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Weekend A La Carte (June 21)

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Kindle – Did you know you don’t need a Kindle device to read Kindle books? You can do it on your computer as well. Check it out right here.

PCUSA Redefines Marriage – This comes as no great surprise, of course. But it is still newsworthy.

She Had It All, and Lost It – “This incredibly beautiful, yet scarred woman was a bright ray of sunshine in that hospital bed. She could have been bitter… But every single day, Katherine and her husband Jay are pointing others to the Lord… Katherine is a living example that God’s grace really can be sufficient even when you’ve lost a great deal.”

Driving Away the Homeless – Here’s an interesting article about the ways cities drive away homeless people (and skateboarders, for that).

Reading Time – How much time do young people spend reading? Not very much according to this study.

What Is Hell? – R.C. Sproul answers.

Toplady

Grace finds us beggars but leaves us debtors.

—Augustus Toplady

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