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Dec 20, 2006

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Wednesday December 20, 2006

Du Jour: Al Mohler has an excellent article on “KGOY” — or Kids Growing Older Younger.

Bible: A British stewardess who is described as a committed Christian, has been forbidden from carrying her Bible on flights to Saudi Arabia. The Telegraph reports.

Film: “Amazing Grace,” the forthcoming film dealing with the life of William Wilberforce, now has a trailer available for your viewing pleasure.

Quote: Roger Nicole on perfectionism: “It is one thing for a man to say he is perfect; it is another thing for his wife to say he is perfect.”

Emergent: David Wayne asks if the Reformers waged war on the illiterate…or if that was actually the Catholic Church.

Humor: This is just a great idea.

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