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he freed the babylonians to return to their homeland and rebuild their round peg in places of worshipat is an analogous the so corroborative. i love that. in the book i don't just talk about, as i said, the formal proofs of christian apologetics, the prophecy, archaeology, the transmission of the bible, i also go into scripture, talk about the paradoxical teachings of scripture because i am so fascinated with the bible and believes -- i take it at its word when it says it has the power of conversion. i want to introduce nonbelievers too powerful theology which is taught by god counter intuitively. they seem inconsistent. still deeper. chair is so much truth. it makes a mistake deeper to unwrap that riddle, to disclose that enigma. then it sticks with us and is more meaningful to us. but i also included a couple of chapters on what i call upon moments. the stories coming inspirational stories i would run across after becoming a believer and other theological points that blow me away. so two chapters hoping that it might tug at the heart of a skeptic. and so one of these moments is part

babylonian talmuddists are a set of dogs. if you will read in the king james version of the dog, a dog is a male whore and god says kill them. racial mixing is a capital crime, like murder is a capital crime. but the bible doesn't say thou shall not kill. it says thou shall do no murder. he was looking forward to his trial which was coming up in a couple weeks. he kind of concluded my interview by saying, i'm full of enthusiasm and adventure. i'm proud of my enemies. they're every color but white, every creed by christian. so i had the joy of, covering the trial. sat for most of the time with willie morris, my dear friend. and, the verdict came in on a saturday morning, and, this was my lead. a mississippi jury of eight blacks and four whites, reached across a painful gulf of time and turmoil yesterday to convict, buy byron delay beckwith of the 1963 murder of civil rights leader medgar etch verse. when the verdict was announced on 10:35 on the second day of deliberation, there was a burst of cheers from a pocket of spectator

but babylonians with that corporation to return to their homeland to rebuild their own pay again places that. in the book did not just talk about christian apologetics of archaeology or the transmission of the bible but i go into scripture to talk about the teachings. because i am so fascinated by it take him at the word with the power of conversion to introduce non beavers to powerful theology that is taught counter intuitive lee. ended is paradoxical. then to find out there's so much truth i think god did that on purpose to disclose that a nightclub. it sticks with us. but i included a couple of chapters of inspirational stories iran across after becoming a believer and other theological points that blew me away. two chapters told me it might ton gephardt of a skeptic. one of these odd moments is meaningful they say ironside was a preacher and he wrote a book the deal included this story. to preach at a salvation army gatherings often. i'll with stand at the back of the room but why is he back there? we have to find out a movie was sold one day he was forced to sit in the front row an

the practice of doing this and not returning to the jews specifically to rebuild the temple but babyloniansaeological collaboration to return to the homeland and rebuild of their own places of worship and that is so cooperative i just love that. in the book i don't just talk about as i said the formal proofs of the christian apologetics. the prophecy come archaeology, transmission of the bible and all i also go in the scripture and talk about the paradoxical teaching of the scripture i'm so fascinated in the bible and i take it at its word when it says it has the power of conversion. and i want to introduce the nonbelievers to some powerful theology which is taught by god in the holy scripture to us, counterintuitively which is said they are often paradoxical. they seem inconsistent but if you dig deeper you will find that there is so much truth. i think that god did that on purpose. to disclose that can make my independent sticks with us and it is more meaningful to us. but i also included a couple chapters on what i call these on moment -- ah-ha moments and the other theological points th

encryption going back decades, and probably for as long as there's been encryption, probably the babylonians and greeks had use of it in some form. i think this will continue to be a policy tension that we'll have to try to navigate. >> you'll have to talk to jeff moss about getting better hackers. anyway, i think we have time for questions from the audience. if anyone's got anything. you there. >> dave prayer from politico. can you elaborate a little bit more on white house observation of what's going on at jpmorgan and the other financial institutions, in what context? was it stand-alone briefings, briefings to just randomly suggest something, russian sanctions? >> i think the way to think about this is that we keep the -- part of our job on the national security council is to make sure that the president and his senior advisers remain informed about the wide array of national security threats that confront the country. and so that that was the context in which we were treating this particular issue. it is part of an ongoing law enforcement investigation with the fbi and secret service. so

as long as there's been in corruption and the babylonians and the greeks had arguments about the use of it in some forms. i think this will continue to be a policy tension that we have to navigate. you will have love to talk about getting some better hackers. i think we have questions from the audience. if anyone has anything. >> [inaudible] >> david from politico. can you elaborate a little bit more on white house observation of what was going on at the jp morgan and the other financial institutions and in what context? was at stand-alone briefings or briefings in the context of just randomly suggested something russia sanctions? >> so, the way to think about this, part of our job on the national security council is to make sure the president and his advisers remain informed about the wide array of national security threats that come from the country. so that is the context we were treating this particular issue. sure it is part of an ongoing law enforcement investigation with the fbi and secret service so there is a limit to how much i can comment on the ongoing investigation in th