Are you a &#34;Spiritual father&#34; or &#34;fleshly father&#34;</title>
		<link>http://truthhiker.com/2008/05/01/are-you-a-spiritual-father-or-fleshly-father/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 07:29:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA["For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel. Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me." I Corinthians 4:15-16

One of the more perplexing things I have encountered along my own  30-year journey traveling the road of fatherhood - has been the absolutely ignorant position taken by "earthly fathers" (those men who fathered their own children) who insist that they alone remain the most qualified to "lead their children spiritually."

Are my words "fighting words" to you, Mr. Dad? Before you jump the gun and assume I am a heretic in the making - take some time to read this list I borrowed from a fellow fathering ministry:]]></description>
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		<title>&#34;Make it as sure as you can!&#34;</title>
		<link>http://truthhiker.com/2008/04/30/make-it-as-sure-as-you-can/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 04:28:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Cody Bateman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA["Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch: go your way, make it as sure as ye can. So they went, and made the sepulcher sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch." (Matthew 27:65, 66)

Pilate had endured many strange experiences leading up to the crucifixion of Christ. Both he and some close to him (v. 19) had wanted to release Him, finding no fault in Him (v. 23). But, for political expediency, willing to pacify the Jewish leaders and quell a potential riot, Pilate had agreed to the execution. But once Christ was dead and in the grave, Pilate's troubles did not end.

Perhaps we are justified in reading a tone of sarcasm and impatience in Pilate's words. "Make it as sure as you can." What is there to fear from a dead man? Guard the tomb if you want. But just perhaps Pilate was hounded by unexplained doubts; maybe a guard could prevent the bizarre fears from becoming reality.]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Was Jesus trying to convince Pilate not to kill him? No! Jesus himself declared that, &#34;No man take my life, but I lay it down willingly for the sheep!&#34; Jesus foreknew his confrontation with Pilate - desiring the Pilate come to believe as those who follow Him today also believe!</media:title>
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		<title>Love not the world&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:19:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Cody Bateman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[We must be wary of the world's "things," because we are "in the world" not "of the world" (John 17:11-16). The command in our text is that we are not to love the world or its things, not that we should remain blissfully ignorant of them. We are to be "wise as serpents, and harmless as doves" (Matthew 10:16).

There are big things of the world like nations and kingdoms (Matthew 4:8; Luke 12:30) as well as cares and riches (Mark 4:19) which can sap our focus and drain our loyalties. And there are "rudiments" and "elements" (Colossians 2:20; Galatians 4:3) that can twist our thinking and "spoil" us (Colossians 2:8).]]></description>
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		<title>The Name of the Lord</title>
		<link>http://truthhiker.com/2008/04/27/the-name-of-the-lord/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 13:34:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Cody Bateman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA["And God said unto Moses, I Am That at I Am: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I Am hath sent me unto you." (Exodus 3:14)

This unique name of God was given to stress the truth that He is timeless. The name "LORD" (Hebrew YHWH = Yahweh, or Jehovah) is essentially the same, conveying the truth that He is the eternal, self-existing One.

The Lord Jesus Christ appropriated this divine name to Himself when He told the Jews: "Before Abraham was &#124;i.e., 'was born'&#124;, I am" (John 8:58). Correctly assuming that this statement was nothing less than a direct claim to identity with God, the Jews immediately (but unsuccessfully) attempted to stone Him to death as a blasphemer.]]></description>
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		<title>What &#34;Separation of Church and State&#34; meant to the author of it - President Thomas Jefferson</title>
		<link>http://truthhiker.com/2008/04/25/what-separation-of-church-and-state-meant-to-the-author-of-it-president-thomas-jefferson/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 20:27:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Cody Bateman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA["Jefferson viewed the "wall" as limiting the federal government from "intermeddling" in church government, as explained in his letter to Samuel Miller, Jan. 23, 1808:

