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	<title>Thinking it through... or Just something to think about... &#187; Biblical Truth</title>
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	<description>Stephen Black expressing, feelings, thoughts, concerns, hopes, joys and frustrations.</description>
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		<title>RECONCILIATION</title>
		<link>http://www.stephenblack.org/2010/07/06/reconciliation-movie/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stephenblack.org/2010/07/06/reconciliation-movie/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 04:20:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Attitude]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Biblical Truth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chad Ahrendt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Encouragement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ex-gay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Exodus International]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Forgiveness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Freedom from Homosexuality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grief]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Homosexuality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Identity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inspiring]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kindness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Love]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Loving God]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reconciliation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sexual Sin]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A Must See Heart-Rending Life Story During the Exodus International Freedom Conference, I and the other delegates received an unexpected blessing.  We were invited by Movie Director Chad Ahrendt to screen his new film, RECONCILIATION. I’d seen the trailer and knew a bit about the story line, so I admit to some pre-conceptions.  “It will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fashioning A Compassionate Response ~ One Day Seminar Concerning Homosexuality ~ by First Stone Ministries &#8211; April 10, 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.stephenblack.org/2010/03/11/fashioning-a-compassionate-response-one-day-seminar-by-first-stone-ministries/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stephenblack.org/2010/03/11/fashioning-a-compassionate-response-one-day-seminar-by-first-stone-ministries/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:30:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bible]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Biblical Truth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ex-gay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[First Stone Ministries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Freedom from Homosexuality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gay Gospel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Homosexuality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Loving God]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oklahoma City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Seminar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sexual Sin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Testimony]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stephenblack.org/?p=1761</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What to Expect Have you ever wondered how to address homosexuality in your church, community or family? Having over 25 years of experience with this issue, First Stone Ministries, in partnership with Bryant Avenue Baptist Church, is offering a one-day seminar to cover these topics so you too can Fashion a Compassionate Response. Seminar will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Standing for Marriage for The Good of All</title>
		<link>http://www.stephenblack.org/2009/10/07/standing-for-marriage-for-the-good-of-all/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stephenblack.org/2009/10/07/standing-for-marriage-for-the-good-of-all/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 02:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Andy Comiskey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Biblical Truth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Desert Stream Ministries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fasting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[First Stone Ministries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Freedom from Homosexuality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gay Marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Law of God]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prayer]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A good friend, leader in ministry, and co-laborer in ministry, Andy Comiskey, Executive Director of Desert Stream Ministires has organized a call for prayer and fasting for the sanctity of marriage through the leadership of the Holy Spirit.  I am embracing this call, and I am asking others to do so as well.  Below you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Freedom from Homosexuality &#8211; A Letter to OKC Gazette Editor</title>
		<link>http://www.stephenblack.org/2009/08/01/freedom-from-homosexuality-a-letter-to-okc-gazette-editor/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stephenblack.org/2009/08/01/freedom-from-homosexuality-a-letter-to-okc-gazette-editor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Biblical Truth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ex-gay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Exodus International]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[First Stone Ministries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Freedom from Homosexuality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Homosexuals Anonymous]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Letter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Loving God]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NARTH]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Several years ago I meet Louis Hommel who had already started his journey with God in walking away from homosexuality.  I had the honor and privilege to spend time serving Louis in discipleship care and support group ministry within First Stone Ministries.  I am so proud of how consistent and diligent Louis has been in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Brother ~ My Brother! An Answer to Prayer!</title>
		<link>http://www.stephenblack.org/2009/07/04/a-brother-my-brother-an-answer-to-prayer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stephenblack.org/2009/07/04/a-brother-my-brother-an-answer-to-prayer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 19:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Abortion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Biblical Truth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christians]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Church]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ex-gay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Freedom of Speech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hate Crime Laws]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ken Hutcherson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[One News Now]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stephenblack.org/?p=1646</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[FINALLY! A NATIONAL LEADER!  A Man of God, Ken Hutcherson, the senior pastor of Antioch Bible Church in Kirkland, Washington. Pastor Hutcherson is a beautiful black man in my view, for he is a courageous man of God, but not just because he is black, but that he has godly conviction as a black man.  This [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why The &#8220;Hate Crime Law&#8221; Is Destructive – Say No To Hate Crimes!</title>
		<link>http://www.stephenblack.org/2009/06/19/why-the-hate-crime-law-is-destructive-%e2%80%93-say-no-to-hate-crimes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stephenblack.org/2009/06/19/why-the-hate-crime-law-is-destructive-%e2%80%93-say-no-to-hate-crimes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 04:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Biblical Truth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gay Political Activits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hate Crime Laws]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Homosexual Political Agenda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Homosexuality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Intimidation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robert Gagnon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sexual Sin]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stephenblack.org/?p=1613</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have been communicating over and over that the purposed hate crimes legislation was unnecessary because laws are already in place to prosecute hate crime in all 50 states. Finally someone who is much more articulate has written a terrific and very clear article on this subject.  Please read Dr. Gagnon&#8217;s article below. Hate crimes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>For Such A Time As This&#8230; Carrie Prejean</title>
