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A La Carte (11/28)

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Tuesday November 28, 2006

Film: Al Mohler has an early review of “The Nativity Story.” “Here is my instant review — the movie is in season and on message. In other words, the movie faithfully presents the main thrust of the Christmas story. That is no small achievement.”

Books: Tony Reinke needs a hobby. He has taken to snapping photographs of his books and is making them available to the public. “In the hopes of promoting these excellent books, you are free to use these photos on your own blog or printed material.”

Greek: Not too long ago I came across Wermuth’s Greekbook. It looks to be a great resource for anyone who wants to try to learn the basics of biblical Greek.

Terror: According to this article, the threat of disease spread by terrorists is less of a concern than the threat of disease spread by illegal exotic pets. Who knew?


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    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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    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.

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    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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    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.