I consider the government of the United States as interdicted [prohibited] by the Constitution from intermeddling with religious institutions, their doctrines, discipline, or exercises. This results not only from the provision that no law shall be made respecting the establishment or free exercise of religion, but from that also which reserves to the states the powers not delegated to the United States [10th Amendment]."]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">He drafted the Declaration of Independence, was governor of Virginia, and as 3rd U.S. president approved the Louisiana Purchase, commissioning Lewis and Clark to explore it. He sent Marines to fight Muslim Barbary Pirates of Tripoli &#8211; but he is best known for his phrase &#34;wall of separation of church and state.&#34;</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Francis Asbury fought against governmental jurisdiction over church affairs - was picked up by super patriot, Patrick Henry and became the movement called, &#34;Antidisestablishmentarianism.&#34;</media:title>
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		<title>How God expects us to pray to Him&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://truthhiker.com/2008/04/22/how-god-expects-us-to-pray-to-him/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:43:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Cody Bateman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Jesus promised that "whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you" (John 16:23). This condition for answered prayer and its resulting fullness of joy is not just a formula with which to end a prayer. "In my name" implies representing Him and what He stands for, so that our prayer could truly be His prayer as well.

For example, our prayer must be in His will. "If we ask any thing according to his will . . . we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him" (1 John 5:14-15).

We need also to recognize that God's great purpose in creation is of higher priority than our own personal desires, so this should be of first order in our prayers. Jesus said: "When ye pray, say, Our Father. . . . Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth" (Luke 11:2). We can also pray for our own needs, of course, especially for God to "deliver us from evil" (Luke 11:4), the closing request in His model prayer.]]></description>
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		<title>God&#8217;s idea of &#34;Chain of Command&#34;</title>
		<link>http://truthhiker.com/2008/04/18/gods-idea-of-chain-of-command/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:40:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Cody Bateman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA["Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest. Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying, Pass through the host, and command the people, saying, Prepare you victuals; for within three days ye shall pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land, which the Lord your God giveth you to possess it." (Joshua 1:9-11)

In the army of the Lord, typified here by the Israelites as they prepared for the conquest of Canaan, there must be order rather than irresponsibility. This is evidently the first reference in the Bible to a chain of command in these armies. God commanded Joshua, who had previously been appointed by God, through Moses, to be their human commander-in-chief. "Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people," who were thereafter to "command the people."]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">God made Joshua ruler of the generation of Jewish followers of Messiah as they dwelt in the land promised them by Yaweh - the ancient land of Israel! That land is still rightfully God's... not the rest of the world's.</media:title>
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		<title>The Titanic&#8217;s last hero&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:01:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Cody Bateman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA["This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. No one has greater love than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends." John 15:12-13

 I have recently heard about a book that tells of the night the Titanic sank. It is entitled: 'The Titanic's Last Hero', By Moody Adams. It is now out of print and there are people that are looking into getting permission to reprint this book with such an excellent testimony to the power of Christ in a man's life. As the Titanic sank the Rev. John Harper gave away his life jacket telling people that, "I am going up, not down!" There were witnesses that he walked around near the life boats telling the men to let women and children and unsaved people on the life boats because the unsaved were unprepared to die and be ushered into eternity. He walked around among the throng of people offering them their last chance at salvation.]]></description>
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		<title>Expelled - a movie by Ben Stein (Get a free ticket too!)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:17:56 +0000</pubDate>
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Because we believe that the movie Expelled is an important milestone in the battle over origins (opens April 18), Answers in Genesis is giving away 50 tickets for the first 50 people who spend $50 in our U.S. store with the coupon code below (1 ticket per winner). Although Expelled is not a Christian film, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#34;I AM&#34;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Apr 2008 13:23:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA["And he said unto him, I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it." (Genesis 15:7)

There are seven "I am's" in the Book of Genesis. The first is a beautiful figure of speech ("I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward" &#124;Genesis 15:1&#124;)but the others are all names and titles of God. The first of these is in our text above, identifying Jehovah Himself (the LORD) with the "I am."

