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Thursday January 11, 2007

Du Jour: John Piper apologizes and discusses profanity.

Music: This is a great price on guitar music (free!).

Abortion: Paul discusses amniocentesis and its relationship to abortion.

Church: Here are the fifty most influential Christians in America. Stop and think for a minute about how many you would want to have as your pastor!

Prayer: Al Mohler has been released from hospital. Praise God!

Environment: A columnist at the Toronto Sun takes on Kyoto. “Why do you support a bizarre United Nations treaty that is mainly concerned with transferring billions of dollars from the First World (i.e. us) to the Third World over a period of decades, without any guarantees this will lower the man-made greenhouse gas emissions you say are the main cause of global warming?”


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