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A La Carte (March 30)

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Can Canada Teach the Rest of Us to Be Nicer? – “Canada is to niceness as Saudi Arabia is to oil. It’s awash in the stuff, and it’s about time, I say, the rest of the world imported some.” Amen!

Fake Maple Syrup – First an article about Canadian niceness and then one about Americans’ apparent love for fake maple syrup.

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The Spiritual Stages – Christians progress through various spiritual stages.

The Effect of Singing – “Worship is first and foremost addressing God and giving glory to God.”

Two Kinds of Bad Singers – In a similar vein, this article tells you about two different kinds of bad singers.

Discrimination in Indiana? – Wondering what the furor in Indiana is all about? Denny Burk explains.

Lewis

Whether we like it or not, God intends to give us what we need, not what we now think we want.

—C.S. Lewis

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    An Ideal Resource For Your Family Devotions

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    You Can Conform to Christ Even if You Don’t Conform to Me

    One of the aspects of the Christian faith that I find particularly perplexing is the freedom God gives his people to obey him in different or even opposite ways, so that one person’s obedience is another person’s disobedience. Even as two people take the same action, one might be obeying him and the other disobeying…

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