American idols: The Worship of the American Dream by Bob Hostetler<\/em><\/u>. This one is in honor of my family’s favorite TV show. It’s a cute play on words and for those of you who preach and teach it is a good source for homiletical material.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new blog that is sure to be a must read, an album that is a sermon, and a book about American Idols.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":79,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-misc"],"yoast_head":"\n
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<\/a> Blog of the Week:<\/span><\/strong> The Reconciliation blog by Ed Gilbreath<\/em><\/u>. If you have enjoyed his writing for Christianity Today then you already know about this man. If not, then check out his home page<\/span><\/a> and then check out his blog<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n