A La Carte (12/6)

Dec 6, 2007

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Thursday December 6, 2007

The Five Points of Criticism
Mark Dever says, “Because of some of my own mistakes, and reflections on them, I offer the following suggestions on how to give godly criticism.”

Heating up in Bali
Ted at the Boundless Blog shakes his head at the 100,000 tons of CO2 and pollutants that will be generated by the 12-day global warming conference being held in Bali.

Altrogge on In His Strength
Mark Altrogge offers a review of sorts of the new CD “In His Strength.”

Reformed Conferences
I recently updated the list of Reformed conferences in case you’re interested in seeing what conferences are coming your way in 2008.

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