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<description>A new independent Christian church that meets at Stoller Middle School in Beaverton, Oregon.</description>
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  <title>Don't Just Stand There</title>
  <description>June 15th: Don't Just Stand There


Judging others, when approached the right way, can actually be an extension of God’s work in someone else’s life. We may be tempted to look the other way, but true love involves stepping out of our comfort zones to rescue fellow believers in need. So don’t just stand there. Do something.

Matt. 18:12-17</description>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2008 13:04:18 CDT</pubDate>
  <itunes:author>Matt Payne</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>Judgement Call</itunes:subtitle>
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  <itunes:duration>36:40</itunes:duration>
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  <title>Double Standard</title>
  <description>June 8th: Double Standard

 

Most of us know the Bible verse that says, “Do not judge.” But how do we interpret this teaching? Are we supposed to turn a blind eye to sin—or is it appropriate to confront others? We learn in this message that judging is sometimes the loving thing to do.

1 Cor. 5:1-5, 9-11, 12-13</description>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 08 Jun 2008 11:05:57 CDT</pubDate>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Judgement Call</itunes:subtitle>
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  <title>Eye to Eye</title>
  <description>Eye To Eye

 

Why do we find it so easy to judge others? And is it ever appropriate to confront someone about sin? In this message, we learn what Jesus said about the subject: when we’re tempted to pass judgment on someone else, we need to stop and see if there’s a trace of the same sin in us.

Matt. 7:1-5</description>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2008 12:09:03 CDT</pubDate>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Judgement Call</itunes:subtitle>
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  <title>Zip It - Gossip</title>
  <description>Series Big Idea:  God wants to help us all use our words and conversations to bring good things into the lives of others and ourselves and to rid our speech of words that do harm.
Big Verse: “Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.”  -Ephesians 4:29

May 18th “Gossip”

Message Big Idea:  Gossip is septic, rotten, causing all sorts of harm.  God wants us to get rid of it completely from our speech patterns and to replace it with repeating affirming words behind people’s back.</description>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 18 May 2008 23:33:26 CDT</pubDate>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Zip It</itunes:subtitle>
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  <title>Prayer - Speed Dial</title>
  <description> Speed Dial.

What can imposing on our neighbor teach us about God and prayer? Apparently, a great deal. Examine a parable told by Jesus in response to a question by one of His disciples and the implications for our prayer lives. You’ll find the answer will affect not only what you ask for, but also your understanding of how and when God answers prayer. </description>
  <link>http://www.churchatbethany.com/sermon/prayer-speed-dial</link>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 23:26:15 CDT</pubDate>
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  <itunes:subtitle>I Can Hear You Now</itunes:subtitle>
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  <itunes:duration>38:07</itunes:duration>
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  <title>Lord's Prayer</title>
  <description>Most of us have memorized it, but when was the last time we stopped to think about the words? What was Jesus trying to teach us through it? What are the insights to be gathered from this very familiar passage of Scripture? Take the time to walk through the Lord's Prayer in Matthew 6:9-13, and see if it changes your perspective on prayer. </description>
  <link>http://www.churchatbethany.com/sermon/lords-prayer</link>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 14:11:00 CDT</pubDate>
  <itunes:author>Matt Payne</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>I Can Hear You Now</itunes:subtitle>
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  <itunes:duration>28:36</itunes:duration>
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  <title>Prayer</title>
  <description>April 27th:  Don Clemson Speaking about prayer from Phil 1:1-11</description>
  <link>http://www.churchatbethany.com/sermon/prayer</link>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 20:06:40 CDT</pubDate>
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  <itunes:duration>31:46</itunes:duration>
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  <title>I Can Hear You Now</title>
  <description>So what is important when we pray? Is it the words that we use? What about the place or the time? As we examine the words of Jesus in Matthew 6:5-8, we are often surprised at the answers. God wants us to connect to Him in a growing, living relationship, and this requires us to take actions we may not have considered before.  </description>
  <link>http://www.churchatbethany.com/sermon/i-can-hear-you-now</link>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 20 Apr 2008 20:21:18 CDT</pubDate>
  <itunes:author>Matt Payne</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>I Can Hear You Now</itunes:subtitle>
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  <itunes:duration>35:09</itunes:duration>
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  <title>Finding Life</title>
  <description>Paul instructs the Colossians to put to death, put away and put off their old way of life.  He tells them to put on the new life that is found in Christ.</description>
  <link>http://www.churchatbethany.com/sermon/finding-life</link>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 06 Apr 2008 16:46:36 CDT</pubDate>
  <itunes:author>Matt Payne</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>Losing My Religion</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:keywords>death,life,christ,jesus,colossians,lazarus</itunes:keywords>
  <itunes:duration>31:37</itunes:duration>
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  <title>Finding Freedom</title>
  <description>The Colossians were being told how to deal with the demands of deity: be spiritual, do this, don't do that, don't eat this, don't touch that, be this kind of person, follow the rules.

