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		<title>Pandemics: What to Do?</title>
		<link>http://www.shepherds-rod-speaks.org/2020/02/pandemics-what-to-do/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Feb 2020 22:57:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the world begins to awaken concerning the spread and danger of the current novel coronavirus pandemic that has its origins from a laboratory  in Wuhan China the most essential question comes down to how will this affect me and my family and what can I do about it? There are some solid things you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seventh-day Adventist Church to Get a New Name?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jan 2018 23:23:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you told a typical Seventh-day Adventist that the name “Seventh-day Adventist” will not endure to the end they probably won’t believe you and think that you are just being critical of the church for its many imperfections. Unfortunately, little do they realize that God is about to change the name of His latter day [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Should Christians Celebrate New Years?</title>
		<link>http://www.shepherds-rod-speaks.org/2017/12/should-christians-celebrate-new-years/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shepherds-rod-speaks.org/2017/12/should-christians-celebrate-new-years/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Dec 2017 22:54:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So what part should a Christian have to due with the world’s New Year’s celebration? Does the new year really begin on January 1st? Does the Bible have anything to say about this? The presentation above will contrast the origin of the sacred Hebrew calendar based on the Bible (Torah) versus the Roman calendar based [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trump, Jerusalem, and Bible Prophecy: Are They Connected?</title>
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		<comments>http://www.shepherds-rod-speaks.org/2017/12/trump-jerusalem-and-bible-prophecy-are-they-connected/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Dec 2017 16:30:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[An Appeal to Investigate the Shepherd's Rod]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.shepherds-rod-speaks.org/?p=2680</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Trump, Jerusalem, and Bible prophecy, are they connected? The answer is yes, but in ways that most folks are not aware because of a lack of understanding of what parts of the Bible are relevant to the issue and how we interpret them. But before we get there let us review the highly polarized announcement [...]]]></description>
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		<title>God’s Health Plan Beats Socialized Medicine (i.e. Obama Care)</title>
		<link>http://www.shepherds-rod-speaks.org/2016/12/gods-health-plan-beats-socialized-medicine-i-e-obama-care/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shepherds-rod-speaks.org/2016/12/gods-health-plan-beats-socialized-medicine-i-e-obama-care/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2016 22:52:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the United States prepares to transition from one president to the next many are longing for some serious changes the will bring economic prosperity and sense of security back to the average citizen. One area a particular concern is the nation’s health care system where health care costs in 2014 amounted to a staggering [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Should the Seventh-day Adventist Church be Concerned About Social Justice?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jul 2016 02:23:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The current world situation is becoming increasingly unstable as evidenced by brazen terrorist attacks, social unrest, racial divisions, and political turmoil amongst all levels of society. Some misdirected attempts of reform come from so-called social justice warriors (SJWs) which participate in movements such as the prominent “black lives matters” (BLM). However, these movements have nothing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Democracy, Communism, Catholicism, or Protestantism&#8211;Which is Next?</title>
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		<comments>http://www.shepherds-rod-speaks.org/2016/03/democracy-communism-catholicism-or-protestantism-which-is-next/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Mar 2016 00:17:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.shepherds-rod-speaks.org/?p=2596</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The present world is in a great state of commotion and many wonder what is coming on the horizon. Who will next rule the world, will it be a democracy, communism, a one world government combined with a one world religion? For a concrete answer we need to turn to the infallible word of God [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cry Aloud, Spare Not: Hollywood Seventh-day Adventist Church Appoints Transgender Elder!</title>
		<link>http://www.shepherds-rod-speaks.org/2016/01/cry-aloud-spare-not-hollywood-seventh-day-adventist-church-appoints-transgender-elder/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shepherds-rod-speaks.org/2016/01/cry-aloud-spare-not-hollywood-seventh-day-adventist-church-appoints-transgender-elder/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2016 00:29:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We live in a world where iniquity abounds and the love of the truth is waxing cold in the hearts of many, even within the Seventh-day Adventist Church. As a case in point we just received a report about the Hollywood Seventh-day Adventist Church has just set a very disturbing precedent by publicly announcing the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seventh-day Adventists and Current Political Issues</title>
		<link>http://www.shepherds-rod-speaks.org/2015/12/seventh-day-adventists-and-current-political-issues/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shepherds-rod-speaks.org/2015/12/seventh-day-adventists-and-current-political-issues/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2015 00:13:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ellen White]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The political climate in America is quite charged with many controversial issues on the minds of people such as terrorism, gun control, immigration, the war in Syria, the economy, etc. Corruption at the highest levels of government have led to an intense interest in the current contest for who will become the next president of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gun Control and Seventh-day Adventists</title>
		<link>http://www.shepherds-rod-speaks.org/2015/12/gun-control-and-seventh-day-adventists/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shepherds-rod-speaks.org/2015/12/gun-control-and-seventh-day-adventists/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2015 01:01:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dan Jackson]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Gun control has always been a highly volatile and politically charged topic in America, especially since the recent mass shooting events in Colorado and San Bernardino, California. Even before the victims bodies were taken to the morgue or many facts revealed the all too predictable calls for more gun control came from the liberal [...]]]></description>
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