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A La Carte (03/23)

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Thursday March 23, 2006

Sexuality: The Daily Mail reports that “Children exposed to sex in TV programmes, films, magazines and music are more likely to engage in sexual activity than those who are not, according to research out today.” Is this news?

Bible: ESV Blog celebrates the 549th anniversary of the first Bible coming off the printing press at Gutenberg with “a brief tour of major landmarks in Bible printing, starting with the Gutenberg Bible itself.”

Humor: If you’ve ever wanted to hear J. Ligon Duncan rap (and you probably haven’t) you can listed to this audio file. You’ll have to listen about five minutes in.

Preaching: Ray Van Neste addresses the practice of pastoral plagarism and how men like Rick Warren are encouraging the practice.


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