One thing religion does is try to offer a way to get free of the things that bring us guilt and shame for the things we did or shouldn't have done or things we didn't do that we should have, or things that were done to us that make us feel fearful and inferior and ashamed. 

Religion is about rules to follow, or ways to get on God's good side or to feel good about yourself as a person.  Some religions  tell you that you have nothing really to feel guilty or ashamed of because God is such a nice guy and always just understands that boys will be boys and girls will be girls.  Religion almost always involves guilt and shame management.

In this message from Colossians 2 we show you that Jesus can free you from guilt and shame from the things in your past.  </description>
  <link>http://www.churchatbethany.com/sermon/finding-freedom</link>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 30 Mar 2008 22:42:07 CDT</pubDate>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Losing My Religion</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:keywords>religion,colossians,karma,guilt,shame,jesus</itunes:keywords>
  <itunes:duration>31:52</itunes:duration>
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  <title>Finding Jesus</title>
  <description>We all have a religion of some kind, even if we're atheists.  And we want people to lose whatever their religion is, not because religion is bad and not because religion never does any good, but because religions are all the same: what do I have to do to shift the cosmic balance of power in my favor when it comes to my own pleasure and pain in life (and the next if your religion has an afterlife).  All religions boil down to what do I have to do to get the “karmic edge” I need to get what I want out of life.

