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A La Carte (October 30)

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The Most Neglected Part of the Pastor’s Job Description – Thabiti Anyabwile makes a good point here about an oft-neglected ministry.

Boring Bridal Showers – I always enjoy reading about cross-cultural experiences like this one. Here’s what happens when a missionary attends a Tanzanian bridal shower.

This Argument Has Reached Retirement Age – It’s amazing how the same old arguments against the Bible are trotted out time and time again.

What Led You To Become an Atheist? – David Murray looks at the results of an interesting study and talks about the implications to the church today.

7 Figures – A new study from AEI titled ‘For Richer or Poorer’ documents the relationships between family patterns and economic well-being in America and shows how radically it can affect income.” Joe Carter draws out 7 significant figures.

Sproul

No one who is a man-pleaser preaches the whole counsel of God.

—R.C. Sproul

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    When God Plants an Acorn, He Means an Oak

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    It is surprisingly difficult to find a list of Christian books that have been released in any given month—especially if you want that list to be filtered by books released through particular publishers. That’s one of the reasons why I close each month by coming up with my list of New and Notable books. I…

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