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A La Carte (11/02)

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Wednesday October 2, 2005

Quote: Woody Allen discusses aging. “I’ve gained no wisdom, no insight, no mellowing. I would make all the same mistakes again, today.”

Family: Last night my daughter (age 3) said to my wife, “Mommy, the shadows prove the sunshine, right?” Methinks I’ve been listening to too much Switchfoot.

Du Jour:Paul Lamey is blogging from Beeson Divinity School where John Piper is delivering the Reformation Heritage Lectures. Coverage begins here.

Debate: Tom Ascol breaks the news that Drs. Al Mohler and Paige Patterson will take a session at the 2006 Pastors’ Conference prior to the annual Southern Baptist Convention in Greensboro, NC to debate Calvinism.


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    The Spiritual Gift Inventory I Believe In

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    Marriage Happy, Marriage Holy

    God’s purpose in marriage is not to make us happy but to make us holy. Or so we have all been told. The truth is more complicated, of course, and I’m quite certain God means for marriage to cover both. The old Anglican liturgy says marriage “was ordained for the mutual society, help, and comfort,…

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