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A La Carte (11/08)

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Tuesday November 8, 2005

Bible: The NET Bible is finally available in its first edition. Read more at bible.org.

Politics: A new grammar rule devised in the Netherlands and Belgium stipulates the word “Christ” shall be spelled with a lowercase “c.” WND reports.

Du Jour: Pastor Paul Martin at kerux noemata defends critiquing other Christians (under certain circumstances).

Not Humor: In the market for a little fish icon to celebrate your love for Joel Osteen? IWJO can help.

Blog: A third member of the Challies clan enters the blogosphere. Maryanne, the eldest of my three little sisters, has finally succumbed to peer sibling pressure and has begun a site called The Happy Helms. You have to be a sibling or celebrity to get a link out of me after only one post!


  • Happy Lies

    Happy Lies

    I’m quite certain you have heard of the New Age movement. Though its popularity seems to have crested and begun to wane some time ago, it continues to wield a good bit of influence. But I wonder if you’ve heard of another similarly-named but quite different movement called New Thought.

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    A La Carte: Parenting is hard / The wildness of orthodoxy / Rubbing shoulders throughout eternity / Glorifying ourselves / The middle of somewhere / Is Roman Catholic baptism valid? / Excellent Kindle deals / and more.

  • Who Am I?

    It is not simply that we as a culture have lost our knowledge of God, but that in so doing we have also lost sight of ourselves. “Who am I?” is the question of the age.

  • Church cemetery

    If I Could Change Anything about the Modern Church

    I have often been asked what I consider the greatest weakness of today’s church or what I would change about today’s church if I could. Such questions make for good discussion at a conference Q&A session but they are also pretty much impossible to answer in a compelling way. It’s not like any of us…

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    A La Carte (January 27)

    A La Carte: To men delaying marriage / A mother unknown / Steve Lawson update / Three essential values for effective teamwork / God is good even when he doesn’t do what we want / Kindle deals.

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    How To Learn To Pray

    Christians are well-resourced with tremendous books that teach the theology and the practice of prayer. Many churches and ministries offer powerful classes that teach why we must pray and how we must pray. We are truly blessed.