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	<title>Issue #83 – The Value of Your Local Church</title>
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	<title>Issue #82 – What do Republicans do Next?</title>
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	<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 09:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
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	<title>Issue #81 – Made for Heaven</title>
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	<title>Issue #80 – Justice, Compassion, and the Lindsay Clancy Case</title>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2026 14:39:17 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[The Lindsay Clancy case has sparked intense debate over mental illness, criminal responsibility, postpartum psychosis, and the meaning of justice. In this episode of The Issues Podcast, Stephen, Martin, and Tom examine the case and wrestle with the difficult questions surrounding it. How should mental illness affect criminal responsibility? What role should compassion play when [&#8230;]]]></description>
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	<title>Issue #79 – Abuse in the Church</title>
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	<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 14:49:09 +0000</pubDate>
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	<title>Issue #78 – The Need Is Now&#8230; Church Planting in the United States</title>
	<link>https://www.lighthouse.radio/podcast/issue-78-the-need-is-now-church-planting-in-the-united-states/</link>
	<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 08:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[In this special episode of The Issues Podcast, host Martin Wickens sits down with church planters Marty Montgomery and Josh Levesque during the missions conference at Bedford Bible Church. Through personal testimonies, practical insights, and honest reflections, Marty and Josh share how God led them into church planting, not through ambition, but through surrender, faithfulness, [&#8230;]]]></description>
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	<itunes:episode>4</itunes:episode>
	<itunes:season>10</itunes:season>
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	<title>Issue #77 – Spiritual Leadership</title>
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	<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 08:28:00 +0000</pubDate>
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	<title>Issue #75 – The Church, Civil Order, and the Gospel</title>
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	<title>Issue #74 – The King James Conversation Everyone Avoids</title>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2025 09:13:00 +0000</pubDate>
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	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Few topics ignite more passion—and confusion—than the Bible translation debate. In this candid episode, Stephen Russ, Martin Wickens, and Joe Shakour sit down for the conversation many have been asking for but few have been willing to have. From the open]]></itunes:subtitle>
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