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Wednesday April 5, 2006

Da Vinci: Alistair Begg agrees that Christians should be prepared to defend against Da Vinci. “Please do not misunderstand me when I tell you how disappointed I am with our featured book this month, The Da Vinci Deception. My problem is not with the book (it’s helpful), nor with the author (Erwin Lutzer is a friend). What disturbs me is the fact that such a book is even necessary.”

Logic: David at lingamish is beginning a series of posts dealing with logical fallacies.

Science: A prominent scientist has admitted that Jesus walked on water. It turns out, though, that the water was frozen. That’s right – Jesus walked on ice.

Emergent: My friend Paul will be presenting a paper on the emerging church next Monday. Anyone in the Toronto area is welcome to attend.


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