The next is Genesis 17:1: "I am the Almighty God." The Hebrew here is El Shaddai ("God the nourishing sustainer"), also found in 35:11. Next is in 26:24: "I am the God of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I am with thee." Then, "I am the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac" (28:13). "I am the God of Bethel" (31:13). Beth-el means "the house of God." Finally, God says: "I am God, the God of thy father" (46:3).]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">God gave the Law as our taskmaster - to bring us to the Christ in repentance! Why? Because it remains impossible for mere men to keep the law without violating at least one of them. This makes he or she a sinner before the perfect and holy God. All men, because of their sin - deserves death and eternal separation from God. By drawing on Jesus Christ and His perfect obedience to the law and God the Father's will - we can be forgiven and live!</media:title>
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		<title>Carbon 14 dating - doesn&#8217;t it disprove the Bible? Part IV</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 04:04:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The RATE Group Findings
In 1997 an eight-year research project was started to investigate the age of the earth. The group was called the RATE group (Radioisotopes and the Age of The Earth). The team of scientists included:

Larry Vardiman, PhD Atmospheric Science 
Russell Humphreys, PhD Physics 
Eugene Chaffin, PhD Physics 
John Baumgardner, PhD Geophysics 
Donald DeYoung, PhD Physics 
Steven Austin, PhD Geology 
Andrew Snelling, PhD Geology 
Steven Boyd, PhD Hebraic and Cognate Studies 
The objective was to gather data commonly ignored or censored by evolutionary standards of dating. The scientists reviewed the assumptions and procedures used in estimating the ages of rocks and fossils. The results of the carbon-14 dating demonstrated serious problems for long geologic ages. Samples were taken from ten different coal layers that, according to evolutionists, represent different time periods in the geologic column (Cenozoic, Mesozoic, and Paleozoic). The RATE group obtained ten coal samples from the U.S. Department of Energy Coal Sample Bank. These coal samples were collected from major coalfields across the United States. The coal samples, which dated millions to hundreds of millions of years old based on standard evolution time estimates, all contained measurable amounts of 14C. In all cases, careful precautions were taken to eliminate any possibility of contamination from other sources. Samples in all three “time periods” displayed significant amounts of 14C. This is a significant discovery. Since the half-life of 14C is relatively short (5,730 years), there should be no detectable 14C left after about 100,000 years. The average 14C estimated age for all the layers from these three time periods was approximately 50,000 years. However, using a more realistic pre-Flood 14C/12C ratio reduces that age to about 5,000 years.]]></description>
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		<title>Carbon 14 dating - doesn&#8217;t it disprove the Bible? Part III</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 04:02:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Magnetic Field of the Earth
Other factors can affect the production rate of 14C in the atmosphere. The earth has a magnetic field around it which helps protect us from harmful radiation from outer space. This magnetic field is decaying (getting weaker). The stronger the field is around the earth, the fewer the number of cosmic rays that are able to reach the atmosphere. This would result in a smaller production of 14C in the atmosphere in earth’s past.]]></description>
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		<title>Carbon 14 dating - doesn&#8217;t it disprove the Bible? Part II</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Apr 2008 03:45:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[How the Carbon-14 Dating Process Works
Once a living thing dies, the dating process begins. As long as an organism is alive it will continue to take in 14C; however, when it dies, it will stop. Since 14C is radioactive (decays into 14N), the amount of 14C in a dead organism gets less and less over time. Therefore, part of the dating process involves measuring the amount of 14C that remains after some has been lost (decayed). Scientists now use a device called an “Accelerator Mass Spectrometer” (AMS) to determine the ratio of 14C to 12C, which increases the assumed accuracy to about 80,000 years. In order to actually do the dating, other things need to be known. Two such things include the following questions:]]></description>
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		<title>Carbon 14 dating - does it disprove the Bible? Part I</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 03:37:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scientists use a technique called radiometric dating to estimate the ages of rocks, fossils, and the earth. Many people have been led to believe that radiometric dating methods have proved the earth to be billions of years old. This has caused many in the church to reevaluate the biblical creation account, specifically the meaning of the word “day” in Genesis 1. With our focus on one particular form of radiometric dating—carbon dating—we will see that carbon dating strongly supports a young earth.]]></description>
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		<title>What about Jewish refugees?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:06:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Cody Bateman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. House Resolution 185, adopted on Tuesday, recognizes for the first time the rights of Jews who became refugees as a result of the Arab-Israeli conflict. The Resolution expresses “the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the creation of refugee populations.” 

