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		<title>Kingdom Stories</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You can’t take Jesus for a test drive.
Matthew 13:31-33, 44-46
February 5, 2012
Kingdom ideals
There is no shortage of expressions these days for what an ideal America would look like.  You probably have your own ideas.  So do the presidential candidates.
President Barack Obama envisions an America where “where everyone gets a fair shot, everyone does their fair [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How do you fight global poverty?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[               The current issue of Christianity Today includes a fascinating article on strategies to help the poor in developing countries.  How would you rank the following in order of effectiveness?  I rearranged the list in alphabetical order the way the strategies appeared in the article.
·        Donate a farm animal.
·        Drink fair trade coffee.
·        Fund de-worming [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://corinthpastorbob.com/2012/02/how-do-you-fight-global-poverty/</link>
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		<title>Travelers and Family Life</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m currently leading a six-week Sunday School class for Corinth members who travel on business and their spouses.  Yesterday&#8217;s class was on marriage and family life, and I thought the reflections that emerged from the class might be helpful to share with a wider group.
Travelers and Family Life
January 29, 2012
Bob Thompson, Pastor – Corinth Reformed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://corinthpastorbob.com/2012/01/travelers-and-family-life/</link>
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		<title>Wheat and Weeds</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I’m against not being against anything.
Matthew 13:24-30
January 29, 2012
Against 
Bob: At the close of our Bible study Tuesday morning on the text we’ve just read, one of our group members referred to an interview aired on CBS with Joel Osteen, a very popular pastor, author, and TV preacher.  In that interview, Osteen was asked about [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://corinthpastorbob.com/2012/01/wheat-and-weeds/</link>
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		<title>A Story about Dirt</title>
		<description><![CDATA[All dirt is not the same.
Mark 4:1-9; 13-20
January 22, 2012
Unsuitable soil
The wrong dirt can be costly.   On August 10, 2011, I received an e-mail from our building contractor that started out like this –
Approximately two weeks ago, Froehling &#38; Robertson, Inc. (F&#38;R) discovered that a significant portion of the soils on the Corinth campus was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://corinthpastorbob.com/2012/01/a-story-about-dirt/</link>
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		<title>The Good News We Must Never Neglect</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Every once in a while, someone gives you the great gift of feedback – thoughtful, constructive, and timely.  It happened this week when a friend said, &#8220;You don&#8217;t preach the gospel.&#8221;
Most of the feedback I get on sermons is…well…silence.  Most  who listen to my sermons don’t say anything at all.  I learned a long time [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://corinthpastorbob.com/2012/01/the-good-news-we-must-never-neglect/</link>
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		<title>Wisdom and Her Children</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We shouldn’t be surprised if Jesus breaks our rules.
Luke 7:29-35
January 15, 2012
A child becomes an eagle
Few achievements within reach of a young person in our society rival earning the Eagle Scout badge.  By the time a young man pledges for the umpteenth time to keep himself physically strong, mentally awake, and morally straight, he has [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://corinthpastorbob.com/2012/01/wisdom-and-her-children/</link>
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		<title>Why Parables</title>
		<description><![CDATA[“Why Parables”
Robert M. Thompson, Pastor
Corinth Reformed Church
150 Sixteenth Avenue NW
Hickory, North Carolina 28601

828.328.6196   corinthtoday.org
 (© 2012 by Robert M. Thompson.  Unless otherwise indicated, Scriptures quoted are from The Holy Bible,
New International Version, Copyright 2011 by New York International Bible Society.)
“Blessed are your eyes because they see and your ears because they hear.”  (Jesus)
Matthew 13:10-17
January 8, 2012
My [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://corinthpastorbob.com/2012/01/why-parables/</link>
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		<title>The Star Light</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I can’t imagine living such a blessed life and not having Someone to thank.
Matthew 2:7-12
January 1, 2012
Existentially satisfying
Something about today moves me to preach a different kind of sermon.  Maybe it’s New Year’s Day and the year ahead.  Maybe it’s the familiarity of the story we just read from Matthew 2.  Maybe it’s the time [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://corinthpastorbob.com/2012/01/the-star-light/</link>
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		<title>George Murphy, Cheerleader</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It is perhaps a common misconception that preaching funerals is the worst part of a pastor’s job.  By contrast, I have found the process of walking with a family through the shadow of death and then leading a service to celebrate that person’s life one of the most meaningful aspects of my calling.
There are a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://corinthpastorbob.com/2011/12/george-murphy-cheerleader/</link>
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