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Thursday October 19, 2006

Technology: Microsoft has released Internet Explorer 7. It is a quantum leap over the outdated IE6 and is well worth the download. You can get it here.

Masons: Tim Irvin is writing an interesting series about the Masons. You can find a link to the six installments in the sidebar on his site.

Music: Sovereign Grace Ministries has launched their page for the upcoming Christmas album, “Savior: Celebrating the Mystery of God Become Man.” You can download a free song from the album and place your pre-order.

Conflict: At the New Attitude blog is a good article by Mark Lauterbauch who discusses how to disagree with other Christians, humbly.

Sermon: A couple of days ago Phil Ryken posted a great quote by the late, great James Boice.


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