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Friday April 7, 2006

Help: If there is a PHP braniac out there who could spare the time to answer a couple of my questions, I should would appreciate a little bit of help with a project I’m working on. Contact me if you are willing and able to help!

Culture: Joe over at Evangelical Outpost has a great article entitled “Beyond Legalism: Jesus, Wisdom, and Tongue Piercing.” Joe just has a way of cutting to the heart of these matters.

Books: The ladies at Girl Talk Blog are discussing the upcoming book edited by John Piper and Justin Taylor. This one, based on last year’s Desiring God Conference, is entitled Suffering and the Sovereignty of God. It will be hitting the shelves in September of this year.

Theology: Josh Buice discusses Paul’s theology and asks whether it represents Total Depravity or Partial Deficiency.


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