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		<title>The Bread Basket</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thoughts for Daily Living By Paul W. Brubaker, 224 pp., clothbound. Suggested donation, $15.00 plus $2.00 per copy postage &#38; handling. In this book, Paul Brubaker has included devotionals he has written over nearly forty years. These one-page essays were all printed in the bi-monthly &#8220;Witness&#8221; sponsored by the Brethren Revival Fellowship. Many of the devotionals Paul gleaned from his own life&#8217;s experiences, or from reading and hearing about the experiences of others. A sampling of &#8220;Bread Basket&#8221; titles include: Needed! More Talking Donkeys I Love Me! Hand-Me-Downs Drowning in a Ditch The Last Spanking Atonement at Auschwitz The Cow Went Dry! Dead Men Don&#8217;t Bleed The Witch of Wall Street Of Kangaroos and Emus Preaching to the Blackboard The Funeral Cookies Chasing Two Rabbits Dealing with In-Laws Of Ants and Oleic Acid Remembering to Forget Paul Brubaker is a husband, father, grandfather, ordained minister, retired banker, churchman, writer, pianist, singer and oil-painting artist. He and his wife Evy have lived full and enriching lives and reside in Ephrata, Pennsylvania. As you read &#8220;The Bread Basket: Thoughts for Daily Living,&#8221; may you be inspired, informed, challenged and maybe even amused.]]></description>
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		<title>Brethren Bible Institute 2013</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 04:14:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brethren Revival Fellowship offers the annual Brethren Bible Institute, a one-week school intended to provide systematic instruction in the Bible for any person 16 years of age or older. Students may take one, two, or three courses. The cost is the same regardless of how many courses are taken. It is expected that dormitory students take three classes, unless special arrangements have been made with the principal prior to the opening of the Institute. Students will meet for chapel each morning at 8:10 a.m. with classes to follow. Classes meet every day, Monday through Friday. Each class is 1 1/2 hours in length. Total cost for dormitory students (including room/board/tuition) is $200.00 for the entire week. The cost for commuting students is $70.00 for the week. Applications must be received at the Denver, PA address by JUNE 26, 2013. Continuing Education Units are available for ordained Brethren ministers, and some courses may apply toward District training programs for licensed ministers. Call Kenneth Leininger at 717-336-1287 for details. &#160;]]></description>
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		<title>Brethren Mission Fund Newsletter, Volume 15, Winter 2013</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2013 17:08:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[About Brethren Mission Fund Brethren Mission Fund Newsletter Volume 15, Winter 2013 BMF&#8217;s MISSION STATEMENT With the salvation of souls around the world as its chief aim, the Brethren Mission Fund provides a channel through the Brethren Revival Fellowship to help resource sound Brethren mission work or Brethren workers wherever the gospel of Jesus Christ is being presented. &#160; Report on the 2012 Church of the Brethren Missions Conference A Church of the Brethren Missions Conference was held at the Lititz Church of the Brethren (ANE District) from November 16-18, 2012. The theme of the conference was from 2 Corinthians 5:19-20, where we are called to be &#8220;reconcilers&#8221; and &#8220;ambassadors&#8221; for God. About 200 people attended the conference. There were various speakers and workshops throughout the weekend. Attendees were challenged to commit themselves to mission outreach. Jay Wittmeyer (executive director of the CoB&#8217;s Global Mission Partnerships) announced that he would like to double the number of missionary personnel around the world in the years to come. Overall there was a good response to the conference except that there could have been better representation from the youth. David and Veola Bucher David Bucher, from the Heidelberg Congregation (ANE District), and his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Our Unchanging God</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Sep 2012 04:17:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Editorial September/October, 2012 Volume 47, Number 5 In contrast to the changeableness of human beings, God is seen as one who is changeless. The unchangeableness of God, sometimes called the immutability of God, means that God is always the same in His eternal being. James reminds his readers that &#8220;God never changes or casts a shifting shadow&#8221; (James 1:17/NL-f). All that we are familiar with in the material world changes. Everything wears out, runs down, and is eventually exhausted. Even humans are born, grow old, and eventually die. We cannot rely upon fallen human nature. An example of human changeableness occurred in Bible times during Holy Week. The masses were crying, &#8220;Hosanna! Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord!&#8221; The next week they were crying, &#8220;Away with Him! Crucify Him!&#8221; Our God is not like that. e doctrine of God&#8217;s immutability is very significant for several reasons. For one thing, God is unchangeable in His purposes. Psalm 33:11 says that &#8220;The counsel of the Lord stands forever.&#8221; In Isaiah 46:9-11 we are told that when God speaks, His counsel shall stand. He will bring to pass what He purposes to do. It is also true [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Remembering to Forget</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Sep 2012 04:16:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The rancor and ugliness of the letter still stings my memory, even though I received it decades ago. Its paragraphs dripped with hateful venom, the culmination of a relationship gone sour. For sure, the letter cut Evy and me to the heart. We each read it once, and then by God&#8217;s grace, stood over the wastebasket and tore the letter into dozens of pieces. We knew that if we didn&#8217;t, every time we&#8217;d pull the letter from the file, its venom would sting us all over again. Today, many years later, what I remember of that letter is that it was caustic, hateful, and sarcastic, but I honestly can&#8217;t recall its details. &#8220;Remembering to forget&#8221; has been a choice I&#8217;ve made. It&#8217;s not that Satan hasn&#8217;t attempted to have me rehearse again and again the letter&#8217;s contents, but I&#8217;ve attempted to put into practice the Apostle Paul&#8217;s admonition to the Christians at Philippi: &#8220;Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus&#8221; (Philippians 3:13-14). In this passage, Paul&#8217;s instruction is set in the context of runners who keep their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Getting to Know 1 