When the people saw that Moses was so long in coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said “Come, make us a god who will go before us. As for this fellow Moses who brought us out ...
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Jezebel: Painted Politician And Pluralist
In a moment of irritation I insisted that the historic Jezebel was not particularly wicked and was, if anything, a good wife. —Elijah Baley in Isaac Asimov’s Caves of Steel (1954) She was a powerful, complex woman whose courage and ...
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The idol state uses the language of compassion because its intention is a messianic one. It finds the masses harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd, needing a savior. —Herbert Schlossberg, Idols for Destruction (1983) …Man’s nature, so to ...
Read More »How To Slowly Kill Any Republic
…The top Republican on the Senate Finance Committee said Tuesday he’s investigating the finances of six well-known TV ministers. —“Sen. Grassley probes televangelists’ finances,” AP (2007) The Great Commission is not a marketing manifesto. Evangelism does not require salesmen, but ...
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