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<title><![CDATA[Why lust destroys the soul]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.morganton.com/content/2009/nov/20/why-lust-destroys-soul/lifestyles-faith_values/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[When I was 19 years old and working construction in Dayton, Ohio, I was sitting at a traffic light with another carpenter.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:30:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Independence calls to parent and child]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.morganton.com/content/2009/oct/30/independence-calls-parent-and-child/lifestyles-faith_values/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Frank Sinatra's signature song captures the value of personal independence and autonomy so well: "For what is man, what has he got? If not himself then he is naught.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:50:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Weighing logic, reason and absolutes]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.morganton.com/content/2009/oct/15/weighing-logic-reason-and-absolutes/lifestyles-faith_values/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[The young man was asked if there is any objective truth; that is, things that are always true regardless of your opinion or mine?
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:21:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[There's no room for doubt about God's Word]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.morganton.com/content/2009/oct/09/theres-no-room-doubt-about-gods-word/lifestyles-faith_values/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA["All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness." 2 Timothy 3:16]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Truth and Consequences: A good God in an evil world]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.morganton.com/content/2009/sep/25/truth-and-consequences-good-god-evil-world/lifestyles-faith_values/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Does the existence of evil and suffering diminish the character of God or deny His existence? Not only is that a fair question, but one many are asking in the skeptical and relativistic culture of ours. Some attempt to argue that an intelligent individual cannot embrace a loving and an all-powerful God when a simple survey of humanity pours forth evidence to the contrary.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Truth & Consequences: Hitler: Pardoned by modern science?]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.morganton.com/content/2009/aug/11/truth-consequences-hitler-pardoned-modern-science/lifestyles-faith_values/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[For decades scientists and non-scientists alike have battled over the validity of evolutionary theory. Naturally, antagonists and proponents of Darwin's creation spend a great deal of time examining the evidence surrounding the theory, but while the evidence is in urgent need of examination, the life implications of evolutionary theory also are in equal need of consideration. ]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Truth and Consequences: Fearing God is healthy for the soul]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.morganton.com/content/2009/aug/05/truth-and-consequences-fearing-god-healthy-soul/lifestyles-faith_values/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Modern thinking has forgotten, or even outright denied, the value of fearing God. To 21st Century ears, even hearing the words "fear of God" evokes images of harshness and cruelty. We would much rather speak of the kindness of God, but the Bible is clear that the "fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge."]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 05 Aug 2009 12:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Make time for worship every day]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.morganton.com/content/2009/jul/17/make-time-worship-every-day/lifestyles-faith_values/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[In March, I traveled to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for a weekend of scholarship interviews.
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:12:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Like we restore old furniture, God can restore our lives]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.morganton.com/content/2009/jul/02/we-restore-old-furniture-god-can-restore-our-lives/lifestyles-faith_values/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[My husband and I are in the process of decorating our home. ]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:15:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Why I'm for stem-cell research, but not with embryonic cells]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.morganton.com/content/2009/jun/25/why-im-stem-cell-research-not-embryonic-cells/lifestyles-faith_values/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[I am opposed to any research using embryonic stem cells. ]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:20:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The crisis of high-school christianity: A student's perspective]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.morganton.com/content/2009/jun/18/crisis-high-school-christianity-students-perspecti/lifestyles-faith_values/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[In February of 2007, University of Texas at Austin sociologists Mark Regnerus and Jeremy Uecker published an article in which they noted: "Those students who 'lose their faith' in college or drop out of organized religion after high school are primarily those already at considerable risk of doing so for other reasons that predate these actions."]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:33:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Life not death: Learn to speak responsibly ]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.morganton.com/content/2009/jun/11/life-not-death-learn-speak-responsibly/lifestyles-faith_values/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[By now you have probably been reminded of the remarkable events that occurred 20 years ago when Tiananmen Square, in Beijing, China, became a blood bath of broken and bloodied bodies.
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:10:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Engaging secular sophistry ]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.morganton.com/content/2009/may/15/engaging-secular-sophistry/lifestyles-faith_values/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[In the spring of 2005, the blockbuster film, The DaVinci Code, burst on the big screen. It sought to reflect the contents of Dan Brown's book with the same title.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 15 May 2009 11:17:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Cancer patients have different approaches in fighting their disease]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.morganton.com/content/2009/may/07/cancer-patients-have-different-approaches-fighting/lifestyles-faith_values/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[One of the most difficult parts of my job is to inform  patients that they have cancer. 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 07 May 2009 18:22:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The value of being a one woman man]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.morganton.com/content/2009/may/01/value-being-one-woman-man/lifestyles-faith_values/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[I have spoken on marriage and the family in previous articles.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 01 May 2009 11:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Waver no more]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.morganton.com/content/2009/apr/23/waver-no-more/lifestyles-faith_values/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[The United States is not a Christian nation any more than the Northern Kingdom of Israel was a godly nation in the days of Elijah. ]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:34:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Biblical model of courtship has sound principles]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.morganton.com/content/2009/apr/03/biblical-model-courtship-has-sound-principles/lifestyles-faith_values/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[The health of a church will only rise to the level of the health of the individual marriages within its communion. ]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 03 Apr 2009 11:57:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[You can have 'fair' or the privilege of rescue from hell]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.morganton.com/content/2009/mar/26/you-can-have-fair-or-privilege-rescue-hell/lifestyles-faith_values/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[A common thought and pronouncement in our culture is, "That's not fair." ]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:06:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Designer religion]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.morganton.com/content/2009/mar/19/designer-religion/lifestyles-faith_values/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[The geniuses of marketing have crafted everything from designer jeans to designer cars to foods and even designer babies whose parents select from certain gene pools to get children with a certain physical appearance or a higher intelligence quotient.
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 19 Mar 2009 12:02:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Why Christians should oppose use of marijuana]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.morganton.com/content/2009/mar/05/why-christians-should-oppose-use-marijuana/lifestyles-faith_values/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Two recent stories in the news have triggered in me a desire to warn parents of the seriousness of marijuana use. 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 05 Mar 2009 14:38:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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