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		<title>&#8230;it just gives.</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chriszimmerman.wordpress.com&amp;blog=786242&amp;post=164&amp;subd=chriszimmerman&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Nothing and no one is impervious to God&#8217;s Word&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 17:09:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hebrews 4:12-13 (The Message) God means what he says. What he says goes. His powerful Word is sharp as a surgeon&#8217;s scalpel, cutting through everything, whether doubt or defense, laying us open to listen and obey. Nothing and no one is impervious to God&#8217;s Word. We can&#8217;t get away from it—no matter what. Posted in bible [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chriszimmerman.wordpress.com&amp;blog=786242&amp;post=160&amp;subd=chriszimmerman&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Humility is honestly assessing ourselves in light of God’s holiness and our sinfulness.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:40:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our definition of humility must be biblical and not simply pragmatic, and in order to be biblical it must begin with God. As John Calvin wrote, &#8220;It is evident that man never attains to a true self-knowledge until he has previously contemplated the face of God, and come down after such contemplation to look into [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chriszimmerman.wordpress.com&amp;blog=786242&amp;post=138&amp;subd=chriszimmerman&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2009 14:28:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Indeed, if we consider the unblushing promises of reward and the staggering nature of the rewards promised in the Gospels, it would seem that Our Lord finds our desires, not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chriszimmerman.wordpress.com&amp;blog=786242&amp;post=134&amp;subd=chriszimmerman&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8230;Your love breaks through and reminds me of the hope that I have in You&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Dec 2008 17:43:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Arms of My Savior When I’m all alone / And the weight of the world / Is more than I can bear on my own / When all my plans have failed  / And I suffered defeat / I’m down on my knees / I can’t get to my feet Your love breaks through [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chriszimmerman.wordpress.com&amp;blog=786242&amp;post=132&amp;subd=chriszimmerman&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>0 to 60 in&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2008 01:17:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[0.                 I own 27 bibles 1.                 I like to read (but I&#8217;ve been really lazy lately) 2.                 I wish I were ambidextrous 3.                 I don&#8217;t like wearing my glasses, but certain people have changed my mind about that, so I&#8217;ll wear them around a select few 4.                 I want to serve as a college pastor [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chriszimmerman.wordpress.com&amp;blog=786242&amp;post=130&amp;subd=chriszimmerman&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Aristotle said I am a rational animal; I say I am an angel with an incredible capacity for beer&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 12:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I get honest, I admit I am a bundle of paradoxes. I believe and I doubt, I hope and I get discouraged, I love and I hate, I feel bad about feeling good, I feel guilty about not feeling guilty, I am trusting and suspicious. I am honest and I still play games. Aristotle [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chriszimmerman.wordpress.com&amp;blog=786242&amp;post=126&amp;subd=chriszimmerman&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8230;how we experience his deep and abiding presence in us: by the Spirit he gave us&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 11:55:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[11 For this is the original message we heard: We should love each other. 12-13 We must not be like Cain, who joined the Evil One and then killed his brother. And why did he kill him? Because he was deep in the practice of evil, while the acts of his brother were righteous. So [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chriszimmerman.wordpress.com&amp;blog=786242&amp;post=121&amp;subd=chriszimmerman&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;m dying&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2008 00:05:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ok. I’m not really dying, at least not any faster than normal (as far as I know). Sometimes, though, it feels as if I am. The state of the world; the lying, the hurting, the crap all around us…that’s on us. It’s our fault. It’s brought death to our lives. I can feel it, and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chriszimmerman.wordpress.com&amp;blog=786242&amp;post=115&amp;subd=chriszimmerman&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8230;wrap our hearts around whatever we treasure most&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 16:19:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Job stood up and tore his robe in grief. Then he shaved his head and fell to the ground to worship. He said, “I came naked from my mother’s womb, and I will be naked when I leave. The Lord gave me what I had, and the Lord has taken it away. Praise the name [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chriszimmerman.wordpress.com&amp;blog=786242&amp;post=107&amp;subd=chriszimmerman&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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