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A La Carte (3/30)

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Calvinism Is Back – The once-daily format of A La Carte means that I’m sometimes late on the news. I’m betting this article has already been posted on 8,000 different blogs. Nevertheless, here it is again. This is from the Christian Science Monitor: “In America’s Christian faith, a surprising comeback of rock-ribbed Calvinism is challenging the Jesus-is-your-buddy gospel of modern evangelism.”

Buried for 27 Days – The Telegraph has an article on a man who survived being buried for 27 days after the earthquake in Haiti.

Christian Book Award Finalists – The ECPA has announced the list of this year’s Christian Book Award finalists. I don’t know how to react to the news that The American Patriot’s Bible has been nominated in the Bibles category.


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    Marriage Happy, Marriage Holy

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