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A La Carte (8/17)

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Are We All Braggarts? – From the WSJ: “Boasting isn’t just a problem on the Internet. In a society of unrelenting competition—where reality-show contestants duke it out for the approval of aging celebrities and pastors have publicists—is it any wonder we market ourselves relentlessly?”

I Choose Grace – Here is one man’s response when a registered sex offender moved into his neighborhood.

A Closing Plea – Spurgeon knew how to bring it. Here is a closing plea from one of his sermons.

The Amish Population – The Atlantic writes about the exploding Amish population.

Miss Moose, Hit Bear – Yet another reason I love the Internet–so I can read stories like this: “A Norwegian driver who swerved his car on a rural road to avoid running into a moose hit a bear instead, authorities said on Thursday.”

God sweetens outward pain with inward peace.

—Thomas Watson

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    Lots of Single Christians but Few Weddings

    I find it one of the great mysteries of the modern church. It does not exist in every context and every congregation, but as I’ve traveled and inquired, I’ve become convinced it exists in a great many of them. Here is the mystery: A lot of churches have many single men and many single women…