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		<title>John, You Have Deviated From the Truth!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 11:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Smid</dc:creator>
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From our Mailbag

A friend who is a pastor sent me this letter after reading my article &#8220;Can my friend be gay and a Christian?&#8220;

 
With his permission I have copied his letter in its entirety and my response below.

Dear John,

 
Thank you for your e-mails.  I must address your recent article entitled, “Can My [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Buddy Boy&#8221; Comes to Help</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2011 12:39:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Smid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, &#8220;Abba! Father!&#8221;  The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I Feel Lonely Today</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 12:33:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Smid</dc:creator>
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Sometimes we just need to know someone is there.

Thank you for reaching out to me today.

I felt all alone.




The Lord said this to Moses right before he was going to take him away from this earth, and before he would leave the people he had led for so long:

Be strong and courageous. Do not be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Focus on His Power in the Turmoil of Life</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 18:15:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Smid</dc:creator>
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Sometimes in the turmoil of life we need something to focus on that shows us His power.

Ps. 42:7
&#8220;Deep calls to deep  in the roar of your waterfalls;  all your waves and breakers  have swept over me.&#8221;


When I lived in Northern California some of my favorite times were sitting on the rocky coast [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We can&#8217;t live in the past!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 12:39:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Smid</dc:creator>
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Fearful? Questioning? Reflecting on the past? or Pondering the future?
I will trust in Him.

 Proverbs 3:5-6
 Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all of your ways acknowledge Him and He will make    your path&#8217;s straight.

The Message Bible says it this way:

Trust God from the bottom [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lesbian Coach Banned from Church League</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 21:42:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Smid</dc:creator>
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A recent front page article said &#8220;A large influential church made the decision to remove a team from their league after a coach spoke honestly about being a lesbian.&#8221;

The league was a church sponsored league that was open others within the community and to non members of the church.  After a phone call to the church [...]]]></description>
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		<title>God, I need you today.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 14:13:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Smid</dc:creator>
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The warm humid air of the waterside growth.

The rich undergrowth begins to draw me to breathe in God’s provision of life.
 
Ps. 10:14

But you, O God, do see trouble and grief; you consider it to take it in hand.
The victim commits himself to you; you are the helper of the fatherless.
  
Matt. 6:30
If that is how God [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Journey of Thomas &#8211; Respect</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 12:47:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Smid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ephesians 5:21
Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.
 
Rom. 14:3
Let not him who eats regard with contempt him who does not eat, and let not him who does not eat judge him who eats, for God has accepted him.
 
The term &#8220;respect&#8221; can mean many different things for different people. Here are some definitions to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Journey of Thomas &#8211; Sensitivity</title>
		<link>http://www.gracerivers.com/jot-sensitivity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 21:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Smid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By John J. Smid
 
Prov. 15:23
A man finds joy in giving an apt reply- and how good is a timely word
 
Prov. 16:24
Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones
 
I love you! How many times in your life have you heard someone verbally say they love you? How often as a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Journey of Thomas &#8211; Protect Confidentiality</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 13:27:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Smid</dc:creator>
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Proverbs 11:13
A gossip betrays a confidence, but a trustworthy man keeps a secret.
 
Prov. 25:9-10
If you argue your case with a neighbor, do not betray another man&#8217;s confidence, or he who hears it may shame you and you will never lose your bad reputation.
 
Prov. 12:14
From the fruit of his lips a man is filled with good [...]]]></description>
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