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		<title>Tuesday Time Travel: A Tribute</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 12:21:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Mann</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s to a time traveler of yesteryear, Colin Hemer, a classicist turned New Testament scholar. His untimely death cut short what was sure to be another productive decade (or two) of scholarship. According to those who knew him well, it seemed that the ink from his pen had just really begun to flow. His final [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Spectacle to the World</title>
		<link>http://www.sakeoftruth.com/2009/11/roman-spectacle-in-corinth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:46:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Mann</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Another Tuesday Time Travel&#8230;) &#8220;For, I think, God has exhibited us apostles last of all, as men condemned to death; because we have become a spectacle to the world, both to angels and to men.&#8221; &#8211; 1 Corinthians 4:9 Spectacles where quite common in the Roman empire. Essentially, a spectacle provided a citizen the opportunity [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gird up the loins of your mind!</title>
		<link>http://www.sakeoftruth.com/2009/10/gird-up-the-loins-of-your-mind/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 07:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Mann</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tuesday Time Travel to the Roman Empire&#8230; &#8220;Therefore, gird up the loins of your mind&#8230;&#8221; 1 Peter 1:13 The phrase translated &#8220;gird up the loins&#8221; (ἀναζωσάμενοι τὰς ὀσφύας) refers to an action ancients would take to prepare themselves for some activity (hence many modern versions translate this phrase something like &#8220;prepare your minds for action.&#8221;) Because [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Preserving Archaeological Finds: What to Do?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:17:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Mann</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Haaretz recently reported: One of the country&#8217;s leading archaeologists has publicly condemned the Israel Antiquities Authority&#8217;s failure to object to a plan to construct a building over a site in the Western Wall plaza where a well-preserved ancient Roman road was recently excavated. Interestingly: Tsafrir argued that the construction is being approved because the findings [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Pray: Two Ancient Views</title>
		<link>http://www.sakeoftruth.com/2009/10/how-to-pray-two-ancient-views/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:22:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Mann</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;And when you are praying, do not use meaningless repetition as the Gentiles do, for they suppose that they will be heard for their many words.&#8221; &#8212; Matthew 6:7 As Jesus teaches on prayer in Matthew 6, he transitions from the example of &#8220;the hypocrites in the synagogues&#8221; (Matt 6:2, 5) to &#8220;the Gentiles&#8221; (Matt [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Treasure-filled Jars of Clay: The True Prosperity Gospel</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:46:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Mann</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another Tuesday Time Travel to the Roman Empire&#8230; &#8220;But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, so that the surpassing greatness of the power will be of God and not from ourselves.&#8221; &#8211; 2 Cor. 4:7 Paul&#8217;s view of accreditation seems backwards to us (and apparently  to some in Corinth). From Paul&#8217;s perspective, his ministry [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Could it be Nero&#8217;s Dining Room?</title>
		<link>http://www.sakeoftruth.com/2009/10/could-it-be-neros-dining-room/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 08:21:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Mann</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[AP video below&#8230; The AP reports: Not only was Nero a Roman emperor, it turns out he may also have been the father of the revolving restaurant. Archaeologists unveiled Tuesday what they think are the remains of Nero&#8217;s extravagant banquet hall, a circular space that rotated day and night to imitate the Earth&#8217;s movement and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ancient Boxing and the Apostle Paul</title>
		<link>http://www.sakeoftruth.com/2009/09/ancient-boxing-apostle-paul/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 12:50:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Mann</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another Tuesday Time Travel&#8230; &#8220;So I do not run uncertainly or box like one who hits only air.&#8221; &#8211; 1 Corinthians 9:26 Paul, discussing his willingness to yield certain rights for the sake of winning people to Christ, uses athletic imagery to illustrate his point. So what does it mean to land your punches in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ancient Flushing Toilets</title>
		<link>http://www.sakeoftruth.com/2009/09/ancient-roman-latrines/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:56:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Mann</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another Tuesday Time Travel&#8230; After spending nearly two weeks visiting ancient Roman sites earlier this year, I was amazed at some of the advances changes in technology the Romans were making in the first and second centuries. One structure that was beginning to become more common was the public latrine. As the following picture reveals, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Household Idolatry in the New Testament World</title>
		<link>http://www.sakeoftruth.com/2009/09/household-idolatry-in-the-new-testament-world/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:16:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Mann</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another Tuesday Time Travel&#8230; When visiting various ancient households in and near Rome, one will notice the presence of the lararium in most homes (right). This niche served as a place for adorning the household Lar (pl. Lares), a &#8216;spirit&#8217; who would protect the home and property. Wealthy households would often contain an elaborate lararium, but even [...]]]></description>
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