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day three of les miserables

By mitchell b powell | Published: 1356, 16th October, 2010
I’ve started reading Les Mis, and unlike other books, this seems one in need of slow digestion, so I’m reading 28 to 31 pages per day, rather than consuming the book whole as I usually do with books.  So far I’ve read the characterizations of Monseigneur Bienvenue and Jean Valjean, two contrasting figures.  The Bishop [...]
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on biblical historicity

By mitchell b powell | Published: 0226, 26th February, 2010
Here‘s an argument for Adam being a real historical figure.  It goes at it not from an angle that focuses on the meaning of particular Hebrew or Greek words or phrases, but rather from the doctrine of the fall and its centrality to our understanding of who Jesus is and what he did for us.  [...]
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