Monthly Archives: June 2013

Drawing Back from a God of Unconditional Love?

Posted on June 30, 2013 by jamesbradfordpate

At church this morning, the pastor’s sermon was about God being a God of relationship.  The pastor said that God was sufficient in himself, but God’s love overflowed, as God created human beings to have a loving relationship with them.  … Continue reading →

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Nixon in Winter 3

Posted on June 30, 2013 by jamesbradfordpate

What stood out to me in my latest reading of Monica Crowley’s Nixon in Winter was something that Nixon said on pages 71-72, about a speech that he gave concerning the Soviet Union when he was campaigning for U.S. Senate … Continue reading →

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Nixon in Winter 2

Posted on June 29, 2013 by jamesbradfordpate

On page 49 of Monica Crowley’s Nixon in Winter, Richard Nixon tells Monica Crowley about a recent interaction that he had with George McGovern, who was his opponent in the 1972 Presidential election: “‘Well, I’m sure you know about the … Continue reading →

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Psalm 119: Peh

Posted on June 29, 2013 by jamesbradfordpate

I have two items for my blog post today on Psalm 119: Peh. 1.  V 132 states (in the KJV): “Look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, as thou usest to do unto those that love thy name.” … Continue reading →

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Nixon in Winter 1

Posted on June 28, 2013 by jamesbradfordpate

I started Monica Crowley’s Nixon in Winter.  In April, I blogged through Monica’s Nixon Off the Record, which is about Monica’s time working for Richard Nixon in the 1990’s.  Nixon in Winter is about that, too, only it has a … Continue reading →

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John of Gischala vs. Josephus, and the Book of Revelation

Posted on June 28, 2013 by jamesbradfordpate

For my blog post today on Lee Harmon’s Revelation: The Way It Happened, I will focus on Lee’s argument that the Jewish rebel John of Gischala was the John who wrote the Book of Revelation, and that this John had … Continue reading →

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Ambrose’s Nixon: Ruin and Recovery 20

Posted on June 27, 2013 by jamesbradfordpate

I finished Stephen Ambrose’s Nixon: Ruin and Recovery, 1973-1990.  On page 586, Ambrose asks questions about Nixon that a number of people have asked: “What made Richard Nixon what he was?  How could a man who had so much talent, … Continue reading →

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Daniel 9:24-27, and the Hardest Passage in Lee Harmon’s Book

Posted on June 27, 2013 by jamesbradfordpate

In my blog post today on Lee Harmon’s Revelation: The Way It Happened, I’ll be talking about the most difficult passage in Lee’s book.  I’ll use as my starting-point Daniel 9:24-27.  That passage says the following (according to the King … Continue reading →

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Ambrose’s Nixon: Ruin and Recovery 19

Posted on June 26, 2013 by jamesbradfordpate

For my blog post today about Nixon: Ruin and Recovery, 1973-1990, I’ll use as my starting-point some things that Stephen Ambrose says on pages 574-575. “Bu 1990 [Nixon] had successfully created an impression that the only thing he and his … Continue reading →

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Lee Harmon on the Two Witnesses

Posted on June 26, 2013 by jamesbradfordpate

In my post today about Lee Harmon’s Revelation: The Way It Happened, I’ll be talking about Lee’s discussion about the two witnesses of Revelation 11.  Who are the two witnesses?  In Revelation 11:3-13, we read the following about them (and … Continue reading →

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