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Filtering History by Thomas Sowell
Sowell on Slavery and History… Many years ago, I was surprised to receive a letter from an old friend, saying that she had been told that I refused to see campus visitors from Africa. At the time, I was so bogged down with work that I had agreed to see only one visitor to the [...]
No Comments Scott Pagel on May 3rd 2010
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Conflict or Cooperation
Conflict in education is just one minor example of how government allocation can raise the potential for conflict. Others would include government-backed allocation of jobs and education slots by race and sex, plus the current large conflict over government allocation of health services. Interestingly enough, the very people in our society who protest the loudest [...]
No Comments Scott Pagel on Apr 8th 2010
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The Church and the First Century Synagogue
Thus, it seems that the first century synagogue were more like the gatherings at the city gates of the OT than the temple, having more of a social purpose than a religious or worship purpose. What does this mean for the early church? If Jews were accustomed to gathering together for social purposes, then there [...]
No Comments Scott Pagel on Apr 7th 2010
