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	<title>On the Road to Emmaus</title>
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		<title>God is Like a Crazy Screaming Woman</title>
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Picture the scene &#8211; a homely middle eastern woman of late antiquity runs out of her house frantically flailing her arms, the rough weave of her woolen head covering flying about. Shouting and screaming, barely able to keep her sandals on her feet amidst the scurrying through the dusty street, her voice rises to its [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Out of Exile: When the Day of Pentecost Had Fully Come (Part 4)</title>
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As we continue to explore the meaning of Pentecost in light of the narrative of Old Testament history, today our journey brings us to Ezekiel 37. In this passage, the prophet Ezekiel is given a vision in which he sees a valley full of dry bones. In verse 11, the interpretation is given by God, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.richardliantonio.com/blog/2011/07/out-of-exile-when-the-day-of-pentecost-had-fully-come-part-4/</link>
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		<title>God is with us: When the Day of Pentecost Had Fully Come (Part 3)</title>
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In my last post I described the coming of the Holy Spirit on Pentecost as forging the Church as a New Humanity, reversing Babel&#8217;s curse of social and national disintegration. Today I would like to look at the coming of the Holy Spirit as establishing a New Covenant marked by the dynamic corporate experience of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.richardliantonio.com/blog/2011/07/god-is-with-us-when-the-day-of-pentecost-had-fully-come-part-3/</link>
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		<title>We&#8217;ve Been Unbabeled: When the Day of Pentecost Had Fully Come (Part 2)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The advent of the Spirit is actually reversing the curse of Babel. The Spirit of God brings diverse peoples together as one family and one "kin-group." The Spirit forges the Church as a new humanity which is reunited as a downpayment and sign of God's eschatological purposes to bring all peoples to unity before God.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.richardliantonio.com/blog/2011/06/weve-been-unbabeled-when-the-day-of-pentecost-had-fully-come-part-2/</link>
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		<title>When the Day of Pentecost had Fully Come (Part 1)</title>
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The coming of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost, as described in Acts chapter 2, was an epochal and unrepeatable event in salvation history. This was not simply the first time the disciples received the Holy Spirit (remember, Jesus breathes on them in John 20 shortly after his resurrection). Neither was Pentecost simply [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.richardliantonio.com/blog/2011/06/when-the-day-of-pentecost-had-fully-come-part-1/</link>
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		<title>A Call to an Ancient Evangelical Future</title>
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PROLOGUE
In every age the Holy Spirit calls the Church to examine its faithfulness to God&#8217;s revelation in Jesus Christ, authoritatively recorded in Scripture and handed down through the Church. Thus, while we affirm the global strength and vitality of worldwide Evangelicalism in our day, we believe the North American expression of Evangelicalism needs to be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.richardliantonio.com/blog/2010/11/a-call-to-an-ancient-evangelical-future/</link>
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		<title>Maintaining Hope in the Journey (Principles and Practices for the Spiritual Life Part 2d)</title>
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Soon after we overcome the anxiety of needing spiritual quick-fixes—thus setting our sights on a long-term journey of growth, depth and maturity—the difficult, and at times, demoralizing reality of such a journey becomes apparent. If I will bear much fruit over a long and steady process of growth, it means that I will not “arrive” [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.richardliantonio.com/blog/2010/09/maintaining-hope-in-the-journey-principles-and-practices-for-the-spiritual-life-part-2d/</link>
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		<title>Overcoming Quick-Fix Anxiety (Principles and Practices for the Spiritual Life, Part 2c)</title>
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Shortcuts in the spiritual life tend to have a detrimental payoff in the long run. Foundations laid with anxiety and haste become the bane of feigned maturity built on an insecure base of imminent collapse. Why do people feel the need to so quickly “build up the tower,” or at least give such an impression, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.richardliantonio.com/blog/2010/09/overcoming-quick-fix-anxiety/</link>
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		<title>First Be Filled, Then Control the Outpouring (Principles and Practices for the Spiritual Life, Part 2b)</title>
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The person who is wise, therefore, will see their life as more like a reservoir than a canal. The canal simultaneously pours out what it receives; the reservoir retains the water till it is filled, then discharges the overflow without loss to itself. He knows that a curse is on the person who allows their own [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.richardliantonio.com/blog/2010/07/first-be-filled-then-control-the-outpouring-principles-and-practices-for-the-spiritual-life-part-2b/</link>
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		<title>Becoming a Deep Person is the Most Fruitful Long-term Approach to Loving God and Neighbor (Principles and Practices for the Spiritual Life, Part 2a)</title>
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“Superficiality is the curse of our age. The doctrine of instant satisfaction is a primary spiritual problem. The desperate need today is not for a greater number of intelligent people, or gifted people, but for deep people.” (Richard Foster, Celebration of Discipline)
 
I read these lines when I was a freshman in college. They set [...]]]></description>
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