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Read as Towers (the student paper of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) interviews my friends Nick Nye and Kevin Larson on church planting.

Watch all of the Lost plane crash scenes put together in one continuous film, from all angles.

Read as Jim Elliff reminds us to remember the “negotiables” when it comes to church.

Read this piece arguing that “Viewed from across the pond, the U.S. government seems at best incompetent and at worst a joke.”

Read a recent profile of Matt Chandler and his battle with cancer.

Watch/listen as N.T. Wright pontificates on hell.

Read/Listen/Watch as John Piper discusses whether or not it is a sin not to like the doctrine of election.

Read this piece asking whether or not Flash can be saved.

Read about Neil Young winning his first ever Grammy, which proves the Grammy awards really mean something?

Download the audio version of Mark Driscoll’s Religion Saves for free.

Read as Christopher Hitchens gets it exactly right, saying: “if you don’t believe that Jesus of Nazareth was the Christ and Messiah, and that he rose again from the dead and by his sacrifice our sins are forgiven, you’re really not in any meaningful sense a Christian”

Read about the invasion of the giant squids.

Read about Lifeway’s research finding that Protestant preachers find Billy Graham to be the most influential living preacher.

Read about Tom Waits’ new musical.

Read about the investigation into Ed Young’s apparently very lavish lifestyle.