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	<title>The Shepherd&#039;s Rod Speaks &#187; Religious Liberty</title>
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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>
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		<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>Seventh-day Adventists and Current Political Issues</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2015 00:13:45 +0000</pubDate>
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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>How to Best Relate to the Church When Under Attack</title>
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		<comments>http://www.shepherds-rod-speaks.org/2015/06/how-to-best-relate-to-the-church-when-under-attack/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2015 01:55:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine. For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn. And, The labourer [is] worthy of his reward. Against an elder receive not an accusation, but before two or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does the Bible Promote &#8220;Hate Speech&#8221; Against Homosexuals?</title>
		<link>http://www.shepherds-rod-speaks.org/2013/12/does-the-bible-promote-hate-speech-against-homosexuals/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shepherds-rod-speaks.org/2013/12/does-the-bible-promote-hate-speech-against-homosexuals/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Dec 2013 02:38:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#8220;Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.&#8221; &#8212; 1 Corinthians 6:9, 10 We are going [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Twenty Years Since Waco and What Have We Learned?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2013 17:18:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This year marks the twentieth anniversary of the infamous assault by Federal agents on the Branch Davidian compound near Waco, Texas on February 28, 1993 that resulted in a 51 day standoff and the eventual death of over 80 men, women, and children. The disturbing actions of a rogue government against a unconventional religious sect [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does Religious Liberty Apply to Seventh-day Adventists?</title>
		<link>http://www.shepherds-rod-speaks.org/2013/01/does-religious-liberty-apply-to-seventh-day-adventists/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shepherds-rod-speaks.org/2013/01/does-religious-liberty-apply-to-seventh-day-adventists/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 00:02:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lincoln Steed, editor of Liberty magazine, the flagship voice of the Seventh-day Adventist Church on contemporary religious liberty issues, came to the Greeneville, Tennessee S.D.A. church on Sabbath January 22, 2013 to present the sermon address and an afternoon program on religious liberty. As this is a topic of much interest to all Seventh-day Adventists [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is the S.D.A. Church Practicing Christ-Like Love One to Another?</title>
		<link>http://www.shepherds-rod-speaks.org/2013/01/is-the-s-d-a-church-practicing-christ-like-love-one-to-another/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shepherds-rod-speaks.org/2013/01/is-the-s-d-a-church-practicing-christ-like-love-one-to-another/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2013 01:46:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.&#8221; — John 13:34, 35 A Recent Incident Have you ever gone to a church, quietly sat [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Church Leaders Have Independent Pastor Arrested</title>
		<link>http://www.shepherds-rod-speaks.org/2012/07/gc-attorneys-have-independent-pastor-arrested/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shepherds-rod-speaks.org/2012/07/gc-attorneys-have-independent-pastor-arrested/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2012 01:55:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.shepherds-rod-speaks.org/?p=1323</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The leadership of the corporate Seventh-day Adventist church has gone so far to protect its trademarked names &#8220;Seventh-day Adventist&#8221;and &#8220;Adventist&#8221; that it has culminated with law authorities arresting the pastor of a small separatist group, &#8220;The Creation Seventh-day Adventist Church.&#8221; Walter &#8220;Chick&#8221; McGill was arrested on Friday July 13, 2012 on the campus of Loma [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Adventists, Abortion, and Trademarks?</title>
		<link>http://www.shepherds-rod-speaks.org/2011/02/adventists-abortion-and-trademarks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shepherds-rod-speaks.org/2011/02/adventists-abortion-and-trademarks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 03:10:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://shepherds-rod-speaks.org/?p=574</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The corporate Seventh-day Adventist Church is using its trademarked name to silence the voices of dissent from its members over its practice of elective abortions at Adventist health institutions worldwide.]]></description>
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		<title>SDA Trademark Abuse Goes to U.S. 6th Circuit Appeals Court</title>
		<link>http://www.shepherds-rod-speaks.org/2010/08/sda-trademark-abuse-goes-to-6th-appeals-court/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shepherds-rod-speaks.org/2010/08/sda-trademark-abuse-goes-to-6th-appeals-court/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 02:30:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sighandcry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Seventh-day Adventist Corporation continues to flex its muscles in manipulating the legal system to crush the religious liberty from a small dissident sect of Seventh-day Adventists who refuse to bow down and stop using the name "Seventh-day Adventist" to identify their church and its religious beliefs.]]></description>
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