Timothy</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Sep 2012 04:15:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Charles J. McGuckin The book entitled Getting To Know 1 Timothy, by Charles McGuckin, is a well done treatise on Paul&#8217;s first letter to Timothy. The author uses the King James Version for the major text, but does the explaining of the meaning of text by referring to the passages as they are rendered in a number of translations other than the KJV. This book is not for readers who dislike references to the more recent translations and paraphrases of the Scriptures. The writer refers to many of the newer translations of the Scripture to explain the meaning of each phrase of the Bible text—and he is remarkably skilled at putting together a helpful tool for the study of this portion of God&#8217;s Word. The procedure used is a method called the &#8220;Socratic Teaching Method,&#8221; which is not as sophisticated as it may sound. The approach is to answer questions that are asked about the printed Bible text. The answers become the tool for building understanding of the words printed in bold type from the King James Version. The first section of the 284-page book uses a verse-by-verse approach to seek to explain and apply the text. The middle section of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2012 Annual Conference Reflections</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Sep 2012 04:07:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[1. Annual Conference was held at St. Louis, Missouri, July 7-11, 2012. On the Sunday of that week, St. Louis was recorded as the hottest spot in the eastern half of the United States as the temperatures registered somewhere between 107 and 109 degrees. 2. Most of us left Annual Conference last year thinking that the homosexual issue was at least somewhat laid to rest as the delegates overwhelmingly reaffirmed the 1983 Position Paper and removed future considerations from the query process. 3. But shock waves were soon heard across the denomination as some top leaders took bold steps that defied the decision of the delegates. More specifically, the Program and Arrangements Committee granted booth space to the Brethren Mennonite Council (BMC). This came as a surprise after about twenty years of having denied their request. This decision clearly flew in the face of the intent of last year&#8217;s decision. 4. In addition, the Misson and Ministry Board approved BMC for a BVS site which was later rescinded. Also, On Earth Peace (OEP) issued a statement recommending a &#8220;full participation&#8221; of homosexual people into the life of the denomination without any stated concern or restraint related to conduct. 5. These [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Abandoned Bird Nest</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jul 2012 04:05:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[J.H. Moore (1846-1935) served as Editor of the Church of the Brethren&#8217;s Gospel Messenger from 1883-1884 and again from 1891-1915. The Brethren Encyclopedia says of Brother Moore&#8217;s formative years: &#8220;As he grew older his determination to learn sparked a tremendous interest in books, and he read widely on many subjects&#8221; (Page 874). During his long and productive life, J.H. Moore accumulated many, many books. It is said that as he approached the end of life, however, he made a conscious, but not easy, decision to distance himself from his beloved books in an attempt not to be &#8220;chained&#8221; to them. Brother Moore knew this world was not his home, but that he was just &#8220;passing through.&#8221; Said Jesus, &#8220;Look at the birds of the air; they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns&#8221; (Matthew 6:26). If you&#8217;ve ever come across an abandoned bird nest, look at its intricacy and be intrigued by the amount of work that went into building it. But amazingly, after the bird is finished using the nest, it flies away—leaving it behind forever. The ability to forever fly away from the very nest which a bird worked hard to create is a quality I truly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;ISMS&#8221; That Are Polarizing the Church</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jul 2012 04:01:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Editorial July/August, 2012 Volume 47, Number 4 Several years ago during a conference for ministers in the Atlantic Northeast District, Dale Stoffer from the Ashland Brethren Seminary was one of the speakers. During the response time I asked him why, of all the groups that have descended from Alexander Mack, is it that the Church of the Brethren is the only group to embrace modern day liberalism. All other Brethren groups have remained strongly evangelical in theology and practice, some of which lean very strongly in the conservative direction. Stoffer gave two reasons why liberalism became prominent in the life of the CoB. One was because the CoB joined in with the National and World Council of Churches movement in the mid-twentieth century, and those influences began to rub off. The other was that during this same time period young, bright Brethren scholars started attending very liberal schools such as Yale and Harvard, and came back to become leaders in CoB schools and institutions. From those positions they began to influence what became the &#8220;new thinking&#8221; in our denomination. I recall that some people in the audience that day resisted these answers, but Stoffer stood firmly and did not back [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BRF&#8217;S Typical Response to Inquiries About Staying in the Denomination</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jul 2012 03:59:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[July 1, 2012 Dear Brother/Sister, I am not sure that we ever met, but I assume that you know much about BRF beliefs and concerns from reading the materials that we have published. We are grateful for your interest and support. BRF&#8217;s position over the years—related to staying in or leaving the Church of the Brethren denomination (which has in many ways departed from the truth)—has been to stay and let a clear testimony as long as the Brotherhood has not officially denied the foundation doctrines of the faith. The Church of the Brethren still officially holds that the Bible is the Word of God, that Jesus Christ is the Savior of the world, and that the homosexual lifestyle is not acceptable. However, the actions of our Brotherhood leaders this past year, in not paying heed to the voice of the 2011 Annual Conference regarding homosexuality, are lamentable indeed. BRF agrees that homosexual conduct is a very serious sin, and that it will bring the judgment of God. We also agree that bringing up a family in a local congregation where most any conduct is tolerated and accepted—is very difficult, and that some families will be wise in seeking spiritual [...]]]></description>
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