The non-binding bill asks the President to ensure that in all international forums, when the issue of Middle East refugees is discussed, US representatives will make sure that any explicit reference to Palestinian Arab refugees is matched by a similar explicit reference to Palestinian Jewish and other refugees. Many Jews lost their resources, their homes, and their heritage sites, fleeing in the face of persecution, pogroms, revolutions and brutal dictatorships.]]></description>
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		<title>Cain&#8217;s wife - who was she? Part IV</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Mar 2008 03:31:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[God’s Laws
Many people immediately reject the conclusion that Adam and Eve’s sons and daughters married each other by appealing to the law against brother-sister marriage. Some say that you can’t marry your relation. Actually, if you don’t marry your relation, you don’t marry a human! A wife is related to her husband before they are married because all people are descendants of Adam and Eve—all are of one blood. This law forbidding close relatives marrying was not given until the time of Moses (Leviticus 18–20). Provided marriage was one man for one woman for life (based on Genesis 1–2), there was no disobedience to God’s law originally (before the time of Moses) when close relatives (even brothers and sisters) married each other.]]></description>
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		<title>Cain&#8217;s wife - who was she? Part III</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 02:18:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Who Was Cain?
Cain was the first child of Adam and Eve recorded in Scripture (Genesis 4:1). He and his brothers, Abel (Genesis 4:2) and Seth (Genesis 4:25), were part of the first generation of children ever born on this earth. Even though these three males are specifically mentioned, Adam and Eve had other children.]]></description>
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		<title>Cain&#8217;s wife - who was she? Part II</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2008 02:12:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned” (Romans 5:12).

 We read in 1 Corinthians 15:45 that Adam was “the first man.” God did not start by making a race of men.

The Bible makes it clear that only the descendants of Adam can be saved. Romans 5 teaches that we sin because Adam sinned. The death penalty, which Adam received as judgment for his sin of rebellion, has also been passed on to all his descendants.]]></description>
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		<title>Cain&#8217;s wife - who was she? Part I</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2008 02:03:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is She the Most-Talked-About Wife in History?
We don’t even know her name, yet she was discussed at the Scopes Trial, mentioned in the movies Inherit the Wind1 and Contact,2 and talked about in countries all over the world for hundreds of years.

Skeptics of the Bible have used Cain’s wife time and again to try to discredit the book of Genesis as a true historical record. Sadly, most Christians have not given an adequate answer to this question. As a result, the world sees them as not being able to defend the authority of Scripture and thus the Christian faith.

For instance, at the historic Scopes Trial in Tennessee in 1925, William Jennings Bryan, the prosecutor who stood for the Christian faith, failed to answer the question about Cain’s wife posed by the ACLU lawyer Clarence Darrow. Consider the following excerpt from the trial record as Darrow interrogates Bryan:]]></description>
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		<title>The Gap and Ruin-Reconstruction theories? Part III</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 01:26:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Cody Bateman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A Closer Look at Genesis 1:1–2
The earliest available manuscript of Genesis 1:1–2 is found in the Greek translation of the Old Testament, called the Septuagint (LXX), which was prepared about 250–200 B.C. The LXX does not permit the reading of any ruin-reconstruction scenario into these verses, as even Custance admitted. A closer look at these verses reveals that the gap theory imposes an interpretation upon Genesis 1:1–2 that is unnatural and grammatically unsound. Like many attempts to harmonize the Bible with uniformitarian geology, the gap theory involves a well-meant but misguided twisting of Scripture.]]></description>
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		<title>The Gap and Ruin-Reconstruction theories? Part II</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2008 01:23:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Problems with the Gap Theory
Believing in the gap theory presents a number of problems and inconsistencies, especially for a Christian.