This message centers on Colossians 1 where the focus is not on religion but on a person who is reconciling all things to himself and what it means for Him to be “in you, the hope of glory”  We will challenge you to lose your religion so you can find Jesus. </description>
  <link>http://www.churchatbethany.com/sermon/finding-jesus</link>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 23 Mar 2008 22:37:54 CDT</pubDate>
  <itunes:author>Matt Payne</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>Losing My Religion</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:keywords>religion,colossians,karma,jesus</itunes:keywords>
  <itunes:duration>31:09</itunes:duration>
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  <title>Finding Professional Margin</title>
  <description>The key to professional margin is focus.  We should learn to work toward what we're good at--which means improving our strengths and delegating our areas of weakness.  When we learn to do less, we accomplish more. </description>
  <link>http://www.churchatbethany.com/sermon/finding-professional-margin</link>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 00:21:26 CDT</pubDate>
  <itunes:author>Matt Payne</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>Take It To The Limit</itunes:subtitle>
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  <itunes:duration>27:06</itunes:duration>
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  <title>A Time to Run</title>
  <description>There's something in all of us that wants to walk closer to the line as possible.  By setting morale margins, we protect ourselves from experiencing the consequences of sin.  Because sexual sin has the greatest consequences, we should always ask ourselves, &quot;Am I fleeing from or flirting with the line?&quot; </description>
  <link>http://www.churchatbethany.com/sermon/a-time-to-run</link>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 09 Mar 2008 23:40:27 CDT</pubDate>
  <itunes:author>Matt Payne</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>Take It To The Limit</itunes:subtitle>
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  <itunes:duration>35:40</itunes:duration>
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  <title>Reordering Your Finances</title>
  <description>So how do you create financial margin?  Learn four practical tips to achieving financial margin: (1) Identify your annual available income, (2) set margin goals, (3) determine your monthly consumable income, and (4) develop a plan.</description>
  <link>http://www.churchatbethany.com/sermon/reordering-your-finances</link>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 02 Mar 2008 01:41:26 CST</pubDate>
  <itunes:author>Matt Payne</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>Take It To The Limit</itunes:subtitle>
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  <title>Quantity vs Quality</title>
  <description>When we live without financial margin, we rob ourselves and we rob God.  As a result we end up overextending ourselves and living with the stress of making ends meet.  By making God a priority and creating margin, we give God the opportunity to be involved in our finances.</description>
  <link>http://www.churchatbethany.com/sermon/quantity-vs-quality</link>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2008 23:16:27 CST</pubDate>
  <itunes:author>Matt Payne</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>Take It To The Limit</itunes:subtitle>
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  <itunes:duration>41:23</itunes:duration>
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  <title>Downtime</title>
  <description>In an effort to get the most out of life we end up cramming as much stuff as we can into our day.  The urgent begins to dominate our schedule, and the important things begin to slip away.  In order to gain control of our limited time, we must let God help us prioritize it.  This begins by setting aside time with Him.</description>
  <link>http://www.churchatbethany.com/sermon/downtime</link>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 17 Feb 2008 01:07:39 CST</pubDate>
  <itunes:author>Matt Payne</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>Take It To The Limit</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:keywords>margin,time,schedule,calendar,limit</itunes:keywords>
  <itunes:duration>37:51</itunes:duration>
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  <title>Less is More</title>
  <description>This message introduces the Take It To The Limit message series which was originally given by Andy Stanley.  Our culture encourages us to live as if we have no limits. So we fill up our schedules and empty our bank accounts. We do as much as we can, spend as much as we can and acquire as much as we can. Life on the edge means life with no margin. Life without margin is a recipe for personal disaster. Margin is the space between your current performance and your limits. When you reach the limit of your resources, strength, capacity or self-control, you have no margin. And without margin, you have no room for error. The consequences of margin-less living are most apparent in our relationships. Love, intimacy, and friendship happen in the unstructured, unhurried world of margin. </description>
  <link>http://www.churchatbethany.com/sermon/less-is-more</link>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:27:10 CST</pubDate>
  <itunes:author>Matt Payne</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>Take It To The Limit</itunes:subtitle>
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  <title>You Are a Revolutionary</title>
  <description>God has called us to be Revolutionaries who celebrate, connect and contribute.  He has called the Church to be the Temple of God who storms the gates of Hell.</description>
  <link>http://www.churchatbethany.com/sermon/you-are-a-revolutionary</link>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2008 12:51:35 CST</pubDate>
  <itunes:author>Matt Payne</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>Revolutionaries</itunes:subtitle>
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  <title>Revolutionaries Contribute</title>
  <description>To be revolutionary, we need to regularly contribute to God’s mission of helping people find their way back to Him. As we look even more closely at David’s life of contribution we will see how it compares to the lives of other revolutionaries like Jim and Elisabeth Elliot. Their selfless contribution to God’s mission changed the lives of those around them for eternity.

