Well, I found a better option than what I was writing, which I will demonstrate below. If you have a way to display an RSS feed on your blog you can display it there as necessary.
20 Most Recent Posts from the Moderate Christian Blogroll
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“http://www.moderatechristian.com/xml.php?type=posts&max=20”,
“num_items”=>20,
“show_description”=>false,
“random”=>false,
“new_window”=>true,
“show_date”=>false
)
);
?>