It is inconsistent with God creating everything in six days, as Scripture states. 
Exodus 20:11 says, “For in six days the Lord made the heavens and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it.” Thus the creation of the heavens and the earth (Genesis 1:1) and the sea and all that is in them (the rest of the creation) was completed in six days.15 Is there any time for a gap?

It puts death, disease, and suffering before the Fall, contrary to Scripture. 
Romans 5:12 says, “Therefore, just as through one man [Adam] sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned.” From this we understand that there could not have been human sin or death before Adam. The Bible teaches in 1 Corinthians 15 that Adam was the first man, and as a result of his rebellion (sin), death and corruption (disease, bloodshed, and suffering) entered the universe. Before Adam sinned, there could not have been any animal (nephesh16) or human death. Note also that there could not have been a race of men before Adam that died in Lucifer’s flood because 1 Corinthians 15:45 tells us that Adam was the first man.]]></description>
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		<title>The Gap and Ruin-Reconstruction theories? Part I</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 01:11:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Because of the accepted teachings of evolution, many Christians have tried to place a gap of indeterminate time between the first two verses of Genesis 1. Genesis 1:1–2 states: “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Creationist deny the laws of nature? Part IV</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Laws of Logic
All the laws of nature, from physics and chemistry to the law of biogenesis, depend on the laws of logic. Like mathematics, the laws of logic are transcendent truths. One cannot imagine that the laws of logic could be anything different than what they are. Take the law of noncontradiction as an example. This law states that you cannot have both “A” and “not A” at the same time and in the same relationship. Without the laws of logic, reasoning would be impossible. But where do the laws of logic come from?

The atheist cannot account for the laws of logic, even though he or she must accept that they exist in order to do any rational thinking. But according to the Bible, God is logical. Indeed, the law of noncontradiction is reflective of God’s nature; God cannot lie (Numbers 23:19) or be tempted with evil (James 1:13), since these things contradict His perfect nature. Since we have been made in God’s image, we instinctively know the laws of logic. We are able to reason logically (though because of finite minds and sin we don’t always think entirely logically).]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Creationist deny the laws of nature? Part III</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2008 01:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The field of physics describes the behavior of the universe at its most fundamental level. There are many different laws of physics. They describe the way in which the universe operates today. There are laws of physics that describe how light propagates, how energy is transported, how gravity operates, how mass moves through space, and many other phenomena. The laws of physics are usually mathematical in nature; some laws of physics can be described with a concise formula such as E=mc2. The simple formula F=ma shows how an object with mass (m) will accelerate (a) when a net force (F) is applied to it. It is amazing that every object in the universe consistently obeys these rules.]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Laws of Chemistry
Life requires a specific chemistry. Our bodies are powered by chemical reactions and depend on the laws of chemistry operating in a uniform fashion. Every living being has information stored on a long molecule called DNA. Life as we know it would not be possible if the laws of chemistry were different. God created the laws of chemistry in just the right way so that life would be possible.