</description>
  <link>http://www.churchatbethany.com/sermon/revolutionaries-contribute</link>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2008 16:53:25 CST</pubDate>
  <itunes:author>Matt Payne</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>Revolutionaries</itunes:subtitle>
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  <title>Revolutionaries Connect</title>
  <description>To travel the road of the revolutionary, we all need to have regular experiences of connceting with other Christ followers.  We parallel the lives of John Wesley and King David as people who experienced revolutionary connecting in their lives that changed their lives and the lives of countless others.</description>
  <link>http://www.churchatbethany.com/sermon/revolutionaries-connect</link>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 20 Jan 2008 16:53:41 CST</pubDate>
  <itunes:author>Matt Payne</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>Revolutionaries</itunes:subtitle>
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  <title>Make Disciples</title>
  <description>“Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.”  -Matthew 28:19</description>
  <link>http://www.churchatbethany.com/sermon/make-disciples</link>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 20 Jan 2008 16:54:01 CST</pubDate>
  <itunes:author>Matt Payne</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>Things I Wish Jesus Never Said</itunes:subtitle>
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  <itunes:duration>29:08</itunes:duration>
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  <title>Revolutionaries Celebrate</title>
  <description>The world is hungering to know what God is like, and that is not just about information and spiritual data.  You can't really know what you need to know about God outside of experiencing Him through celebration.</description>
  <link>http://www.churchatbethany.com/sermon/revolutionaries-celebrate</link>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 13 Jan 2008 23:31:48 CST</pubDate>
  <itunes:author>Matt Payne</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>Revolutionaries</itunes:subtitle>
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  <title>The Road of the Revolutionary</title>
  <description>This is a &quot;family meeting&quot; message about the state of the church.  The message also introduces the series Revolutionaries.</description>
  <link>http://www.churchatbethany.com/sermon/the-road-of-the-revolutionary</link>
  <pubDate>Sun, 06 Jan 2008 01:00:08 CST</pubDate>
  <itunes:author>Matt Payne</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>Revolutionaries</itunes:subtitle>
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  <title>Mighty God</title>
  <description>“For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and he will be called Mighty God.” </description>
  <link>http://www.churchatbethany.com/sermon/mighty-god</link>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 24 Dec 2007 18:58:10 CST</pubDate>
  <itunes:author>Matt Payne</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>Indescribable</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:keywords>christmas,mighty_god,jesus</itunes:keywords>
  <itunes:duration>27:37</itunes:duration>
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  <title>Wonderful Counselor</title>
  <description>The baby in the manger, the one we celebrate or at least see all over the place this time of year and gets us some time off from work and presents under the tree, He is here to claim His place of rightful leadership in our lives, to become the “Wonderful Counselor” of our lives.  Not someone with just some good ideas or guidance or principles or values to consider as we live our lives, but the One whom we trust in all things, in every area of life to guide us and direct us, not as our adviser, but as our king.  As Wonderful Counselor He is Lord to be followed and obeyed: His wisdom and understanding is so far beyond anything we could comprehend, it’s indescribable.  That’s one way Isaiah describes Jesus.</description>
  <link>http://www.churchatbethany.com/sermon/wonderful-counselor</link>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2007 18:38:17 CST</pubDate>
  <itunes:author>Matt Payne</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>Indescribable</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:keywords>christmas,jesus,baby,isaiah,counselor</itunes:keywords>
  <itunes:duration>28:06</itunes:duration>
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  <title>Adulthood</title>
  <description>Spiritual growth.  What is it?  To some it is a nebulous, mysterious concept.  To others it is an unattainable, unreachable thing reserved for the special, elite few.  Still others erroneously believe that they have a corner on the spiritual growth market, that they have arrived, that they have got it all together.  There is a lot of confusion and misconceptions going on around the topic of this series.

One theme that will run throughout “Arrested Development” is that most of us have the tendency to place ourselves in stages of spiritual growth in which we actually aren’t.  We both overrate and overestimate ourselves along the spiritual growth continuum.  While some of us think that we are babies are, in reality, more mature than we think, others of us who think that we are really mature are maybe more of an adolescent or a child.  

</description>
  <link>http://www.churchatbethany.com/sermon/adulthood</link>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 09 Dec 2007 19:24:16 CST</pubDate>
  <itunes:author>Matt Payne</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>Arrested Development</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:keywords>spiritual_growth,spiritual_development,growth,spiritual_adulthood,church!_at_bethany,matt_payne</itunes:keywords>
  <itunes:duration>38:10</itunes:duration>
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  <title>Adolescence</title>
  <description>Spiritual growth.  What is it?  To some it is a nebulous, mysterious concept.  To others it is an unattainable, unreachable thing reserved for the special, elite few.  Still others erroneously believe that they have a corner on the spiritual growth market, that they have arrived, that they have got it all together.  There is a lot of confusion and misconceptions going on around the topic of this series.

