Got this from Tony Jones blog via Steve Breen at the San Diego Tribune
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Book Review of the Second Testament by Scot McKnight
The Second Testament: A New Translation By Scot McKnight IVP Press ISBN 978-0-8308-4699-3 Scot McKnight has produced a personal translation ...
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Book Discussion: The Shack Overview Questions If you were to rank the book: THE SHACK on a scale of 1-5, what would you rate it and why woul...
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Ok, so I am remiss on doing any real original posts leading up to this holiday season. With a job change and a new baby on the way, as well ...
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Better yet, fake the balloon thing. I would also point out that the definition of the word "starvation" used by a person seeing this cartoon is vastly different than that used to arrive at the statistic. People read this and think a billion people are about to die, which is not remotely accurate. (I think I may count because I skipped breakfast this morning.)The larger problems with statements like this or the oft-repeated "one per second" claim are that they have the effect of making the problem seem unsolvable. Rather than viewing this as a problem that can be solved by more effort, these figures make it seem like any aid given would be like a bread crumb floating in a sea of corpses.
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