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A La Carte (12/21)

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Thursday December 21, 2006

Persecution: Random Responses posts a short video explaining just who it is that makes your Christmas lights. More here.

People: Carl Trueman says R.J. Rushdoony was a Holocaust denier. Ian disagrees.

Church: Jollyblogger posts a great African-Anglican zinger.

Music: Christianity Today reviews the new Switchfoot album and gives it 4.5 stars.

Humor: Andrew provides the “Top Ten Signs You May Not Be Reading Your Bible Enough.”

Money: Yahoo tells us how money makes our heads spin. “In a series of nine experiments, a team of researchers found that simply reminding people of money can turn them into a virtual Scrooge — more antisocial, less helpful, and stingier with both their cash and their time,”


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