One theme that will run throughout “Arrested Development” is that most of us have the tendency to place ourselves in stages of spiritual growth in which we actually aren’t.  We both overrate and overestimate ourselves along the spiritual growth continuum.  While some of us think that we are babies are, in reality, more mature than we think, others of us who think that we are really mature are maybe more of an adolescent or a child.  

</description>
  <link>http://www.churchatbethany.com/sermon/adolescence</link>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 02 Dec 2007 19:22:15 CST</pubDate>
  <itunes:author></itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>Arrested Development</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:keywords>spiritual_growth,spiritual_development,growth,spiritual_adolescence,church!_at_bethany,jim_wilson</itunes:keywords>
  <itunes:duration>31:52</itunes:duration>
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  <title>Infancy</title>
  <description>Spiritual growth.  What is it?  To some it is a nebulous, mysterious concept.  To others it is an unattainable, unreachable thing reserved for the special, elite few.  Still others erroneously believe that they have a corner on the spiritual growth market, that they have arrived, that they have got it all together.  There is a lot of confusion and misconceptions going on around the topic of this series.

One theme that will run throughout “Arrested Development” is that most of us have the tendency to place ourselves in stages of spiritual growth in which we actually aren’t.  We both overrate and overestimate ourselves along the spiritual growth continuum.  While some of us think that we are babies are, in reality, more mature than we think, others of us who think that we are really mature are maybe more of an adolescent or a child.  

</description>
  <link>http://www.churchatbethany.com/sermon/infancy</link>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2007 19:18:47 CST</pubDate>
  <itunes:author>Matt Payne</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>Arrested Development</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:keywords>spiritual_growth,spiritual_development,growth,spiritual_infancy,church!_at_bethany,matt_payne</itunes:keywords>
  <itunes:duration>37:29</itunes:duration>
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  <title>Meaning</title>
  <description>This service will be about our hunger for meaning, our craving to know that life makes sense, and that ultimately we are all on a search for truth, and that ultimately, truth is personal.  </description>
  <link>http://www.churchatbethany.com/sermon/meaning</link>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 18 Nov 2007 19:44:02 CST</pubDate>
  <itunes:author>Matt Payne</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>Arrested Development</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:keywords>soul,cravings,meaning,church!_at_bethany,matt_payne</itunes:keywords>
  <itunes:duration>32:07</itunes:duration>
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  <title>Destiny</title>
  <description>Our souls crave lives of purpose and significance that ultimately can only come from God.

“We cannot live the life of our dreams without an irrational sense of destiny.  And all of us have our dreams.  More than that, all of us need our dreams.  Some of us sadly are sleeping through them.  All of us long to become something more than we are.  We are driven to achieve, moved to accomplish, fueled by ambition.  It burns hotter in some than in others, but it is within all of us.  We’re all searching for our unique purpose, our divine destiny, or simply a sense of siginificance or some measure of success.”   -Erwin McManus, Soul Cravings


