First Links — 5.9.13

How Lewis Prepared Me for Edwards (audio)
John Piper, Desiring God

Verdi’s Shakespeare
Brett Foster, Books & Culture

The Real Story of Church Growth and Decline
Christopher Brittain, ABC Religion & Ethics

Why is Communist Iconography Still Cool?
Dalibor Rohac, Umlaut

800,00o Converts to Syriac Orthodoxy in Central America?
N. Silk, Standing Conference of Oriental Orthodox Churches

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