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A La Carte (3/20)

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Tuesday March 20, 2007

Music: Here’s one for the American Idol fan.

Politics: As the war in Iraq enters its fifth year, Joe Carter posts ten things we’ve forgotten about the war.

Debate: Has anyone watched this debate between Alister McGrath and Peter Atkins?

Weird: A Catholic Church in Germany is collecting money to support the building of a local mosque.

Music: Curtis Allen (aka “Voice”) has published a great article with Boundless.

Homosexuality: Al Mohler has clarified some of his comments about homosexuality and has responded in brief to some critics.

Books: An interesting and (I believe) secular review of the bestselling book “The Secret.”

Photography: This is an interesting photo essay.

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The Two Kinds of Content You Consume

At some point we all began to refer to articles and video as content. And today we are drowning in it! Here is a simple filter for telling content created to serve you apart from content created to serve its maker.

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A La Carte (June 5)

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Jun 5

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You have probably heard of Davy and Natalie Lloyd, even if the names aren’t immediately familiar. In May 2024, you most likely heard the news about two young American missionaries to Haiti who, along with one of their Haitian colleagues, were brutally murdered by one of the many gangs that dominate the country.

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