</description>
  <link>http://www.churchatbethany.com/sermon/destiny</link>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 04 Nov 2007 19:32:38 CST</pubDate>
  <itunes:author>Matt Payne</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>Soul Cravings</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:keywords>soul,cravings,destiny,church!_at_bethany,matt_payne</itunes:keywords>
  <itunes:duration>31:56</itunes:duration>
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  <title>Love</title>
  <description>The big idea in the first session of “Soul Cravings” is all about our undeniable, inexorable craving for intimacy, to love and be loved.  But when love is so hard, why do we keep on trying?  2nd, 3rd, 4th marriages, friendship after friendship after friendship, we just keep trying to find something with other people, even if the “other people” is the same person we’ve been married to for years and years and years.  Sure, some people shut down and become reclusive, and we obviously do give up on some relationships some times, but the reality is that even our reclusiveness and giving up is driven by this soul craving.  Rarely does anyone ever call it quits on love in this world and remain in this world without being found to be not quite “right in the head”.  It’s a soul craving.</description>
  <link>http://www.churchatbethany.com/sermon/love</link>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 28 Oct 2007 19:29:32 CST</pubDate>
  <itunes:author>Matt Payne</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>Soul Cravings</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:keywords>love,soul,cravings,church!_at_bethany,matt_payne</itunes:keywords>
  <itunes:duration>33:50</itunes:duration>
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<item>
  <title>Sell Everything</title>
  <description>“One thing you lack,&quot; He said. ‘Go, sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me’.&quot;  -Mark 10:21</description>
  <link>http://www.churchatbethany.com/sermon/sell-everything</link>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 19 Aug 2007 13:51:11 CST</pubDate>
  <itunes:author>Matt Payne</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>Things I Wish Jesus Never Said</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:keywords>jesus,giving,finances,generosity,poor,matt_payne,church!_at_bethany</itunes:keywords>
  <itunes:duration>35:18</itunes:duration>
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  <title>I Am the Way</title>
  <description>&quot;I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.”  -John 14:6</description>
  <link>http://www.churchatbethany.com/sermon/i-am-the-way</link>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 05 Aug 2007 13:43:39 CST</pubDate>
  <itunes:author>Matt Payne</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>Things I Wish Jesus Never Said</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:keywords>jesus,truth,way,life,exclusive,tolerant,matt_payne,church!_at_bethany</itunes:keywords>
  <itunes:duration>33:06</itunes:duration>
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  <title>Gouge Your Eye Out</title>
  <description>“If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to go into hell.”  -Matthew 5:29-30</description>
  <link>http://www.churchatbethany.com/sermon/gouge-your-eye-out</link>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 22 Jul 2007 13:40:53 CST</pubDate>
  <itunes:author>Matt Payne</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>Things I Wish Jesus Never Said</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:keywords>jesus,matthew,sin,eye,matt_payne,church!_at_bethany</itunes:keywords>
  <itunes:duration>29:17</itunes:duration>
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  <title>Love Your Enemies</title>
  <description>&quot;You have heard that it was said, 'Love your neighbor and hate your enemy. But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. -Matthew 5:43-44</description>
  <link>http://www.churchatbethany.com/sermon/love-your-enemies</link>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 15 Jul 2007 13:38:08 CST</pubDate>
  <itunes:author></itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>Things I Wish Jesus Never Said</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:keywords>love,enemies,matthew,steve_sporre,church!_at_bethany</itunes:keywords>
  <itunes:duration>47:45</itunes:duration>
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  <title>Lose Your Life</title>
  <description>“Whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses His life for my sake will find it.”   Matthew 16:25</description>
  <link>http://www.churchatbethany.com/sermon/lose-your-life</link>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 09 Jul 2007 13:35:00 CST</pubDate>
  <itunes:author>Matt Payne</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>Things I Wish Jesus Never Said</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:keywords>jesus,lose_life,matthew_16,matt_payne,church!_at_bethany</itunes:keywords>
  <itunes:duration>29:49</itunes:duration>
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  <title>Dessert</title>
  <description>Back in Jesus’ day, the main thing kids learned in school was the Torah, and they would learn to write it by writing on these slates, kind of like chalkboards.  And when they would come in to school in the morning, sometimes they would find their slates covered with honey, which was a delicacy to them, like candy.  They were trying to teach them what a wonderful and precious thing God’s Word is.  So in this mesage, we focus on the Bible becoming something to us that is like dessert.  </description>
  <link>http://www.churchatbethany.com/sermon/dessert</link>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 01 Jul 2007 14:15:42 CST</pubDate>
  <itunes:author>Matt Payne</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>Eat This Book</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:keywords>dessert,bible,jesus,god's_word,honey,church!_at_bethany,matt_payne</itunes:keywords>
  <itunes:duration>30:34</itunes:duration>
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  <title>Fresh</title>
  <description>We need consistency and regular exposure to the Bible just like we need food regularly.  Scripture:  “He humbled you, causing you to hunger and then feeding you with manna, which neither you nor your fathers had known, to teach you that man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD.”  -Deuteronomy 8:3

