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Weekend A La Carte (April 12)

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Together for the Gospel – All of the Together for the Gospel talks are now available for listening and/or watching.

The Great 1980s Dungeons & Dragons Panic – BBC covers the great Dungeons & Dragons panic of the 1980s. “In an era of potent concern over internet pornography, cyber-bullying, and drugs, it is hard to imagine a game being controversial. But 30 years ago Dungeons & Dragons was the subject of a full-on moral panic, writes Peter Ray Allison.”

How Deep are the Black Boxes? – “Pings from what investigators believe could be the missing Malaysian airliner fight MH370’s black box have been detected at a depth of 15,000 feet – deeper than light, deeper than the deepest diving mammal, deeper than the Titanic.” This graphic shows what investigators are up against.

Keep It To Yourself – What are you actually asking a Christian when you ask him to keep the gospel to himself?

How to Date Jesus’ WifeChristianity Today: “New tests suggest a manuscript fragment is ancient after all. Is it important? We asked noncanonical gospels expert Nicholas Perrin.”

Christ and Him Crucified – What does it mean to know nothing except Christ and him crucified? R.C. Sproul explains.

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The general rule is that those who listen most and speak least will be the most useful to sufferers.

—David Murray

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