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Sin Aboundeth

At the center of financial corruption are practices almost everybody would recognize as wicked. In the worst parts of the clergy, too, there are concentric circles of wrongdoing Continue Reading »

The Needle’s Eye

An old textual conundrum regarding the New Testament, frequently revisited by those who fret over every jot and tittle, is whether Christ was really talking about a camel or only about a very thick rope. My money is on the camel, and not only because I am fond of both camels and outlandish . . . . Continue Reading »

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