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Does this make me alarmist? Maybe . . .

By mitchell b powell | Published: 1628, 8th April, 2010
The nation of Greece is currently at the center of a debt meltdown due to its ridiculously high spending habits in the past.  Thanks to out-of-control spending, the Greek national debt has climbed to about 113% of GDP.  A result of that is that investors consider Greek debt more risky, and are only willing to [...]
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some thoughts on rap, oral culture, and biblical quotations

By mitchell b powell | Published: 2335, 1st March, 2010
A few posts ago, I embedded this video. If you haven’t seen it already, you might want to as background to what’s going on in this post. Related Posts:in the long run, keynes’ theory is deadhip-hop doing penance for its sinsKeynes and Hayek, second roundthe story of the bible translation project on this sitejob’s messengers
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and another thought . . .

By mitchell b powell | Published: 2238, 4th February, 2010
In the last post, I commented on one reason I don’t see Genesis 6:3 as God setting any sort of boundary on human lifespans.  Here’s another reason:  in the only other biblical passage I know of that gives a figure for the human lifespan, the figure 120 found in Genesis 6:3 is not mentioned.  The [...]
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watch out for deceivers, they say I am the christ . . .

By mitchell b powell | Published: 2038, 21st December, 2009
Yesterday, in the meeting of the church that meets in our house (I know that probably makes us freaks in some people’s books, but bear with me), a friend of ours pointed out a most interesting thought about Matthew 24:5, which I here quote in the KJV: For many shall come in my name, saying, [...]
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