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Friday July 18, 2008

Pray for Tom Ascol
Timmy Brister requests prayer for Tom Ascol who is facing some strange medical problems.


Things to Like About $4 Gas
TIME lists ten benefits that may come about on the back of $4 gas.


Black & White Twins
Here’s a story of twins born to an interracial couple. One twin is black-skinned with brown eyes like his mother, while the other is white-skinned and blue eyed, resembling his father (HT: TA).


Driscoll on Packer
Mark Driscoll describes some time he spent with J.I. Packer earlier this week.


What I’d Like You to Know
Guest-blogging at Rocks in My Dryer, Molly Piper writes about how to reach out to a friend in grief.


The Gift of Opposition
John Ortberg writes about the gift of opposition.


Chess Boxing
This may be the strangest sport I’ve ever heard of.


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    The Great Rewiring of Childhood

    I know I’m getting old and all that, and I’m aware this means that I’ll be tempted to look unfavorably at people who are younger than myself. I know I’ll be tempted to consider what people were like when I was young and to stand in judgment of what people are like today. Yet even…

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  • a One-Talent Christian

    It’s Okay To Be a Two-Talent Christian

    It is for good reason that we have both the concept and the word average. To be average is to be typical, to be—when measured against points of comparison—rather unremarkable. It’s a truism that most of us are, in most ways, average. The average one of us is of average ability, has average looks, will…

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