Sub Ratione Dei on Scot McKnight
A good first look at McKnight’s book A Community Called Atonement.
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… the legislators, that is. He makes it here. I’m also wondering how many voters who won’t finance education feel they have a right to it anyhow. There’s probably a subset of the voters who voted “no” on funding, would be horrified at Chris’s suggestion, and think education will happen magically anyhow.
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