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A La Carte (8/1)

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August 1, 2007

Abortion: Russell Moore has a post about “A Man, an Abortion, a Gospel.”

Humor: Lisa shares a rather hilarious episode.

Islam: Over at Slate Christopher Hitchens wants to know why we are so scared of offending Muslims.

Church: Richard Phillips shares some of the horror of the recent Christian Booksellers’ Association convention. “It sure was encouraging to see that Liz Curtis Higgs has followed up her groundbeaking “Bad Girls of the Bible,” and “Really Bad Girls of the Bible,” with the upcoming release “Slightly Bad Girls of the Bible.” I think we have now covered that important and edifying theme adequately.”

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