</description>
  <link>http://www.churchatbethany.com/sermon/fresh</link>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 24 Jun 2007 14:01:01 CST</pubDate>
  <itunes:author>Matt Payne</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>Eat This Book</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:keywords>jesus,bible,deuteronomy,food,eat_this_book,church!_at_bethany,matt_payne</itunes:keywords>
  <itunes:duration>31:05</itunes:duration>
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  <title>The Main Course</title>
  <description>The Bible becoming part of us is crucial for living everyday life as a Christ-follower.  </description>
  <link>http://www.churchatbethany.com/sermon/the-main-course</link>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 18 Jun 2007 08:49:20 CST</pubDate>
  <itunes:author>Matt Payne</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>Eat This Book</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:keywords>bible,bible_reading,bible_study,matthew</itunes:keywords>
  <itunes:duration>20:34</itunes:duration>
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  <title>Romance</title>
  <description>You’ve heard people say—if you just have love-everything is going to work out fine.  The reality is that there is some skill involved—there are some things we need to know about each other to be able to make it work out the very best—the way God wants it to be.  In this message we explore romance.</description>
  <link>http://www.churchatbethany.com/sermon/romance</link>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2007 14:26:27 CST</pubDate>
  <itunes:author>Matt Payne</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>Love is Never Enough</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:keywords>men,women,romance,sex,marriage,relationships,church!_at_bethany,matt_payne</itunes:keywords>
  <itunes:duration>33:05</itunes:duration>
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  <title>What Women Need</title>
  <description>You’ve heard people say—if you just have love-everything is going to work out fine.  The reality is that there is some skill involved—there are some things we need to know about each other to be able to make it work out the very best—the way God wants it to be.  In this message we explore what women need.</description>
  <link>http://www.churchatbethany.com/sermon/what-women-need</link>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 18 Mar 2007 14:24:55 CST</pubDate>
  <itunes:author>Matt Payne</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>Love is Never Enough</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:keywords>women,for_men_only,marriage,relationships,church!_at_bethany,matt_payne</itunes:keywords>
  <itunes:duration>37:13</itunes:duration>
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  <title>What Men Want</title>
  <description>You’ve heard people say—if you just have love-everything is going to work out fine.  The reality is that there is some skill involved—there are some things we need to know about each other to be able to make it work out the very best—the way God wants it to be.  In this message we explore what men want.</description>
  <link>http://www.churchatbethany.com/sermon/what-men-want</link>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 04 Mar 2007 23:15:33 CST</pubDate>
  <itunes:author>Matt Payne</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>Love is Never Enough</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:keywords>men,for_women_only,marriage,relationships,church!_at_bethany,matt_payne</itunes:keywords>
  <itunes:duration>35:32</itunes:duration>
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  <title>The Skills</title>
  <description>God not only drafts us to be on His team, but He also has in mind for us particular positions to play based on the abilities, gifts, and resources He gives each of us.</description>
  <link>http://www.churchatbethany.com/sermon/the-skills</link>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 22 Jan 2007 19:20:35 CST</pubDate>
  <itunes:author>Matt Payne</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>Get in the Game</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:keywords>get_in_the_game,skills,gifts,church!_at_bethany,matt_payne</itunes:keywords>
  <itunes:duration>34:58</itunes:duration>
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  <title>The Draft</title>
  <description>God picks each of us to be part of what He is up to in the world - to be part of His team.  When Jesus picks you to be on his team, He’s calling you to be a part of something that is about the most important thing in the world.  He calls us to invest our lives in the lives of others and in helping connect people to God.</description>
  <link>http://www.churchatbethany.com/sermon/the-draft</link>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 14 Jan 2007 15:50:05 CST</pubDate>
  <itunes:author>Matt Payne</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>Get in the Game</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:keywords>jesus,disciples,contribute,calling,call,church!_at_bethany,matt_payne</itunes:keywords>
  <itunes:duration>31:58</itunes:duration>
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