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A La Carte (11/21)

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Tuesday November 21, 2006

People: Paul points to an article that appeared in a major Canadian newspaper. It is “an interesting story on Jonathan [Wellum, an elder at a nearby church] that demonstrates one man’s living out the faith in the public eye.”

Church: Thabiti says that “Most television preachers and their programs are a pox on the church.”

Conference: Register for the New Attitude conference this weekend and your registration could be free. It promises to be an excellent conference.

Music: Jim Spencer has recorded an album of The Poetry of Amy Carmichael
Set to Music. Jim is Pastor of Worship and Evangelism at Faith Community Church in Kansas City, MO.


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