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Branch Out! – Aaron Armstrong gives you 3 good reasons to vary your reading diet in 2012.

Historical Inaccuracies – This article points out “5 Inaccurate ‘Historical’ Stories That Ended Up In History Books.”

Francis Schaeffer and Gospel-Centered – Trevin Wax has done a good job here of suggesting what Francis Schaeffer might say to the gospel-centered movement within today’s church.

Loving the 1% – Here is an interesting perspective on the “1%.” Despite a massive missionary movement that has penetrated every nation on earth, the upper class remains enormously unreached, even in countries that now boast large evangelical populations.

Free eBooks – Monergism has a list of 32 free ebooks. They are there for the taking. Be sure to right-click on them and save them to your computer (don’t use the left-click).

Finishing Well – This is love. (HT)

I preach as though Christ was crucified yesterday, rose from the dead today and was coming back tomorrow.

—Martin Luther

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