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Your Church and Life Planning – Jonathan Leeman has an interesting and important article on how your church fits into your life. “If you are a Christian, it’s worth asking whether you include your church in your life planning. I mean ‘include the church’ in two ways: do you consider it as a factor in your thinking, and do you actually involve the people in your decision making?”

It Is Finished – Matt Papa is giving away a song from his latest album. It’s a good one for Easter!

Keep Calm and Carry On – Here’s some background on a now-famous poster from the Second World War.

For Moms Who Fail – My mother has often commented on how women, and moms especially, carry endless amounts of guilt. This article from Robert Jones takes aim at that guilt.

8 Myths about China – “In order to understand China today, it’s helpful to understand this simple rule: nothing is as it seems. In fact, I would say this rule applies when observing and analyzing nearly all segments of life in China: politics, economy, social relationships, and even religion. To put it another way, whatever China seems to be at any given moment, it is in fact the opposite.”

The doctrine of the Trinity is basic to the Christian religion. It is no exaggeration to assert that the whole of Christianity stands or falls with it. –R.B. Kuiper


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