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<title><![CDATA[ Worshipping When You Don&#039;t Feel Like It - IV ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[           How can you worship when you don’t “feel like it”?  We have suggested in previous posts the following 6 points:1 – Worship prayerfully2 – Worship ac ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Worshipping When You Don&#039;t Feel Like It - III ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[           How can we worship if we do not, for whatever reason, “feel like it” that week, and if the songs of the day do not speak the words we currently bear i ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Worshipping When You Don&#039;t Feel Like It - II ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[           So once again, how might we worship, if we do not, for whatever reason, “feel like it” that week, and if the songs of the day do not speak the words w ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mark Mason, LCOC ]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Worshipping When You Don’t Feel Like It - I ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[           Several months ago I saw an article written by author Ryanne Molinari entitled “7 Suggestions for When You’re Struggling to Worship Joyfully.”  I foun ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mark Mason, LCOC ]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ The Science and the Art of Change ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[           Change is hard.  If only it was as easy as a mathematical formula!  But, since change involves people, it is more of an art than a science.  However, ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mark Mason, LCOC ]]></dc:creator>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 14:30:04 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Trustworthy Sayings - VI ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Trustworthy saying #5 – Titus 3:8“The saying is trustworthy, and I want you to insist on these things, so that those who have believed in God may be careful to ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mark Mason, LCOC ]]></dc:creator>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 15:59:54 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Trustworthy Sayings - V ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Trustworthy saying #4 – 2 Timothy 2:11-13“The saying is trustworthy, for: If we have died with him, we will also live with him; if we endure, we will also re ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mark Mason, LCOC ]]></dc:creator>
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<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2026 16:15:19 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Trustworthy Sayings - IV ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Trustworthy saying #3 – 1 Timothy 4:7b-9“…train yourself for godliness; for while bodily training is of some value, godliness is of value in every way, as it h ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mark Mason, LCOC ]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Trustworthy Sayings - III ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Trustworthy saying #2 – 1 Timothy 3:1“The saying is trustworthy: If anyone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a noble task.”          Isn’t it inte ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mark Mason, LCOC ]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Trustworthy Sayings - II ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Trustworthy saying #1 – 1 Timothy 1:15“The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of wh ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mark Mason, LCOC ]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Trustworthy Sayings - I ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[             I thought we might begin the blog year with some trustworthy sayings.  To what do I refer?  Paul the apostle, of course!  Five times the inspired mi ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mark Mason, LCOC ]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Why the God-Man? ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ NOTE:  Hey church!  I hope you have a wonderful Christmas eve and day with family and friends this week!  A brother of ours in Christ, Keith Stranglin, publishe ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mark Mason, LCOC ]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ About Those Wise Guys ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[             How about those wise guys?  Umm, men.  The wise men.  How about them?  They enter the story of Jesus in Matthew chapter 2.  Who were they?  They cam ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mark Mason, LCOC ]]></dc:creator>
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<pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2025 20:30:12 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ A Christmas Poem ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ A Christmas Poem  (by Daniel McCoy of Renew.org)What’s the most wonderful time of the year?Ask any normal person and you’ll probably hear,Why “Christmas, of c ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mark Mason, LCOC ]]></dc:creator>
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<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2025 15:25:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ On the Problem of Church Titles ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ As a follow-up to my last post on “Why I Am Not ‘The Pastor’”, I wanted to relay a wonderful portion of writing from Alexander Strauch’s “Biblical Eldership,” p ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mark Mason, LCOC ]]></dc:creator>
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<pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2025 19:28:18 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Why I Am Not &quot;The Pastor&quot; ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[             I am not the pastor of the church.  Now, when I am called such, I do not throw a fit or raise a big stink.  There are worse errors.  However, it is ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mark Mason, LCOC ]]></dc:creator>
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<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2025 16:16:26 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ How To Judge A Sermon? ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[                A very brief blog today, but hopefully, an impactful thought.               When Peter preached his great gospel sermon on the Day of Pentecost, ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mark Mason, LCOC ]]></dc:creator>
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<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2025 16:18:50 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Do I Need To Be On Time? ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[             I saw these excellent thoughts from Nathan at Renew.org.  I hope they challenge you, and if need be, motivate you! – MEM7 Reasons to Arrive Early t ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mark Mason, LCOC ]]></dc:creator>
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<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2025 16:42:02 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Replacing the Irreplacable ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[             I was blessed with wonderful, believing parents, who loved me and were there for me as I was growing up.  Not perfect people, but very good people.  ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mark Mason, LCOC ]]></dc:creator>
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<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2025 15:37:57 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Who is this God who burns? ]]></title>
<link>https://www.lancchurchofchrist.com/blog/post/who-is-this-god-who-burns</link>
<description><![CDATA[             God is love.            God is a consuming fire.            Both are true.            How to understand and appreciate these truths?            ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mark Mason, LCOC ]]></dc:creator>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2025 14:55:32 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Pray for Me ]]></title>
<link>https://www.lancchurchofchrist.com/blog/post/pray-for-me</link>
<description><![CDATA[            I was richly blessed with all of my Bible education, undergraduate, graduate, continuing, etc.  But never once did I receive a course that taught me ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mark Mason, LCOC ]]></dc:creator>
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<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2025 15:41:30 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Peace in Wartime ]]></title>
<link>https://www.lancchurchofchrist.com/blog/post/peace-in-wartime</link>
<description><![CDATA[             Jesus was a man of peace, the Prince of Peace, in fact (Isaiah 9:6).  He lived in a time of war, a culture of war.  He was perfect love in the flesh ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mark Mason, LCOC ]]></dc:creator>
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<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2025 14:26:03 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ On Promises to Pray ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[             We usually think of sin in terms of acts of commission, that is, things we do – we commit sin.  But there are also acts of omission, things we fail ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mark Mason, LCOC ]]></dc:creator>
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<pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2025 18:04:39 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ God Can Use Anything ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[             Recently I had the privilege of hosting our church teens in our home and leading them in a devotional thought.  I decided to have them think for a f ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mark Mason, LCOC ]]></dc:creator>
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<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2025 19:18:19 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Gospel Churches on the Western Reserve - VII ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[             The story of the churches that pioneered on the Western Reserve is full of human interest and fascinating characters.  Let me give one example this ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mark Mason, LCOC ]]></dc:creator>
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<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2025 19:23:01 EDT</pubDate>
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