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	<title>The Shepherd&#039;s Rod Speaks &#187; paganism</title>
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		<title>How Not to Explain Myths About Christmas</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Dec 2015 22:58:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Seventh-day Adventist Church has been given a special message to proclaim to the world warning of God’s soon coming judgments (Rev. 14:6-12) and the only escape through the pure, unadulterated gospel of Jesus Christ. Instead, they have . . . turned back from following Christ and are steadily retreating toward Egypt I am filled [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When Does The Hebrew (Bible) New Year Begin?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2015 23:01:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently we have been asked about how altogether Bible believing Christians should respond to the Roman New Year that commences on January 1st. Our response is nothing as there is no foundation in scripture for acknowledging an event based on Roman mythology. Below is a response to a question from the original Shepherd&#8217;s Rod message [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why are More and More Seventh-day Adventist&#8217;s Celebrating Easter?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2014 01:03:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is increasingly apparent that more and more Seventh-day Adventist churches, rather than being not of this world, are becoming more tolerate of pagan festivals as recently reported in Adventist Today. Easter celebrations are now becoming a long standing tradition at many major S. D. A. educational institutions that hold their annual events each year [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Easter, Passover: How do Seventh-day Adventists Relate?</title>
		<link>http://www.shepherds-rod-speaks.org/2013/03/easter-passover/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Mar 2013 13:01:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the weekend we hear a lot of talk about good Friday, the resurrection of Christ, the passover week, Easter bunnies, Easter egg hunts, Easter dinner and the like, but what is of God and what is a counterfeit? Many folks are in confusion as to the meaning of all these things. What part [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are Some in the Church Wondering After the Beast of Revelation 13?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Dec 2012 00:34:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sighandcry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[All The World Wondered After The Beast “His deadly wound was healed,” John says, “And all the world wondered after the beast.” Note that the world wondered after the beast and not after the head. Therefore, it cannot mean that the world would necessarily have to enroll in the member-ship of the system represented by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Should You Attend a Seventh-day Adventist Christmas Gala?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 00:57:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Thou shalt not also go into the house of feasting, to sit with them to eat and to drink.  For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will cause to cease out of this place in your eyes, and in your days, the voice of mirth, and the voice of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Christmas for Seventh-day Adventists?</title>
		<link>http://www.shepherds-rod-speaks.org/2011/12/christmas-for-seventh-day-adventists/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shepherds-rod-speaks.org/2011/12/christmas-for-seventh-day-adventists/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 23:27:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.&#8221;— James 1:17 It has come around to that time of year when the topic of Christmas observance heats up within Adventist circles. Our new president Elder Ted Wilson [...]]]></description>
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