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Wednesday July 5, 2006

Conference: Adrian Warnock is providing ongoing updates from the Newfrontiers conference.

Du Jour: Carolyn McCulley has headed back to New Orleans with a camera crew to document the work of the members of Lakeview Christian Center. She reports on the state of the city here.

Preaching: Mark Dever shares some things he learned from reading John MacArthur’s “Fool’s Gold.” “John M strongly reminded me of the importance of expositional preaching. He does so in this article by listing negative effects of the superficial brand of preaching that is so rife in modern evangelicalism.”

Theology: Bob Kauflin meditates on the precious blood of Jesus Christ. “Our culture can tend to talk about the cross in a way that magnifies our worth to God rather than our sin against Him.”


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