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- The Seating Arrangement at the Last Supper
- Matthew 4:18-22: Why Did They Follow Him?
- More on Christ in the Rig Veda (With a Question Mark)
- Deuteronomy 24:4: Why Was the Ex-Wife Defiled?
- Is Dale Carnegie Biblical?; Compromise for God; Pagan Roots; Callimachus; Priests and Allegory; Israelite Welfare System; Lois Wilson
- Unintentional Sin in the New Testament and Books 1-2 of the Sibylline Oracles
- Genesis 3:3: Neither Shall Ye Touch the Fruit
- Bart Ehrman on Luke 3:22 and Anti-Adoptionism
- God's Not Dead: Josh's Risk, and Professor Radisson's Conversion
- Carson on Agape and Some Word Fallacies
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- Review: The Gatekeepers
- Wright-the David-Caleb rivalry through time
- Book Write-Up: Egypt’s Sister, by Angela Hunt
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- Wright-layering Caleb’s cake
- Christian Scholars Review
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Category Archives: Deaths
Current Events Write-Up: Surveillance of Trump’s Campaign, Welfare, Health Care, and Robert Osborne
Time for my weekly Current Events Write-Up! Surveillance of Trump’s Campaign? Transcript: ABC This Week for March 4, 2017. ABC This Week last Sunday, of course, was focusing on Donald Trump’s claim that Barack Obama in 2016 wiretapped Trump’s campaign. … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Deaths, Health Care
Current Events Write-Up: Israel, Health Care, Sessions, and Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds
Time for my weekly Current Events Write-Up, in which I post links to news and opinion pieces that caught my attention this week. I just want to make clear: I include different perspectives, so no author whom I include would … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Deaths, Health Care, Political Philosophy, Politics
Current Events Write-Up: Rex Tillerson, “Fake News,” the Bill of Rights, Alan Thicke, and More
I’ve got some current events and opinions links for this week! The Trump Cabinet President-elect Donald Trump selected Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson to be Secretary of State. Pat Buchanan is happy with the decision, from the standpoint of supporting a … Continue reading
Posted in Deaths, History, Political Philosophy, Politics, Television
Another Phyllis Schlafly Recollection
After I wrote and published my blog post about the late Phyllis Schlafly a few days ago, I recalled two other interactions that I had about her. These interactions converged around a particular issue: the U.S. Patriot Act. It was … Continue reading
Posted in Deaths, George W. Bush, Political Philosophy, Politics, Uncategorized
Tagged ACLU, civil liberties, Move-on.org, Patriot Act, Phyllis Schlafly
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Reflections on Justice Scalia
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia passed on unexpectedly last week. I have been wanting to write a post reflecting on him and his approach to constitutional law. Here it is! A. I do not know exactly when I first heard … Continue reading
Posted in Church, Current Events, Deaths, Life, Political Philosophy, Politics, Religion, School, Television, Uncategorized
Tagged Alan Dershowitz, Antonin Scalia, Employment Division vs. Smith, Hobby Lobby, originalism, Picket Fences, Ralph Nader, Religious Freedom Restoration Act, RFRA, Stephen Breyer, strict constructionism, textualism
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Posts I Wrote Engaging Ron Dart’s Thought
Ronald L. Dart recently died. Dart was a minister in the Worldwide Church of God (WCG). When Garner Ted Armstrong left the WCG and founded the Church of God International (CGI), Dart became a minister at the CGI. Later, Dart … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Church, Deaths, Religion
Tagged armstrongism, Born to Win, Ronald L. Dart
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1/2/2014 Items
1. We watched Dawn of the Planet of the Apes last night. It’s an excellent movie, but it was uncomfortable for me to watch. I was hoping that there would be peace and mutual understanding between the humans and the … Continue reading
