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These are links to articles and quotes I found interesting this weekend.

Donald Miller posted why he doesn’t attend a local church service. I found his arguments shaky. Here are a couple of good rebuttals: What We Talk Like When We Talk About God

The importance on not picking fights in church: The Problem With A Rigid View Of God

How did dinosaurs become extinct? Here’s one view (although I’m not sure it is any more plausible than the account of the biblical Flood): Did Dark Matter Kill The Dinosaurs?

“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.” —Helen Keller

Great apologetics piece: How The Principle Of Causality Points To God

Great questions from my friend Tim Dilena: Who Is Running Your Church? Really?

Links & Quotes

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These are links to articles and quotes I found interesting today.

Planned Parenthood announces their plans for the 2014 election, and Michigan is on the list.

Rush Limbaugh’s take: Religious Liberty Defeated In Arizona …

…and the Gospel Coalition’s look at the same topic: When Tolerance Turns To Coerced Celebration

Here are some good ideas for supporting missionaries: Heart For The World

[VIDEO] Constitutional law professor slams Obama’s use of executive orders.

“You are not leading or teaching a child. You are leading a future adult. Everything you do and say will either serve to prepare them or prevent them from being ready. The more you maintain that focus, the better choices you’ll make as a mentor” (Tim Elmore). Read more: Two View Points To Avoid and check out Elmore’s book Generation iY.

“The full, literal meaning of the word ‘repent’ in the New Testament is ‘to feel remorse and self-reproach for one’s sins against God; to be contrite, sorry; to want to change direction.’ The difference in meanings here rests on the word ‘want.’ True repentance includes a desire to change!” —David Wilkerson

How the media misrepresents what scientists say about climate change

Chinese police break up child-trakkicking ring and save hundreds of babies 

[VIDEO] Cecile Richards (the president of Planned Parenthood) isn’t sure when life begins