<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:41:50 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@andrewhaack/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Privilege Isn't the Problem]]></title><description><![CDATA[I've been thinking a lot about Jonah lately. The problem with Jonah wasn't that he was afraid to go to Nineveh. It wasn't even that he disobeyed God and ran the opposite direction. I mean, it was located]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/christianity/@andrewhaack/privilege-isn-t-the-problem</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/christianity/@andrewhaack/privilege-isn-t-the-problem</guid><category><![CDATA[christianity]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[andrewhaack]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2018 18:43:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXYveuNjgK8WUETFhQqBAi2Eg4bmBtasdo1MRzzVPHaR8jeRgkgHuETTSH8Gkn8GW9JwZv4qxY6r?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Small Gods and Big Governments]]></title><description><![CDATA["Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the the government our god." - Not Psalm 20:7 Last year, there was a big hooplah made about repealing the First Amendment.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/christianity/@andrewhaack/small-gods-and-big-governments</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/christianity/@andrewhaack/small-gods-and-big-governments</guid><category><![CDATA[christianity]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[andrewhaack]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2018 18:05:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXZ1x5eoG6dKPHffu75uSbYwWVgSXBHcwniGLAhks6LwKzphafHJztiMWktAK1XwhahCR9a5jNP8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trolling Like Jesus]]></title><description><![CDATA["Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?" - George Carlin One of the great things about comedy is that it allows]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/christianity/@andrewhaack/trolling-like-jesus</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/christianity/@andrewhaack/trolling-like-jesus</guid><category><![CDATA[christianity]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[andrewhaack]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2018 16:19:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXZj6xKWwNCA3WvQWLSEUXrQej85cAsfrM1tCLqgUXfEaM53G8cxUJEVg7zoJJs5wEj7Q37yNTn6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why We Chose to Homeschool]]></title><description><![CDATA[This year, my wife and I had a decision to make. Do we enroll our son into public school like any normal, sane person would? Or do we homeschool him like a weirdo? We chose the latter. And every day, I]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/christian-trail/@andrewhaack/why-we-chose-to-homeschool</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/christian-trail/@andrewhaack/why-we-chose-to-homeschool</guid><category><![CDATA[christian-trail]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[andrewhaack]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2018 21:08:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXZ1MF5C8g9QVtk6NENG6Vff9hw58MgkS8jxHsQfKwSBB3tWbgJkur7o43V1wQ9MdgkG7AD1wRpr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Are you a "Christian Extremist"?]]></title><description><![CDATA[A couple of days ago, conservative Canadian journalist Lauren Southern was detained and ultimately banned from the country when attempting to travel into the UK. The reason? For being a "Christian]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/christianity/@andrewhaack/are-you-a-christian-extremist</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/christianity/@andrewhaack/are-you-a-christian-extremist</guid><category><![CDATA[christianity]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[andrewhaack]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2018 15:23:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXa8dfKdLajpdWQGHB27V8iaaYypSqwrDRx6XLQ2wHgiXgnv6BDTGcdhh9DUHsuvwebvvYbftHrv?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Daughters Need Daddies]]></title><description><![CDATA[Being a parent is tough. Kids, man. They are a roller coaster. I still remember that moment, just after having our first, when it was finally time to check out of the hospital. We strapped him into his]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/christian-trail/@andrewhaack/daughters-need-daddies</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/christian-trail/@andrewhaack/daughters-need-daddies</guid><category><![CDATA[christian-trail]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[andrewhaack]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2018 22:15:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXYNDA2fg4KLFmbzGenRTxNE5jnoV7zhm9o1ocEpBpHK2tfZXZkHaDsPmKzc6ohttxvtA9evD59x?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Would Jesus Carry?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Peanut butter and jelly. Batman and Robin. Starbucks and yoga pants. Some things are just meant to go together. What about Christians and guns? In the US, Christians and guns are an iconic duo. For decades,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/christianity/@andrewhaack/what-would-jesus-carry</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/christianity/@andrewhaack/what-would-jesus-carry</guid><category><![CDATA[christianity]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[andrewhaack]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2018 16:24:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXZj8E1Hq2TQSfSueTCTRFiABh7xQmSwBEXn7zryifEDQGebzGWzGUPs4aUrBEdH8wyYGKeGbgGe?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mass Shootings: The Wrath of Cain]]></title><description><![CDATA[Why do young men shoot up schools? For the same reason that Cain killed Abel: Revenge against God for the conditions of being. Life is hard. There's no way around that fact. Whether you are born into poverty]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/christianity/@andrewhaack/mass-shootings-the-wrath-of-cain</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/christianity/@andrewhaack/mass-shootings-the-wrath-of-cain</guid><category><![CDATA[christianity]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[andrewhaack]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 28 Feb 2018 16:28:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXYgzT5AW3JkbTJAxetPojssFDG4pyeu61BJ2sXM3PYh7K1Rdp6u1rZHySFCeAS5bi6oqesm77ZY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guns and Other Weapons]]></title><description><![CDATA[The shooting in Parkland, Florida this past week absolutely terrible. There may be a lot of things the people of this country disagree on, but that isn't one of them. Something else we all agree on is]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@andrewhaack/guns-and-other-weapons</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@andrewhaack/guns-and-other-weapons</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[andrewhaack]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 22 Feb 2018 19:24:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXa3o3npESwMLsnzTYiSpoqDPkHEcBEchHaQE1nWKJrmnomFZHVuWKV1dvoiD8zY8xu1CYkofwpz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Are Men and Women Really Different?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Some months ago, James Damore rose to infamy with his awful-terrible-no-good-very-bad-anti-diversity-misogynistic memo. 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The notion of individual rights – that is, the concept that a person is entitled to]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@andrewhaack/the-christian-case-for-individual-rights</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@andrewhaack/the-christian-case-for-individual-rights</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[andrewhaack]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 19 Feb 2018 21:16:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXZz2dPYRbV6G6KRTuDPYLTBcbMTLEWfjHSGkceFnJggVkQxbF5bwm8UMXdw9xvFtWNHLJvU5YJ2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heresies & Witch Hunts]]></title><description><![CDATA[An old friend (let's call her Jane) recently reached out to me with some questions about a movement known as the New Apostolic Reformation. Here's the situation: Jane has two friends that recently went]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/christianity/@andrewhaack/heresies-and-witch-hunts</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/christianity/@andrewhaack/heresies-and-witch-hunts</guid><category><![CDATA[christianity]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[andrewhaack]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2018 19:32:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXYSS3KJVEq9fSb6FPmP9Ra5D4LMzDG36XPqEQuhvN88Wy3Scs7ExeDbL1uMVp73fVmjH8zSMpyC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[An Ode to Chronological Snobbery]]></title><description><![CDATA["Mixed messages, repetition, bad fact-checking, awkward constructions, inconsistent voice, [and] weak character development" are just a few of the problems with Scripture. 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One might as well say they saw a Starbucks in Seattle or a marijuana dispensary in]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/christianity/@andrewhaack/a-better-antidote-to-chaos</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/christianity/@andrewhaack/a-better-antidote-to-chaos</guid><category><![CDATA[christianity]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[andrewhaack]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2018 18:04:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXYr2gLY73Y7PwaQHdyE9XSgqL2WPVb32hYrzdhVrVFeztj4ETKX3u8X1Am6owJhCDEJZd3wZtCW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Concerning the Evangelical Left]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's been interesting watching how the views on homosexuality have changed over the past decade. 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