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	<description>Family, church, and world, as viewed through Dave's myopic eyes.</description>
	<pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 12:14:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Bible Diary - Hebrews 9:1-10</title>
		<link>http://orlop.net/2008/717/bible-diary-hebrews-91-10/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 12:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[In today&#8217;s largely atheistic culture, it&#8217;s hard to appreciate what a big deal sanctuary worship was for those people of long ago living under the first covenant. Unlike so many of us, they had a strong sense of their need of forgiveness. Their elaborate and tradition-based sanctuary with their priest&#8217;s elaborate rituals had but one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mountains of Creation</title>
		<link>http://orlop.net/2008/708/mountains-of-creation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 12:21:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[When we think much about creation we are treading dangerous ground. We live within a tiny slice of space and time, and mankind&#8217;s expanding ability to probe the far reaches of the cosmos is where the danger lies. Are there any human minds at all that can draw valid conclusions from such images probing space [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Forehead of the sky</title>
		<link>http://orlop.net/2008/700/forehead-of-the-sky/</link>
		<comments>http://orlop.net/2008/700/forehead-of-the-sky/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 10:15:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are some spectacular images for Labor Day, courtesy of Astronomy Picture of the Day. In 1989, Roddy MacKenzie, stood at the peak of Mount Everest and shot a beautiful panoramic image. Below are 4 segments from the image. The explanation below tells it all.




Explanation: What would it be like to stand atop the tallest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bible Diary - Hebrews 8:7-13</title>
		<link>http://orlop.net/2008/693/bible-diary-hebrews-87-13/</link>
		<comments>http://orlop.net/2008/693/bible-diary-hebrews-87-13/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 10:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Why does an omniscient God need to create a second covenant with his people? There can be only one answer: It was simply unmerited grace. After all, it wasn&#8217;t God who screwed up the first covenant! God loves His created beings so much that He gives them a second chance. The evidence of this extraordinary [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Model shipyard revisited</title>
		<link>http://orlop.net/2008/690/model-shipyard-revisited/</link>
		<comments>http://orlop.net/2008/690/model-shipyard-revisited/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:22:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s time for a progress report on construction of the Pride of Baltimore II, a plank-on-frame model that I started in 2004. To get the full history of Pride construction, go to Model Shipyard and select Pride of Baltimore II. I have resolved to keep construction moving in the faint hope of actually finishing it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blog comments</title>
		<link>http://orlop.net/2008/674/blog-comments/</link>
		<comments>http://orlop.net/2008/674/blog-comments/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:27:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s hard to view comments on a blog article through the eyes of the commenter. A recent post on Riverside Rambles, written by Joan Ryan, a regular and very thoughtful commenter, offers some delightful insights into the psyche of a blog commenter.
The commenting person&#8217;s need for validation is an interesting point. I wonder if women, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bible Diary - Hebrews 8:1-6</title>
		<link>http://orlop.net/2008/668/bible-diary-hebrews-81-6/</link>
		<comments>http://orlop.net/2008/668/bible-diary-hebrews-81-6/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2008 12:24:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The starting point for me to understand these high priestly passages is simply to acknowledge my sin. As Paul states in Romans 7:15,  &#8220;For I don’t understand what I am doing. For I do not do what I want – instead, I do what I hate.&#8221; I know what he means. Just trying hard [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are we paying attention now?</title>
		<link>http://orlop.net/2008/667/are-we-paying-attention-now/</link>
		<comments>http://orlop.net/2008/667/are-we-paying-attention-now/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Aug 2008 18:19:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Although I am pretty certain about who I will vote for in November, I still listen to what both Obama and McCain are saying. I doubt if many people have paid too close attention to the race so far, but columnist Peggy Noonan writes that They&#8217;re Paying Attention Now.
It&#8217;s hard for our political class to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Saddleback showdown</title>
		<link>http://orlop.net/2008/666/saddleback-showdown/</link>
		<comments>http://orlop.net/2008/666/saddleback-showdown/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:24:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ Saturday evening&#8217;s Saddleback political event may come to be regarded as the true kick-off of the presidential election campaign of 2008. It was unprecedented in terms of venue and format. Held at California&#8217;s Saddleback Church, Pastor Rick Warren conducted back-to-back hour-long interviews, first with Barack Obama and then with John McCain. The interviews overlapped [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bible Diary - Hebrews 7:18-28</title>
		<link>http://orlop.net/2008/665/bible-diary-hebrews18-28/</link>
		<comments>http://orlop.net/2008/665/bible-diary-hebrews18-28/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 12:52:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The desire to draw near to God seems to me to be a given of human existence. For the ancient Israelites, feeding this desire boiled down to living according to the law of God with the help of their priests. Problem was, trying to meet the law&#8217;s demands for personal holiness was futile, and their [...]]]></description>
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