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		<title>Chapter Eight: The King Will Desire Your Beauty</title>
		<link>http://pitchfordsramblings.com/2009/06/29/chapter-eight-the-king-will-desire-your-beauty/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have now seen just what the true message of Christianity is, and how it applies to every person under heaven, regardless of circumstances or background. We have seen that this gospel-message demands a response, and have made clear the high cost of following Jesus, and the priceless reward that it will bring. But we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review: The Prayer of the Lord, by R. C. Sproul</title>
		<link>http://pitchfordsramblings.com/2009/06/25/book-review-the-prayer-of-the-lord-by-r-c-sproul/</link>
		<comments>http://pitchfordsramblings.com/2009/06/25/book-review-the-prayer-of-the-lord-by-r-c-sproul/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:47:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Throughout much of Church history, the Lord&#8217;s Prayer (together with the Decalogue and the Apostle&#8217;s Creed) has been one of the most foundational elements used in instructing new believers and children in what it means to be a Christian. But unfortunately, while it is frequently recited by rote today, it is not so commonly used [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chapter Seven: Choose This Day</title>
		<link>http://pitchfordsramblings.com/2009/06/22/chapter-seven-choose-this-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 13:58:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thus far in my message to you, I have tried to do two things: first, show you exactly what Christianity is, and second, show how it applies to you personally, no matter who you may be. Now, I intend to show you that this message, with its necessary personal application, cannot be ignored or shelved [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review: The Road from Eden, by John Barber</title>
		<link>http://pitchfordsramblings.com/2009/06/17/book-review-the-road-from-eden-by-john-barber/</link>
		<comments>http://pitchfordsramblings.com/2009/06/17/book-review-the-road-from-eden-by-john-barber/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:21:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What precisely did God mean when he told Adam to fill the earth, subdue it, have dominion over it, and to cultivate and keep the Garden? What significance does that command retain after the Fall? What meaning does it have for Christians living on the earth today, after the resurrection of Christ? In a word, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chapter Six: To the Christian (Part Two)</title>
		<link>http://pitchfordsramblings.com/2009/06/15/chapter-six-to-the-christian-part-two/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:26:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If there is one thing that the preceding overview of contemporary western Christianity has made clear, it is that there is surprisingly little true Christianity left in the midst of a thousand different false gospels and counterfeit Christian movements and denominations across the religious landscape. But this fact should not discourage anyone seeking a true [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Book Now Available</title>
		<link>http://pitchfordsramblings.com/2009/06/11/new-book-now-available/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 19:09:13 +0000</pubDate>
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Greetings, all.

My new allegorical fantasy, Fair Semblances, is now available for purchase. As always, electronic copies may be downloaded for free.
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		<title>Book Review: The Fracture of Faith, by Douglas Vickers</title>
		<link>http://pitchfordsramblings.com/2009/06/11/book-review-the-fracture-of-faith-by-douglas-vickers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:44:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Fracture of Faith, by Douglas Vickers, is a book written in response to the manner in which “the testimony of the church has been tarnished by the devaluation of its doctrine and the uncertainty that clouds its statement of the gospel” (from the preface). It is therefore, by immediate admission, a book concerned with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chapter Five: To the Christian (Part One)</title>
		<link>http://pitchfordsramblings.com/2009/06/08/chapter-five-to-the-christian-part-one/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 15:42:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have spent the last two chapters speaking to non-Christians of all sorts, and telling them what the basic message of true Christianity has to say to them in particular. In these next two chapters, I will shift my focus to American Christendom, and show why the truth of the gospel matters for professing Christians, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review: The Law Is Not of Faith, edited by Bryan D. Estelle, J. V. Fesko, and David Van Drunen</title>
		<link>http://pitchfordsramblings.com/2009/06/03/book-review-the-law-is-not-of-faith-edited-by-bryan-d-estelle-j-v-fesko-and-david-van-drunen/</link>
		<comments>http://pitchfordsramblings.com/2009/06/03/book-review-the-law-is-not-of-faith-edited-by-bryan-d-estelle-j-v-fesko-and-david-van-drunen/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:44:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In recent Reformed treatments of Covenant Theology, there have been several trajectories tending to emphasize ever more strongly the continuity between the Abrahamic, Sinaitic, and New covenants as different administrations of the Covenant of Grace, and correspondingly, to de-emphasize any discontinuities that may exist, particularly when it comes to the works-principle so evident in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chapter Four: To the Non-Christian (Part Two)</title>
		<link>http://pitchfordsramblings.com/2009/06/01/chapter-four-to-the-non-christian-part-two/</link>
		<comments>http://pitchfordsramblings.com/2009/06/01/chapter-four-to-the-non-christian-part-two/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:47:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the previous chapter, I spent some time speaking to non-Christians with definite religious convictions, whether convinced atheists or adherents to other world religions. In this chapter, I would extend my audience, and speak to those of you who are agnostic in some sense. Perhaps you are blithely agnostic – you have given little thought [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Mosaic Covenant: Works or Grace?</title>
		<link>http://pitchfordsramblings.com/2009/05/30/the-mosaic-covenant-works-or-grace/</link>
