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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 17:53:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My heart is naturally inclined toward helping men be the best they can be. Much of my teaching and many of my posts are written with men in mind because I know many men in our society are struggling with &#8230; <a href="http://timfilkins.wordpress.com/2012/02/23/male-enhancement/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=timfilkins.wordpress.com&amp;blog=21517447&amp;post=859&amp;subd=timfilkins&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Making Men: Face-to-Face</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:10:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have a blog, a Facebook page, a Twitter account, and my own, personal web-site. I belong to LinkedIn, I regularly publish e-letters via Constant Contact, and I have to fight the urge to text while driving. In our home &#8230; <a href="http://timfilkins.wordpress.com/2012/02/22/making-men-face-to-face/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=timfilkins.wordpress.com&amp;blog=21517447&amp;post=846&amp;subd=timfilkins&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mardi Gras</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:39:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is Fat Tuesday or Mardi Gras. Thousands are camped out in New Orleans, waiting to party the night away before Lent starts tomorrow on Ash Wednesday. I’ve heard the Mardi Gras event called the &#8220;feast before the fast.&#8221; It &#8230; <a href="http://timfilkins.wordpress.com/2012/02/21/mardi-gras/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=timfilkins.wordpress.com&amp;blog=21517447&amp;post=832&amp;subd=timfilkins&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Are Christians Supposed To Judge Others?</title>
		<link>http://timfilkins.wordpress.com/2012/02/18/are-christians-supposed-to-judge-others/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 22:17:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following is my answer to a friend&#8217;s question. Somebody had accused him of not truly being saved. This accuser told my friend that salvation was &#8220;fruit,&#8221;  and that he wasn&#8217;t exhibiting it, therefore, he must not be saved. My &#8230; <a href="http://timfilkins.wordpress.com/2012/02/18/are-christians-supposed-to-judge-others/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=timfilkins.wordpress.com&amp;blog=21517447&amp;post=823&amp;subd=timfilkins&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Alone In A Crowd</title>
		<link>http://timfilkins.wordpress.com/2012/02/17/alone-in-a-crowd/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 04:28:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Leadership can be a lonely responsibility. It seems that the greater the number of people one is responsible to lead, the lonelier the role can be. I guess that is because the more people there are, the more people there &#8230; <a href="http://timfilkins.wordpress.com/2012/02/17/alone-in-a-crowd/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=timfilkins.wordpress.com&amp;blog=21517447&amp;post=816&amp;subd=timfilkins&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Take Everything. Give Nothing.</title>
		<link>http://timfilkins.wordpress.com/2012/02/16/take-everything-give-nothing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 23:40:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A friend of mine and I were once parked in &#8220;donut formation&#8221; having a conversation. Donut formation is when two police officers are parked in such a way that their squad car driver&#8217;s windows face each other. It is the only &#8230; <a href="http://timfilkins.wordpress.com/2012/02/16/take-everything-give-nothing/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=timfilkins.wordpress.com&amp;blog=21517447&amp;post=800&amp;subd=timfilkins&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Theft by Disciple?</title>
		<link>http://timfilkins.wordpress.com/2012/02/15/theft-by-disciple/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:11:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Did the disciples steal Jesus’ body? Is that why the tomb was empty? Matthew relates in his gospel that the Jewish leaders bribed the guards who had been at Jesus’ tomb to say just that (Matthew 28:11-15). I have heard &#8230; <a href="http://timfilkins.wordpress.com/2012/02/15/theft-by-disciple/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=timfilkins.wordpress.com&amp;blog=21517447&amp;post=793&amp;subd=timfilkins&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Epic Fail</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 04:19:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Satan works overtime convincing Christians that we’ve failed God in epic fashion. One of Satan’s major schemes to keep Christians sidelined is to make us feel guilty, worthless, unworthy, and unusable. Non-believers feel guilty about stuff, too, but Satan doesn’t &#8230; <a href="http://timfilkins.wordpress.com/2012/02/13/epic-fail/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=timfilkins.wordpress.com&amp;blog=21517447&amp;post=785&amp;subd=timfilkins&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Just Me and My Bride</title>
		<link>http://timfilkins.wordpress.com/2012/02/10/just-me-and-my-bride/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:46:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My wife and I are going out to dinner tonight. I can’t wait. We are celebrating my forty fifth birthday a week early. We’re dropping our three kids off at my mom’s house and we’re headed to a local steak-house. &#8230; <a href="http://timfilkins.wordpress.com/2012/02/10/just-me-and-my-bride/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=timfilkins.wordpress.com&amp;blog=21517447&amp;post=779&amp;subd=timfilkins&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Writing Is Rewriting</title>
		<link>http://timfilkins.wordpress.com/2012/02/09/writing-is-rewriting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:04:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just finished blogging a six-part short-story called Transition. I thought I’d try my hand at fiction, just to get the feel for it. I usually write non-fiction pieces related to faith, leadership, etc., so a story was a nice &#8230; <a href="http://timfilkins.wordpress.com/2012/02/09/writing-is-rewriting/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=timfilkins.wordpress.com&amp;blog=21517447&amp;post=773&amp;subd=timfilkins&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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