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		<title>Brian Regan, Mitt Romney, a Gay Veteran, and the Art of Bad Arguments</title>
		<link>http://thetenthleper.com/2012/01/17/brian-regan-mitt-romney-a-gay-veteran-and-the-art-of-bad-arguments/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:47:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I&#8217;m trying to learn how to play chess. That game&#8217;s not right. That game does not end properly. You&#8217;re just looking at the board and your opponent goes &#8216;CHECKMATE!&#8217; &#8216;I thought you said you were supposed to take my king.&#8217; &#8216;Yeah but no matter what you do in the next move I take the king [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thetenthleper.com&amp;blog=925909&amp;post=770&amp;subd=thetenthleper&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The REALLY Cool Thing About Tebow&#8217;s Game Against the Steelers&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 21:59:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A week ago, Tim Tebow led the Denver Broncos to victory against the Pittsburgh Steelers.  Of course the real story was how the chosen one threw 316 yards, averaging 31.6 yards per completion, on a televised game with a rating of 31.6, an eerily obvious allusion to the area code of Wichita.  And some are also [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thetenthleper.com&amp;blog=925909&amp;post=762&amp;subd=thetenthleper&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On The Negative Reception Among Christians Toward Obama&#8217;s Victory</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 03:13:55 +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=thetenthleper.com&amp;blog=925909&amp;post=85&amp;subd=thetenthleper&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Breath of Fresh Air</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 21:27:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A couple days ago I read a very good article addressing the Christian&#8217;s proper mindset to politics.  It was a wonderful breath of fresh air that a lot of Christians (particularly the ones I addressed in my previous entry) need to read.  It comes from Capitol Ministries.  Enjoy! Is Politics Your Idol? By Sean Wallentine [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thetenthleper.com&amp;blog=925909&amp;post=71&amp;subd=thetenthleper&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Apocalypse 2012!  A Brief Rant on the Political Season</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Oct 2008 04:53:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[No, this actually has nothing to do with the whole Mayan/world ending in 2012 thing.  I&#8217;ll get to what it does mean in a second. More and more, I hate election season.  Mainly because it brings out the worst in people, and being a Christian in a conservative state, most of the maliciousness I see [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thetenthleper.com&amp;blog=925909&amp;post=66&amp;subd=thetenthleper&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Why the Heck Do I Live in Philadelphia?&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://thetenthleper.com/2008/06/20/why-the-heck-do-i-live-in-philadelphia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 20:40:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Geoff Bradford The Holidays brings it up again. A bad day where I feel unproductive and ineffective brings it but again. That question: why do I live here? I vacillate between anti-suburban snobbery and being tired of Philadelphia. I enjoy not living in strip-mall-ville somewhere on a cul-de-sac, but then again, Filthadelphia is not [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thetenthleper.com&amp;blog=925909&amp;post=52&amp;subd=thetenthleper&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Can Christians Vote for Obama?</title>
		<link>http://thetenthleper.com/2008/06/05/can-christians-vote-for-obama/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 05:06:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[And then there were two.  The selection process for this presidential election’s candidates over the past year has played out like Presidential Idol.  Early in 2007, it felt like everyone in Washington was a contender.  Every day someone new was announcing their White House bid.  Then it kept getting narrowed down more and more until [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thetenthleper.com&amp;blog=925909&amp;post=51&amp;subd=thetenthleper&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Godly Men and Women in a Culture of Porn</title>
		<link>http://thetenthleper.com/2008/04/19/more-than-a-loaf-godly-men-in-a-porn-culture/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2008 14:05:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;And he&#8217;s got posters on the wall of all the girls he wished she was&#8230;&#8221; American Hi-Fi, Flavor of the Week I&#8217;ve been reading a very interesting book about pornography and its impact in our culture today. The chapter I&#8217;m in right now is talking about how porn affects relationships. I&#8217;ve never understood the couples [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thetenthleper.com&amp;blog=925909&amp;post=49&amp;subd=thetenthleper&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s Next for Mike Huckabee</title>
		<link>http://thetenthleper.com/2008/03/09/whats-next-for-mike-huckabee/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Mar 2008 18:51:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I found the following article a couple days ago by Jim Wallis of Sojo.net.  It was very flattering of Mike Huckabee, and it serves to demonstrate the broadening social concerns among evangelical Christians.  Enjoy! What&#8217;s Next for Mike Huckabee? Tuesday evening, John McCain clinched the Republican nomination for president, and Mike Huckabee, the last remaining [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thetenthleper.com&amp;blog=925909&amp;post=45&amp;subd=thetenthleper&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Pope of Protestantism: Brief Thoughts on My Previous Post</title>
		<link>http://thetenthleper.com/2008/02/25/the-pope-of-protestantism-brief-thoughts-on-my-previous-post/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 05:35:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[No doubt the findings in the article from my previous post have caused concern among many people in the church over the past few years.  Young Christians today, while not necessarily liberal, are far from being as conservative as many Christians in this country have tended to be.  Is this a cause for concern?  Not [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thetenthleper.com&amp;blog=925909&amp;post=41&amp;subd=thetenthleper&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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