		<comments>http://pitchfordsramblings.com/2009/05/30/the-mosaic-covenant-works-or-grace/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2009 20:41:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Westminster Confession of Faith, speaking of the unity of the Covenant of Grace from the time immediately after the Fall and forever thereafter, states, “This covenant [of grace] was differently administered in the time of the law, and in the time of the Gospel” (WCF 7:5). In this brief summation, we may observe two [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review: Revolutions in Worldview, edited by W. Andrew Hoffecker</title>
		<link>http://pitchfordsramblings.com/2009/05/27/book-review-revolutions-in-worldview-edited-by-w-andrew-hoffecker/</link>
		<comments>http://pitchfordsramblings.com/2009/05/27/book-review-revolutions-in-worldview-edited-by-w-andrew-hoffecker/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 15:30:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Regardless of one&#8217;s particular field of study, no education can be considered complete without a full-scale survey and competent analysis of the origins and historical progress of Western thought; and this is particularly true when it comes to Christians, who have both a message of truth that transcends human speculation and a ringing commission to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chapter Three: To the Non-Christian (Part One)</title>
		<link>http://pitchfordsramblings.com/2009/05/25/chapter-three-to-the-non-christian-part-one/</link>
		<comments>http://pitchfordsramblings.com/2009/05/25/chapter-three-to-the-non-christian-part-one/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 15:40:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am writing this book, not just because the message I have is good and true (although it is); but primarily, because the message I have matters. It matters to you. Whoever you might be, whatever you might think about Christianity, whether you&#8217;re content as you are, looking for something more, unsure of Christianity, antagonistic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DVD Review: The Late Great Planet Church, presented by NiceneCouncil.com</title>
		<link>http://pitchfordsramblings.com/2009/05/20/dvd-review-the-late-great-planet-church-presented-by-nicenecouncilcom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 17:12:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Late Great Planet Church (volume one) is a well-structured and easy-to-watch dvd presentation that gathers together the insights of several notable scholars and pastors, most of whom were formerly committed dispensationalists, specifically on the rise of dispensationalism and the often dubious nature of its history during its formative years. It continues with more recent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chapter Two: What is Christianity?</title>
		<link>http://pitchfordsramblings.com/2009/05/18/chapter-two-what-is-christianity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 14:16:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let me tell you from the beginning that Christianity is probably not what you think it is. It is probably much bigger, for one thing. Christianity is not just something you do on Sunday, it is not just one part of your life, another category to be fit in somewhere with work, friends, family, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review: A Theological Guide to Calvin&#8217;s Institutes, edited by David W. Hall and Peter A. Lillback</title>
		<link>http://pitchfordsramblings.com/2009/05/13/book-review-a-theological-guide-to-calvins-institutes-edited-by-david-w-hall-and-peter-a-lillback/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 23:57:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The tenth of July, on this year of our Lord, 2009, will be a highly significant date for the reformed community, marking as it does the five hundredth birthday of John Calvin, the acclaimed Reformer of Geneva and author of one of the most enduring works ever penned, Institutes of the Christian Religion. As a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chapter One: The Reason I Write</title>
		<link>http://pitchfordsramblings.com/2009/05/11/chapter-one-the-reason-i-write/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 15:31:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have recently begun writing a new book titled, If I Could Tell You Just One Thing. It&#8217;s basically an appeal directed to a wide audience, including atheists, agnostics, secular humanists, nominal Christians, etc., with the foundationally important message of the gospel and its necessary implications. I&#8217;ll occasionally be posting chapters here and would invite [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review: The Reign of Grace, by Abraham Booth</title>
		<link>http://pitchfordsramblings.com/2009/05/06/book-review-the-reign-of-grace-by-abraham-booth/</link>
		<comments>http://pitchfordsramblings.com/2009/05/06/book-review-the-reign-of-grace-by-abraham-booth/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 15:06:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[To many people, the doctrines of grace are essentially just the five points of Calvinism, commonly remembered by the acronym “TULIP”; but in reality, the doctrine of God&#8217;s sovereign, reigning grace impacts every part of Christian doctrine and life. Few people give more evidence of having come to understand and delight in the far-reaching implications [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fair Semblances: An Allegorical Fantasy (Chapter 37)</title>
		<link>http://pitchfordsramblings.com/2009/05/04/fair-semblances-an-allegorical-fantasy-chapter-37/</link>
		<comments>http://pitchfordsramblings.com/2009/05/04/fair-semblances-an-allegorical-fantasy-chapter-37/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 14:27:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The readers of this little tale, at least they who have any measure of that fine, empathetic sort of sensibility which the reading of such a story by its very nature demands, will doubtless be better able to imagine the delightfully turbulent emotions and soaring passions of a thousand sweet reunions than this humble teller [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review: The Infinite Merit of Christ, by Craig Biehl</title>
		<link>http://pitchfordsramblings.com/2009/04/29/book-review-the-infinite-merit-of-christ-by-craig-biehl/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:40:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The rich and prolific theological legacy of Jonathan Edwards is one of modern American Christianity&#8217;s greatest treasures, and interest in the great eighteenth century scholar and pastor is currently quite high. It is no surprise, then, that theologians of all persuasions have attempted to use Edwards to support their own points of view. What Augustine [...]]]></description>
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