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A La Carte (October 27)

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Forgotten Providence – “We seem to have moved past needing to talk about God’s providence—we’re quite sophisticated these days.” That’s true, I think. Read this article to brush up on providence.

ERLC Conference – You can tune in today and the next couple of days to watch the ERLC National Conference. There’s a great list of speakers on a critical topic.

JW’s and Viral Marketing – I found this a fascinating article. It looks at Jehovah’s Witnesses from a marketing perspective.

Halloween on Mission – David Mathis thinks about Halloween and mission.

The Decline of Contemporary Worship Music – David T Gordon predicts and describes what he believes is the imminent decline of contemporary worship music.

Keller

An unforgiving heart is an unforgiven heart.

—Tim Keller

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  • What Grieves the Heart of God

    What Grieves the Heart of God?

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