One week to the big day, here is a mix of both seasonal and regular links. It's exciting to think how many people get saved each week just reading these story teasers.

• The Driscoll Affair is bringing to light that book deals have nothing to do with what you know, and everything to do with who knows you.
• Even as blogs keep popping up critical of the movement, a controversial author scheduled to headline a homeschool conference won't be appearing.
• Looking for that last minute music element for the Christmas Eve service? (.pdf download)
• A leading apologist says teaching Christians how to defend their faith should be on the Sunday morning menu. (Though I think he'd settle for a Wednesday night course.)
• You've heard of the un-churched, and the under-churched; now meet the semi-churched.
• If you have friends with a superficial knowledge of Christianity, you can rock their world by introducing the idea of the pre-incarnate Christ.
• After a Christian conference was criticized for having fewer than 4% women speakers, in a major labor of love, Rachel Held Evans provides bios and links to 101 conference-worthy women, listed alphabetically.