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A La Carte (December 20)

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Top-Ten Theology Stories – Collin Hansen says, “before we turn to 2014, it can be encouraging or at least instructive to take stock of the last 12 months. Perspective is a rare gift in our social media age.” To do that, he offers up this top ten theology stories from the past year.

I Offended You? So What? – Jay Watts talks about what it means to be offended.

Harding-Kerrigan 20 Years Later – This was an interesting read: “The Tonya Harding-Nancy Kerrigan affair began with unchecked ambition, unbridled greed and a whack to the knee. It ended with four men in jail, a broken shoelace and a highly publicized mouthing-off, at Disney World. In between, there was a media frenzy reserved for only the most outrageous circuses.”

Based on a True Story – How Captain Phillips, Saving Mr. Banks, and 12 Years a Slave stack up against reality.

The Year of No Complaining – If you’re a leader in a church, 2014 can be a complaint free year. Here’s all you have to do…

Facebook Is Broken – This article explains that even while Facebook continues to grow, it is crumbling under the weight of its own success.

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It is more significant that God walked on earth than that man walked on the moon.

—Rob Frost

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