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		<title>LCMS Statement on ELCA Homosexual Clergy Vote</title>
		<link>http://www.stmatthewsnj.org/blog/2009/08/25/lcms-statement-on-elca-homosexual-clergy-vote/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 13:11:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rev. Iovine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following is a statement released by the LCMS regarding the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America&#8217;s recent vote on allowing homosexual clergy) The two largest Lutheran church bodies in the United States are the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) with 4.8 million members and The Lutheran Church&#8211;Missouri Synod (LCMS) with 2.4 million members. On [...]]]></description>
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		<title>He Forgot the Bon Jovi Tickets</title>
		<link>http://www.stmatthewsnj.org/blog/2008/07/14/he-forgot-the-bon-jovi-tickets/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stmatthewsnj.org/blog/2008/07/14/he-forgot-the-bon-jovi-tickets/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 03:24:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rev. Iovine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This afternoon, I attended the wake for the young woman I wrote about in my post on Saturday. Her husband, Greg, met me at the funeral parlor at around 1:30. As you can imagine, he was pretty broken up. Family and friends slowly filled the funeral home as people kept saying that Jennifer was &#8220;too [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The IRS and Church Tax Exemption: Battle</title>
		<link>http://www.stmatthewsnj.org/blog/2008/05/09/the-irs-and-church-tax-exemption-battle/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stmatthewsnj.org/blog/2008/05/09/the-irs-and-church-tax-exemption-battle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 12:28:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rev. Iovine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning in the Wall Street Journal (yes, I read the Journal; I stopped reading the New York Times because of their terribly biased reporting), Suzanne Sataline reports that a conservative legal group is looking for clergy people to join them in challenging the IRS and their &#8220;clergy rule&#8221; that grants tax exempt status to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is it OK&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.stmatthewsnj.org/blog/2008/04/23/is-it-ok-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stmatthewsnj.org/blog/2008/04/23/is-it-ok-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:28:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rev. Iovine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning, I had an interesting conversation. When I told the person that on Monday, I had lunch with a friend at a bar, he excoriated me for actually stepping into an establishment that serves alcohol. You could only imagine his shock when I told him that I was at another bar last Tuesday night [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Just Wondering&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.stmatthewsnj.org/blog/2008/01/31/just-wondering/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 20:32:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rev. Iovine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this afternoon, I spoke with a local resident who was basically stunned that I took out that plastic tab in my clerical collar when I was standing online to pay for a bottle of water. See, sometimes my neck itches, so I scratch it. In order to properly scratch my neck, I take out the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Now, Heresy Is OK for Episcopalians</title>
		<link>http://www.stmatthewsnj.org/blog/2007/06/18/now-heresy-is-ok-for-episcopalians/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stmatthewsnj.org/blog/2007/06/18/now-heresy-is-ok-for-episcopalians/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jun 2007 20:24:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rev. Iovine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[via Hot Air blog] This is one of those &#34;You&#8217;ve Got to Be Kidding Me&#34; moments that should make every Episcopalian &#8211; and members of their fellowship, including the ELCA &#8211; really, really angry. Shortly after noon on Fridays, the Rev. Ann Holmes Redding ties on a black headscarf, preparing to pray with her Muslim [...]]]></description>
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		<title>God&#8217;s Word is Clear</title>
		<link>http://www.stmatthewsnj.org/blog/2007/03/02/gods-word-is-clear/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2007 14:06:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rev. Iovine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;We are being pushed toward a decision by impatient forces within and outside this church who hunger for clarity. That hunger for clarity at all costs is an anxious response to discomfort in the face of change which characterizes all of life,&#8221; she said. &#8220;The impatience we&#8217;re now experiencing is an idol — a false [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mary Cheney and Her Pregnancy</title>
		<link>http://www.stmatthewsnj.org/blog/2007/02/01/mary-cheney-and-her-pregnancy-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stmatthewsnj.org/blog/2007/02/01/mary-cheney-and-her-pregnancy-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Feb 2007 16:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rev. Iovine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is no secret that Vice President Dick Cheney&#8217;s daughter, Mary, is a lesbian, and she is pregnant. This has caused certain &#34;evangelicals&#34; to criticize Mary&#8217;s lifestyle and that she is going to raise a child in a non-traditional &#34;mom and dad&#34; home. Even TV reporters have questioned the Vice President about this. He rightfully [...]]]></description>
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		<title>God Told Him</title>
		<link>http://www.stmatthewsnj.org/blog/2007/01/05/god-told-him/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stmatthewsnj.org/blog/2007/01/05/god-told-him/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jan 2007 23:39:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rev. Iovine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pat Robertson, one of America&#8217;s favorite evangelical preachers (think: TV&#8217;s &#8220;The 700 Club&#8221;), has come up with a new one: God has apparently told him that there is going to be a terrorist attack somewhere and lots of people are going to die. He doesn&#8217;t want to say the word &#8220;nuclear,&#8221; but the implication was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pastors Leaving the LCMS&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.stmatthewsnj.org/blog/2006/11/02/pastors-leaving-the-lcms/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stmatthewsnj.org/blog/2006/11/02/pastors-leaving-the-lcms/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Nov 2006 13:33:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rev. Iovine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last weekend, a Missouri Synod pastor in Michigan decided to resign his call and attempt to gain entrance into the Eastern Orthodox Church. From what he wrote on his personal blog, Rev. Fr. John Fenton had serious doubts over certain theological and doctrinal stances of the Synod. If a pastor doesn&#8217;t believe what he vowed [...]]]></description>
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