News & Links: Saturday December 8, 2012

December 8, 2012 By 1 Comment
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Why Churches Are Dying from The Christian Left offers a quick explanation of how a successful church can quickly devolve into hateful behaviors that run off members – http://www.thechristianleftblog.org/1/post/2012/11/why-churches-are-dying.html Interesting thoughts on the ‘War on Christmas’ from a pastor

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