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A La Carte (9/19)

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Wednesday September 19, 2007

Baptism, Church Membership, and Graduation
This blog has an interesting story told in a gracious way showing how the relationship is between baptism and church membership. (HT: Thabiti)


Weird Story of the Day
A married couple who didn’t realise they were chatting each other up on the internet are divorcing.


Transracial Adoption and the Gospel
Dan Cruver has a great interview with Thabiti Anyabwile. They discuss transracial adoption. (HT:JT)


The New Normal
A fascinating article in the Ottawa Citizen talks about how births involving medical intervention are the new but unnecessary normal.


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