Deputy Administration Johns and Joshua DuBois from the White House Office of Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships emphasized a few key points on the call.
Salcedo's entry into heresy and its rarefied society--the rich had access to books and travel to the Protestant north--hinges on what most would consider obscure doctrinal points, such as whether one is saved by faith alone or by grace and good works.
And if next year does see a return to the old days of sterile stand-offs and unwinnable votes, we'll probably see even more points of order, procedural matters and accusations of bad faith - and even less time spent on the things this commission is supposed to be here to do.
The great predictions of the excellent Dallas defense failed to incorporate whatever lost faith that caused the implosion over the most recent games where they gave up over 30 points a game.