Daily Archives: May 18, 2012

Newt Gingrich’s Lessons Learned the Hard Way 5

I have two items for my write-up today on Newt Gingrich’s 1998 book, Lessons Learned the Hard Way. 1.  Newt talks about one of the prominent ethics charges that was brought against him (the only one that wasn’t dropped): that … Continue reading

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“Knowing” Jesus

I started Ben Witherington III’s The Christology of Jesus.  In this post, I’ll highlight some things that Witherington says on pages 24-25: “As B. Malina points out, the way people were presented in antiquity was almost never by offering a … Continue reading

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