Daily Archives: January 15, 2013

The Contender: Richard Nixon, The Congress Years 8

I’m still reading Irwin Gellman’s The Contender: Richard Nixon, The Congress Years, 1946-1952.  In this post, I’ll talk some about the Alger Hiss scandal. Elizabeth Bentley and Whittaker Chambers were former Communists, who were alleging that officials in the Franklin … Continue reading

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Jesus and Elisha Disregard the Firstfruits Law? Esther Violates the Passover?

In my latest reading of John’s Gospel: The Way It Happened, Lee Harmon makes an interesting point about the story of Jesus multiplying the loaves and the fishes in John 6.  According to Lee, Jesus and the people were eating … Continue reading

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