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		<title>Mixed Emotions</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The last several weeks at Bay Area Baptist have been spent in large part preparing for the beginning of a sermon series on spiritual growth from the book of Romans.  We have invited our community by handing out over 10,000 personal invitations, made announcements at every church event for the last month, and done our [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=babcblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7185067&amp;post=230&amp;subd=babcblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;God is Dead&#8221;</title>
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		<title>&#8220;God is Dead&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:28:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What do you believe about God? Does He really exist?  Can He be known in a personal way? Why do those that say they follow Him seem to be as lost as everyone else?  Does any of it really matter? Although the Bible teaches about a real, powerful, and relevant God most of the world, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=babcblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7185067&amp;post=220&amp;subd=babcblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Our Purpose</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 23:37:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Stalnecker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wonder how many people there are in our world that go through life without any real purpose? Days are consumed with work and family and other things necessary to live and function in  society, but there is not an underlying purpose that guides the life.  I wonder how many churches are that way? Busy [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=babcblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7185067&amp;post=215&amp;subd=babcblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A New Year Brings New Opportunities</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:45:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Stalnecker</dc:creator>
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		<title>&#8220;Follow Up&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 21:05:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am looking forward to meeting the many guests that will be with us tomorrow for &#8220;Open House Sunday&#8221; and pray that God would use us to make a difference in their lives.  My prayer for our guests beyond the salvation of the lost, is that we would do a good job of following up [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=babcblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7185067&amp;post=197&amp;subd=babcblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Salvations&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:07:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Stalnecker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If the question were asked, &#8220;What is Open House Sunday really all about?&#8221;, I would have to boil it down to one word: Salvation. The reason that we do the things that we do is so that those in our community that are without Christ can have the opportunity to enter into a relationship with [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=babcblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7185067&amp;post=194&amp;subd=babcblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;The Invitation&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:19:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Stalnecker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Open House Sunday&#8221; is a day that we are promoting simply by handing out invitations to those in our community that we have never met as well as friends, relatives and co-workers. We invite folks to join us for church because we believe that if folks will come and allow the Holy Spirit to speak [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=babcblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7185067&amp;post=192&amp;subd=babcblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Preaching&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:06:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Stalnecker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This Sunday is a special day for our church.  We know that each Sunday is special, but a day like &#8220;Open House Sunday&#8221; serves to help us remember just how special it is and how important it is for other folks to be a part of what is happening here.  I look forward to the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=babcblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7185067&amp;post=190&amp;subd=babcblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Music&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:10:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Stalnecker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Lord has blessed our church with talented musicians and music that is honoring to Him.  As the pastor, I pray that the music would prepare hearts for the message, but most of the time, I find that our music prepares my heart to preach the message.  There is no better way to get our [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=babcblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7185067&amp;post=187&amp;subd=babcblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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