 The laws of chemistry give different properties to the various elements (each made of one type of atom) and compounds (made up of two or more types of atoms that are bonded together) in the universe. For example, when given sufficient activation energy, the lightest element (hydrogen) will react with oxygen to form water. Water itself has some interesting properties such as the ability to hold an unusually large amount of heat energy. When frozen, water forms crystals with six-sided symmetry (which is why snowflakes are generally six-sided). Contrast this with salt (sodium chloride) crystals which tend to form cubes. It is the six-fold symmetry of water-ice that causes “holes” in its crystal, making it less dense than its own liquid. That’s why ice floats in water (whereas essentially all other frozen compounds sink in their own liquid.)]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Word of God

Everything in the universe, every plant and animal, every rock, every particle of matter or light wave, is bound by laws, which it has no choice but to obey. The Bible tells us that there are laws of nature—“ordinances of heaven and earth” (Jeremiah 33:25). These laws describe the way God normally accomplishes His will in the universe.

God’s logic is built into the universe, and so the universe is not haphazard or arbitrary. It obeys laws of chemistry which are logically derived from the laws of physics, many of which can be logically derived from other laws of physics and laws of mathematics. The most fundamental laws of nature exist only because God wills them to; they are the logical, orderly way that the Lord upholds and sustains the universe He has created. The atheist is unable to account for the logical orderly state of the universe. Why should the universe obey laws if there is no law-giver? But laws of nature are perfectly consistent with biblical creation. In fact, the Bible is the foundation for natural laws. So, of course, creationists do not deny these laws; laws of nature are exactly what a creationist would expect.]]></description>
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		<title>Couldn&#8217;t God have used evolution? Part II</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Teaching of Christian Leaders
B. B. Warfield and Charles Hodge, great leaders of the Christian faith during the 1800s, adopted the billions-of-years belief concerning the age of the earth and reinterpreted Genesis 1 accordingly. In regard to a discussion on Genesis 1 and the days of creation, Hodge said, “The Church has been forced more than once to alter her interpretation of the Bible to accommodate the discoveries of science. But this has been done without doing any violence to the Scriptures or in any degree impairing their authority.”7

The book of Genesis teaches that death is the result of Adam’s sin (Genesis 3:29; Romans 5:12, 8:18–22) and that all of God’s creation was “very good” upon its completion (Genesis 1:31). All animals and humans were originally vegetarian (Genesis 1:29–30). But if we compromise on the history of Genesis by adding millions of years, we must believe that death and disease were part of the world before Adam sinned. You see, the (alleged) millions of years of earth history in the fossil record shows evidence of animals eating each other,8 diseases like cancer in their bones,9 violence, plants with thorns,10 and so on. All of this supposedly takes place before man appears on the scene, and thus before sin (and its curse of death, disease, thorns, carnivory, etc.) entered the world.]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[During the Scopes Trial in 1925, ACLU attorney Clarence Darrow placed William Jennings Bryan (seen as the man representing Christianity) on the stand and questioned him about his faith. In his questioning, Darrow pitted Bryan’s faith in the Bible against his belief in modern scientific thinking. Darrow questioned Bryan about the meaning of the word “day” in Genesis. Bryan’s answer rejected the clear teaching of Scripture, which indicates that the days of Genesis 1 are six actual days of approximately 24 hours. Bryan accepted modern evolutionary thinking instead when he said, “I think it would be just as easy for the kind of God we believe in to make the earth in six days as in six years or in six million years or in 600 million years. I do not think it important whether we believe one or the other.”1 This is not the first time a Christian has rejected the intended meaning of God’s Word, and it certainly will not be the last.]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is an intensifying controversy in the church all over the world regarding the age of the earth. For the first 18 centuries of church history, the almost universal belief of Christians was that God created the world in six literal days roughly 4,000 years before Christ and destroyed the world with a global Flood at the time of Noah.

