Daily Archives: February 15, 2014

Ralph Waite

Posted on February 15, 2014 by jamesbradfordpate

Ralph Waite, who played the dad on The Waltons, has passed on.  I was also interested to learn that he had roles on Days of Our Lives (as a priest) and Bones (as Booth’s grandfather).  And, of course, he was … Continue reading →

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Psalm 147

Posted on February 15, 2014 by jamesbradfordpate

I have three items for my blog post today about Psalm 147. 1.  I liked John MacArthur’s comment in his MacArthur Study Bible: “This seems to be a post-Exilic psalm (cf. 147:2, 3) which might have been used to celebrate … Continue reading →

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Two Nations 6: Crime

Posted on February 15, 2014 by jamesbradfordpate

My latest reading of Andrew Hacker’s Two Nations: Black and White, Separate, Hostile, Unequal focused on crime.  Hacker states that “one out of every five black men will spend some part of his life behind bars” (page 195).  That is … Continue reading →

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