headquarters. at the half hour, here s what we re monitoring for you. new today, the president doubling down on blaming democrats about his immigration policy. and attorney general jeff sessions turned to t bible to defend the process of separating migrant children from their parents. having children does not give you immunity from arrest and prosecution. bringing children with you doesn t guarantee you won t get prosecuted. count on it. i would cite you to the apostle paul and his clear and wise command in roman s 13 to obey the laws of the government because god has ordained the government for his purposes. joining me now michael eric dyson, professor at georgetown university also author of more 20 books. his latest what truth sounds like, robert f. kennedy, james
the gospel of the hebrews portrays james as being in jerusalem in the immediate aftermath of the crucifixion. james has probably found the whole business of jesus being crucified about as traumatic and about as life changing as you can imagine. he goes into a period of fasting and mourning. something that no one else of jesus followers did. but then t bible revealed that james s grieving is brought to a sudden end. jesus returns. he was buried and he was
book. not hers, of course. certain parts of the t bible appear to breach against say, i don t know, christmas trees. jeremiah 10:10 reads for the practices of people are worthless. they cut a free from the forest, adorn it with silver and gold, fasten it with hammer and nails like a scare crow in a field their idols cannot speak. they must be carried because they cannot walk. do t not fear them. they can do no harm or good. a christmas purist wouldn t want to stray from the bible on christmas, would she? don t you love it when anti-christians like to lecture about christianity and chris martin? it s anti-christian to have a christmas tree now, really? i want to know what msnbc would do without sarah palin. they can t talk about how great obamacare is so let s make a controversy out of sarah palin showing a family photo for two seconds of a christmas tree