{"id":952,"date":"2008-09-26T18:06:42","date_gmt":"2008-09-26T18:06:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/owenstrachan.wordpress.com\/?p=952"},"modified":"2008-09-26T18:06:42","modified_gmt":"2008-09-26T18:06:42","slug":"the-week-est-link-september-26-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thoughtlife\/2008\/09\/the-week-est-link-september-26-2008\/","title":{"rendered":"The Week-est Link, September 26, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>1. Some suggest that having President Bush, a pro-lifer, in the US presidency, has had no discernible positive effect on the pro-life cause in this country.\u00a0 Aside from the breathlessly naive way in which this claim overlooks the appointing of two pro-life Supreme Court justices, and the way in which the court\u2019s makeup could lead to an overturning of Roe v. Wade and thus the saving of many helpless infant\u2019s lives (many states, after all, would overturn the law, saving hundreds of thousands of babies), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.evangelicaloutpost.com\/archives\/004245.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">a DC insider shares several ways in which the Bush presidency has helped the pro-life cause<\/a>. (HT:<a href=\"http:\/\/theologica.blogspot.com\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">JT<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>2. Interesting looking conference to be held at Capitol Hill Baptist Church in DC on <a href=\"http:\/\/radstock.org\/dc-conference-oct-20\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">mobilizing churches for Christian mission<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>3. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.billygraham.org\/Default.asp?QR=1&amp;BA=1384\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Send Billy Graham a birthday message<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>4. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.charlotteobserver.com\/100\/story\/138261.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">A recent story covers the issues the Graham family has with the upcoming film on Billy Graham\u2019s early years as a preacher<\/a>.\u00a0 The film\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.billytheearlyyears.com\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">official website is here<\/a>.\u00a0 Looks interesting, if a bit soft-focus.<\/p>\n<p>5. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/local\/la-me-pulpit25-2008sep25,0,5235934.story\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The LA Times reports that some preachers<\/a>, including a prominent Southern Baptist, are planning on preaching politically oriented sermons in coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013Have a great weekend, all.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1. 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