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Friday January 19, 2007

Conference: The Ligonier conference has reached capacity (which I believe is in the neighborhood of 5000 people!)

Church: Outreach magazine has announced that LifeChurch.tv is the most innovative church in the country “primarily for its ability to leverage the latest technology available for its nine multi-state campuses, 18,000 members and thousands of weekly visitors, many of whom are window shopping Christianity.”

Conference: The Christian Life Conference with Tim Keller will be held this weekend. You can read updates here.

Humor: Applied geometry.

Quiz: Trevin Wax links to three quizes to test how well you know the words of Jesus.


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    Lots of Single Christians but Few Weddings

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    The Continental Divide of Doctrine

    A journey into the Rocky Mountains of Western Canada brought me to Vermilion Pass, a single point that divides two national parks and two provinces. It also divides two watersheds, for it stands upon the continental divide. To one side of this spot all waters flow west and eventually find their way to the vast…

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