But about 200 years ago some scientists developed new theories of earth history, which proposed that the earth and universe are millions of years old. Over the past 200 years Christian leaders have made various attempts to fit the millions of years into the Bible. These include the day-age view, gap theory, local flood view, framework hypothesis, theistic evolution, and progressive creation.]]></description>
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		<title>God - an Eternal, uncreated being? Part V</title>
		<link>http://truthhiker.com/2008/02/19/god-an-eternal-uncreated-being-part-v/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:17:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Cody Bateman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[God Is the Foundation for Science and Reason
 As stated before, the Bible takes God’s existence as a given. It never attempts to prove the existence of God, and this for a very good reason. When we logically prove a particular thing, we show that it must be true because it follows logically from something authoritative. But there is nothing more authoritative than God and His Word. God knows absolutely everything. So it makes sense to base our worldview on what God has written in His Word.]]></description>
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		<title>God - an Eternal, uncreated being? Part IV</title>
		<link>http://truthhiker.com/2008/02/16/god-an-eternal-uncreated-being-part-iv/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Feb 2008 00:07:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Cody Bateman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A Greater Problem Still!
 Some scientists and educators have tried to get around the above problems by speculating that as long as all the chemicals that make up the molecule of heredity (and the information it contains) came together at some time in the past, then life could have begun.

Life is built upon information. In fact, in just one of the trillions of cells that make up the human body, the amount of information in its genes would fill at least 1,000 books of 500 pages of typewritten information. Scientists now think this is hugely underestimated.]]></description>
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		<title>God - an Eternal, uncreated being? Part III</title>
		<link>http://truthhiker.com/2008/02/13/god-an-eternal-uncreated-being-part-iii/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 23:53:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Cody Bateman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Can Mutations Produce New Information?
Actually, scientists now know that the answer is “no!” Dr. Lee Spetner, a highly qualified scientist who taught information and communication theory at Johns Hopkins University, makes this abundantly clear in his scholarly and thoroughly researched book, Not by Chance:]]></description>
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		<title>God - an Eternal, uncreated being? Part II</title>
		<link>http://truthhiker.com/2008/02/10/god-an-eternal-uncreated-being-part-ii/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:46:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Cody Bateman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Who—or What—Is the Designer Then?
Design obviously implies a designer. To a Christian, the design we see all around us is totally consistent with the Bible’s explanation: “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth” (Genesis 1:1), and “For by him [Jesus Christ] all things were created that are in heaven and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through him and for him” (Colossians 1:16).]]></description>
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		<title>God - an Eternal, uncreated being? Part I</title>
		<link>http://truthhiker.com/2008/02/07/god-an-eternal-uncreated-being-part-i/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2008 22:41:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Cody Bateman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[God—an Eternal, Uncreated Being?
In our everyday experience, just about everything seems to have a beginning. In fact, the laws of science show that even things which look the same through our lifetime, such as the sun and other stars, are, in reality, running down. The sun is using up its fuel at millions of tons each second—since the sun cannot last forever, it had to have a beginning. The same can be shown to be true for the entire universe.

So when Christians claim that the God of the Bible created all the basic entities of life and the universe, some will ask what seems to be a logical question: “Who created God?”]]></description>
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		<title>Are E.T.&#8217;s and U.F.O.&#8217;s real? Part II</title>
		<link>http://truthhiker.com/2008/02/04/are-ets-and-ufos-real-part-i/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 22:29:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Cody Bateman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Are there extraterrestrial life-forms out there? The question of life on other planets is a hot topic in our culture today. Science fiction movies and television shows often depict strange creatures from far-away planets. But these ideas are not limited merely to science fiction programming. Many secular scientists believe that one day we will actually discover life on other planets. There are even projects like the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI) that scan the heavens with powerful radio telescopes listening for signals from intelligent aliens. Many Christians have bought into the idea of extraterrestrial alien life. But is this idea really biblical? The Christian should constantly examine ideas in light of Scripture and take “every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ” (2 Corinthians 10:5).]]></description>
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		<title>Are E.T.&#8217;s and U.F.O.&#8217;s real? Part I</title>
		<link>http://truthhiker.com/2008/02/01/are-ets-and-ufos-real-part-i-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2008 22:40:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Cody Bateman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Are there extraterrestrial life-forms out there? The question of life on other planets is a hot topic in our culture today. Science fiction movies and television shows often depict strange creatures from far-away planets. But these ideas are not limited merely to science fiction programming. Many secular scientists believe that one day we will actually discover life on other planets. There are even projects like the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI) that scan the heavens with powerful radio telescopes listening for signals from intelligent aliens. Many Christians have bought into the idea of extraterrestrial alien life. But is this idea really biblical? The Christian should constantly examine ideas in light of Scripture and take “every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ” (2 Corinthians 10:5).]]></description>
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		<title>Fathering Your Family ~ How should counsel be given?</title>
		<link>http://truthhiker.com/2008/01/31/fathering-your-family-how-should-counsel-be-given/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 20:52:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Cody Bateman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA["Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counselors." Psalm 119:24

