On that prayer Mike Johnson misattributed to Jefferson
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“How the prayer became associated with Jefferson, a deist who famously edited Gospel accounts of miracles out of his own Bible with a blade, turns out to be a yarn unto itself.” - RNS
As iron sharpens iron,
one person sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17)
“How the prayer became associated with Jefferson, a deist who famously edited Gospel accounts of miracles out of his own Bible with a blade, turns out to be a yarn unto itself.” - RNS
The following letter, and attached “syllabus” on Jesus’ teaching, are from a letter Jefferson to his friend, Dr. Benjamin Rush, in 1803.1
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