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Apr 9, 2007

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Monday April 9, 2007

Church: Here is a church for men only. I guess the seeker friendly low effort church as you want it trend isn’t dead yet.

Audio: This site has audio recordings corresponding to some of the chapters in Iain Murray’s “A Scottish Christian Heritage.”

Sports: This commercial for the Blue Jays has been banned for being too violent. A watchdog group has attempted to get this one banned as well because Vernon Wells does not look both ways before crossing the road.

RIP: Johnny Hunt, creator of the comic BC, died last week. Check out his Easter comic.

A La Carte (11/9)

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