There are times when counsel is needed. Who gives us counsel is of utmost importance, including our need to discern the source of that counsel. How counsel is given is another critical aspect.]]></description>
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		<title>Fathering Your Family ~ Who should give us counsel?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 22:48:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Cody Bateman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA["Many are the devices of man, but the counsel of the Lord; that shall stand." Proverbs 19:21

 One of the more controversial issues today is the subject of counsel. It is estimated that nearly 85% of all counseling deals directly with the issues of marriage and relationships in general. 

There are three specific areas related to counsel:

Why do we need counsel 
Who should give us counsel 
How should counsel be given]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:08:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Cody Bateman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[(For the LORD thy God is a merciful God;) he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he swore unto them. Deuteronomy 4:31

20 YEARS OF RESEARCH REVEALS: JERUSALEM BELONGS TO JEWS]]></description>
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		<title>The Lord&#8217;s Thanksgiving</title>
		<link>http://truthhiker.com/2008/01/26/the-lords-thanksgiving/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2008 02:22:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Cody Bateman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA["The LORD Jesus in the same night in which he was betrayed took bread: and when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat; this is my body, which is broken for you. . . . after the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood" (I Corinthians 11:24,25).]]></description>
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		<title>Even hypocrites love the applause of men&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://truthhiker.com/2008/01/25/even-hypocrites-love-the-applause-of-men/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2008 02:05:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Cody Bateman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA["Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward" (Matthew 6:2).

Evidently in our Lord's day there were individuals who, when they went to the synagogue to give of their money, did so with great show, even having a trumpeter go before them to announce their actions. They also prayed openly "standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men" (v.5). Jesus called them hypocrites.]]></description>
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		<title>Are &#34;pastors&#34; dancing with the devil?</title>
		<link>http://truthhiker.com/2008/01/24/are-pastors-dancing-with-the-devil/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2008 01:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Cody Bateman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA["And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at His doctrine" (Matthew 7:28).

This is the first mention of "doctrine" (Greek, didache) in the New Testament, and as such it is significant that it refers to the doctrines taught by Christ in the so-called Sermon on the Mount. It is also significant that there are four other verses telling us that His hearers were "astonished at His doctrine" (Matthew 22:33; Mark 1:22; 11:18; Luke 4:32) in addition to the statement in Acts 13:12 that a certain new convert had been "astonished at the doctrine of the Lord" when he heard Paul preach.]]></description>
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		<title>Take heed and endure sound doctrine</title>
		<link>http://truthhiker.com/2008/01/23/take-heed-and-endure-sound-doctrine/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 01:41:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Cody Bateman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA["And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many" (Matthew 24:4,5).

This warning by Christ has special relevance in these latter days when there are multitudes of "false Christs, and false prophets" (Matthew 24:24), not only in the so-called "New Age" movement but also (in view of the fact that "Christ" means simply "anointed") in all kinds of religious, political, and educational areas of influence, and are, as Jesus warned, deceiving many. Therefore His urgent warning: "Take heed!"]]></description>
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		<title>God&#8217;s leading. Our following.</title>
		<link>http://truthhiker.com/2008/01/22/gods-leading-our-following/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2008 22:51:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Cody Bateman</dc:creator>
		
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