Saturday, April 12, 2014
Israeli Institute Prepares Priests for Jerusalem's Third Temple
The movement to rebuild Jerusalem's third temple expands.
By: Yuval Avivi, Contributor for Al-Monitor
Al-Monitor
On April 10, at 5 p.m., hundreds of Jews will gather at the Maimonides rabbinical institution plaza in the Kiryat Moshe neighborhood in Jerusalem and start learning the Jewish laws of Passover. Rabbis and experts, including Rabbi Yisrael Ariel, the head of the Temple Institute in the Old City of Jerusalem, the leading body preparing for the establishment of the third temple, will teach the audience the laws of the Passover sacrifice. Alongside Ariel, the ritual slaughterer (shohet) Rabbi Yehudah Giatt will teach the audience about the unique elements of the slaughter of the Passover sacrifice. After the lessons, the real thing will start: the simulation of the Passover sacrifice.
The timing of the gathering isn’t coincidental: This was the date on which the people of Israel were commanded to take a lamb and sacrifice it, before the exodus from Egypt. The ceremony on Thursday will be, in Israel Defense Forces (IDF) lingo, “practice with live fire.” Slaughtering lambs, sprinkling their blood on the altar by priests dressed in kosher priestly garments and roasting the lambs, with their heads, legs and innards. Just as God intended.
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Saturday, March 22, 2014
It’s Called Post-Traumatic Church Syndrome, and Yes It’s Real
By Reba Riley
"If there’s one thing I know the power of, it’s a name.
For the better part of a decade I suffered from a chronic mystery illness that was attacking me from the inside out. Countless doctors and specialists couldn’t diagnose me, couldn’t give me a name for what was happening. They told me it was all in my head — that I could pull myself out of it if I just tried harder."
It’s Called Post-Traumatic Church Syndrome, and Yes It’s Real
"If there’s one thing I know the power of, it’s a name.
For the better part of a decade I suffered from a chronic mystery illness that was attacking me from the inside out. Countless doctors and specialists couldn’t diagnose me, couldn’t give me a name for what was happening. They told me it was all in my head — that I could pull myself out of it if I just tried harder."
It’s Called Post-Traumatic Church Syndrome, and Yes It’s Real
‘I Was a Paid Hypocrite’: Actor Who Called His Own TV Show ‘Filth’ Explains Why He Abandoned Hollywood for His Christian Faith
"Former “Two and a Half Men” star Angus T. Jones surprised viewers in November 2012
when he announced that he had embraced Christianity and was struggling
with the starring television role he had played for nearly a decade."
‘I Was a Paid Hypocrite’: Actor Who Called His Own TV Show ‘Filth’ Explains Why He Abandoned Hollywood for His Christian Faith
‘I Was a Paid Hypocrite’: Actor Who Called His Own TV Show ‘Filth’ Explains Why He Abandoned Hollywood for His Christian Faith
5 Traits of Kids Who Keep Following Christ as Adults
"Ask any Christian parent what their dying wish would be, and they will
tell you, “That my children will love and follow Jesus.” Unfortunately,
many parents face the unbearable experience of watching their children
leave the faith they grew up learning about every week in Sunday school
and youth group."
5 Traits of Kids Who Keep Following Christ as Adults
5 Traits of Kids Who Keep Following Christ as Adults
5 Things Every Married Man Should Do Around Single Women
"A wise man once told me that when I find myself around single women,
especially when I find them attractive or interesting, I should mention
my wife and family early in the conversation. I have found this advice
to be very useful on many occasions."
5 Things Every Married Man Should Do Around Single Women
especially when I find them attractive or interesting, I should mention
my wife and family early in the conversation. I have found this advice
to be very useful on many occasions."
5 Things Every Married Man Should Do Around Single Women
'God's Not Dead' Star Speaks Out Against Hollywood's Christian Stigma
“All I can do is feel sad for the guy because I think he’s a very angry,
lonely man,” Sorbo said in an interview with Newsmax to promote his new
film, God’s Not Dead, which released Friday. “There’s no reason to try and talk to a guy like that because he has so much hate."
'God's Not Dead' Star Speaks Out Against Hollywood's Christian Stigma
lonely man,” Sorbo said in an interview with Newsmax to promote his new
film, God’s Not Dead, which released Friday. “There’s no reason to try and talk to a guy like that because he has so much hate."
'God's Not Dead' Star Speaks Out Against Hollywood's Christian Stigma
Friday, March 14, 2014
'Homeless Jesus' Sculpture Is Far More Effective At Encouraging Compassion Than Any Sunday Sermon
DAVIDSON, N.C. (RNS) In a small college town 20 miles north of Charlotte, N.C., “Homeless Jesus” is provoking more conversation than a month of Sunday sermons.
The life-size sculpture depicting a figure asleep under a blanket on a park bench lies outside St. Alban’s Episcopal Church. The nail-scarred feet peeking out from under the blanket are the only indication that Canadian sculptor Timothy Schmalz is making a religious statement about Jesus.
The hollow, bronze piece bolted to the park bench is a $22,000 gift from a church member intended to support public art.
That’s a small price to pay to get people thinking about what it means to be a Christian — and what it means for “Homeless Jesus” to take up residence in a community of 270 townhomes and single-family homes, said the Rev. David Buck, the rector of St. Alban’s.
“You love it, you hate it, it makes you think,” said Buck, who has been happily overwhelmed by the thousands of responses he’s personally received or read online. “It’s gone viral!”
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Wednesday, January 8, 2014
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