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A La Carte (4/19)

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Thursday April 19, 2007

Prayer: Christians are not the only ones hoping to minister in Virginia. It seems that Scientologists are heading there in some force, according to this article. Pray that God would bless the work of the Christians!

Abortion: Al Mohler writes about the Supreme Court upholding the ban on partial birth abortion saying “The explicit inclusion of this moral language marks a great achievement in this decision.” Joe Carter also covers the decision.

Interview: Lydia is interviewing Elyse Fitzpatrick. Part one is here and part two is here.

Language: Fun with language: contronyms, which are “words that, by some freak of language evolution, are their own antonyms.”


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