In the Washington Post (Sunday, Dec. 10, 2006) article,Did the Three Kings Bear Gift Receipts?, Kevin Hassett examines gift giving from an economist's point of view. He discovers that an economist would say that gift giving is a completely inefficient way of celebrating Christmas. They would claim that a person knows what they want better than you do, and they would point...

Judas blended right in with the rest of the disciples. When Jesus said that one of them would betray him, the disciples didn't immediately turn their gazes upon Judas and say "well, we know who that is." Instead Peter asked John to ask Jesus who it was. Mark records that each of the disciples asked Jesus "Is it I?" (Mark 14:19). The implication is that James, John, Peter,...