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		<title>Serving God in the Midst of Godlessness</title>
		<link>http://simplychristianity.com/2012/02/26/serving-god-in-the-midst-of-godlessness/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Feb 2012 23:39:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pastor Joe Olachea</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To walk godly in a godless culture requires unwavering faith in the revelation of God as the Truth to be accepted and acted upon each and every day...]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Get Back to “Normal”!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Feb 2012 23:20:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After an amazing week at America’s Keswick Pastor’s &#38; Wives Conference, I woke up thinking that I really need to get back to normal. Then it dawned on me that I really don’t want to get “back to normal”. What was the point of God teaching me His truth if I am just going back to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Work in Progress</title>
		<link>http://simplychristianity.com/2011/12/28/a-work-in-progress/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 17:03:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Romans 1:7, To all who are in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints:…(NKJV) The wording of the Spirit—inspired Scriptures is very important. God has chosen to give us a library of 66 books in one book – the Bible. Even so, much concerning this life and spiritual things is left unsaid. God has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Church Attendance is NOT Enough!</title>
		<link>http://simplychristianity.com/2011/08/30/church-attendance-is-not-enough/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 17:32:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recent survey supports the importance of reading and studying the Bible if a person desires true and lasting change in one&#8217;s life. Going to church on Sunday morning is not enough.The survey showed that only 16% of church goers read their Bible every day and only 32% read their Bibles once each week. Of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The End is Near&#8230;!</title>
		<link>http://simplychristianity.com/2011/04/20/the-end-is-near/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 18:38:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pastor Joe Olachea</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The End Is Near…! 1 Peter 4:7 – 11 A certain group has declared that the judgment of the world is to take place on May 21, 2011, followed by the destruction of the world five months later. However, Jesus reminded His disciples that no one could be certain of the time except the Father [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New! Stolen Child &#8211; Book 2 in the Stolen Series by Kimberly Rae</title>
		<link>http://simplychristianity.com/2011/04/20/human-trafficking-stolen-woman/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 17:36:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pastor Joe Olachea</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ She had been screaming for hours. 

            Ahmad crouched just outside the hut, his back to the rickety bamboo. Sweat beaded across the patch of skin above his upper lip. Why didn’t she stop?  

            Finally, a climatic, ragged cry of pain ripped through the air. It was followed by a smaller, but no less violent, cry of a newborn.

            “A son!”  The words of a woman inside were jubilant. “A son.”  Relieved.

            Ahmad let out a breath, then sucked in another. A boy. A small, thin smile curved up one corner of his mouth.

            He cast a quick look in all directions to make certain no one saw him, then slipped off into the night.

 

 

            “Are you certain?”  The young man Rashid was hesitant.

            “Do you question me?”  Ahmad’s voice was hard. Gritty. “I saw the child myself.”

            “And it’s a boy?”

            “A son.”  The man’s smile was not warm. “A sweet little boy some barren couple will pay dearly for.”

            Rashid broke out in a cold sweat. “I’m not sure I can do this.”

            There was a harsh laugh, and the man’s words were cold. “You want to be a man, don’t you, little brother?”

            Rashid gritted his teeth. He did not see how stealing and selling a baby made him a man. He offered one last, feeble argument. “But he said we could take the baby if it was a girl.”

            Ahmad snorted in disdain. “As if we care what that weak, pathetic cigarette-seller says. We’ll tell him Sumi and Alia were mistaken. That it was really a girl.”  An evil grin spread across his face, one that ran shudders down Rashid’s back. The knowledge that Ahmad was actually enjoying this double betrayal filled him with terror. What else was he capable of?

            “Besides,” Ahmad continued, taking delight in his younger sibling’s fear, “what can he do about it?  Once the baby is sold, if he talks, the greatest shame is on him.”

            Ahmad clapped his hands together. The sound echoed in the darkness, scaring several night birds into flight above them. “He is trapped.”  Ahmad smiled with glee. “It’s perfect.”

            Rashid felt his limbs quiver. He was just feeling certain he would be sick when Ahmad returned his attention to him. “Now, you go and get the baby.”  Ahmad’s voice was firm. “Make sure no one sees you.”  Rashid watched him smile coldly. “We wouldn’t want you to get arrested for child trafficking, now would we, little brother?”

            At that moment, it became clear. Ahmad would steal the baby regardless, but if Rashid crossed him, Ahmad would find some way to make him regret it for life. 

            Rashid shoulders dropped. There was no way out, for him or the baby. 

            He nodded, and with slow steps left to do his brother’s bidding.

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		<title>Rafting the Nile River . . . and living to talk about it! by Kimberly Rae</title>
		<link>http://simplychristianity.com/2011/03/23/749/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 19:46:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pastor Joe Olachea</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rafting the Nile River . . . and living to talk about it! by Kimberly Rae I was on the trip of a lifetime. It was a beautiful sunny day, a perfect day for rafting the rapids. Best of all, I was in Africa! I was living in Uganda, Africa, working as a missionary to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Looking into the Perfect Law of Freedom</title>
		<link>http://simplychristianity.com/2011/03/23/looking-into-the-perfect-law-of-freedom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 19:19:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pastor Joe Olachea</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[James 1:12, Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him. We are probably familiar with “Beatitudes” from the greatest sermon ever preached by the greatest Preacher to ever live: Jesus in the Sermon [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seek First the Kingdom of God &#8211; James 1:1-6</title>
		<link>http://simplychristianity.com/2011/01/12/seek-first-the-kingdom-of-god-james-11-6/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 21:40:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pastor Joe Olachea</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[James 5:1 – 6 In this epistle of practical Christian living James will now address those who suppress the poor even as they gain by taking advantage of them.  He has dealt with the merchants in Chapter 4: 13 – 17 and now concentrates on the truly wealthy of an agrarian society:  landowners. Please note [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Suffering &#8211; Twenty-five Years, But for a Moment!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 21:16:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pastor Joe Olachea</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[December 7, 2010 “…after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself perfect, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.” (II Peter 5:10) Twenty-five years ago today, our baby girl, Christy Therese, was born in Statesville, NC. Little did we know that [...]]]></description>
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