		<link>http://www.stephenblack.org/2009/05/05/for-such-a-time-as-this-carrie-prejean/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stephenblack.org/2009/05/05/for-such-a-time-as-this-carrie-prejean/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 05:30:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Biblical Truth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill O'Reilly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carrie Prejean]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Esther]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gay Marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hate Speech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Homosexuality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Intimidation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Intolerance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Miles McPherson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[No Compromise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prop 8]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stephenblack.org/?p=1423</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Esther is the 17th book in the Bible. Carrie Prejean entered the pageant world at age 17. Esther was a winner of beauty contest to be a queen, and Carrie Prejean was in a beauty contest. I am not trying to communicate that Carrie&#8217;s stand for righteousness is equal to an Esther.  I am amused [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Freedom from Homosexuality!</title>
		<link>http://www.stephenblack.org/2009/04/25/freedom-from-homosexuality/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stephenblack.org/2009/04/25/freedom-from-homosexuality/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2009 05:30:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Biblical Truth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ex-gay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Exodus International]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gay Gospel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Keith Green]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Law of God]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Loving God]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sexual Sin]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stephenblack.org/?p=1392</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ex-gay Leaders Speak Out about FREEDOM from Homosexuality!  There is help!  There is freedom! The Coming Out 4 Good YouTube Ex-gay videos have launched, with many more to come!  I am very excited for the truth to be told.  There is freedom in dying to this self-centered world we live.  Jesus has called us to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama Says The &#8220;USA Isn&#8217;t A Christian Nation&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.stephenblack.org/2009/04/14/obama-says-the-usa-isnt-a-christian-nation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stephenblack.org/2009/04/14/obama-says-the-usa-isnt-a-christian-nation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 14:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bible]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Biblical Truth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christians]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Constitutional Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Barton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Devotion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Historical Facts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Muslim]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Torah]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States of America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wall Builders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[William Blackstone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[William Federer]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stephenblack.org/?p=1243</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[President Obama recently went on a world apology tour (as David Limbaugh reported) accomplishing very little in strengthening the USA or world economy as was the intended promise from his multi-million dollar trip.  Yet, President Obama told the world, while in Turkey, that the &#8220;United States of America is not a Christian nation or a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seven Things I Wished That Pro-Gay People Would Admit</title>
		<link>http://www.stephenblack.org/2009/04/05/seven-things-i-wished-that-pro-gay-people-would-admit/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stephenblack.org/2009/04/05/seven-things-i-wished-that-pro-gay-people-would-admit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 02:30:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Biblical Truth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Davies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Exodus International]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gay Gospel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gay Marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gay Political Activits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gender Confusion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Homosexual Political Agenda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Homosexuality]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stephenblack.org/?p=1087</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[1. I wish they would admit that many people are not happy with their homosexuality or lesbianism, and that this conflict is internal, based on legitimate, intelligent religious and moral convictions&#8211;not just the result of a so-called &#8220;homophobic&#8221; society which is forcing guilt upon people who don&#8217;t conform to a heterosexual ethic. Stop throwing out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>‘Gay Marriage’ in The Heartland by Andy Comiskey</title>
		<link>http://www.stephenblack.org/2009/04/04/gay-marriage-in-the-heartland/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stephenblack.org/2009/04/04/gay-marriage-in-the-heartland/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2009 04:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Andy Comiskey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Biblical Truth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Challenge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Constitutional Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Exodus International]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gay Marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gay Political Activits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Homosexuality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iowa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prop 8]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stephenblack.org/?p=1100</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[April 4, 2009 While we were sleeping, the Iowa Supreme Court unanimously overturned the state’s ban on ‘gay marriage’ on grounds that it was unconstitutional. Most believers I spoke with in and around Iowa knew little if anything about the Court’s deliberation. Those who did seemed sleepy in their response. And uncertain. Even getting information [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Promise from God to the False Prophets</title>
		<link>http://www.stephenblack.org/2009/03/28/a-promise-from-god-to-the-false-prophets/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stephenblack.org/2009/03/28/a-promise-from-god-to-the-false-prophets/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2009 19:15:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bible]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Biblical Truth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[End Times - Last Days]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[False Prophets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gay Gospel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greed]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grief]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Homosexuality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IHOP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Law of God]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lesbianism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Loving God]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oprah]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sexual Sin]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stephenblack.org/?p=1076</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The morning of March 28, 2009 at WWW.IHOP.ORG I feel deep grief and brokenness over several people I have known in ministry and served who are now living under a Gospel of Self Indulgence ~ The Gay Gospel.  I truly mourn over the coming judgment of those who perpetuate this false gospel, and say, &#8220;peace, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What the Bible Really Says about Homosexual Practice</title>
		<link>http://www.stephenblack.org/2009/03/26/what-the-bible-really-says-about-homosexual-practice/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stephenblack.org/2009/03/26/what-the-bible-really-says-about-homosexual-practice/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:23:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bible]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Biblical Truth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Challenge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Homosexuality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robert Gagnon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sexual Sin]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stephenblack.org/?p=1047</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[— Dr. Robert A. J. Gagnon has written an excellent article on answering five arguments for homosexuality from a  Biblical view.  This is an excellent resource for those who really desire to analytically think through the arguments for the &#8220;gay Christian&#8221; and that there is no condemnation of homosexuality.  Ministers of the Gospel of Jesus [...]]]></description>
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