The lust of power and fortune is never far away. We see it play out nearly every day.
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| 2023-09-23 |
| [Hot Air] This column is being written during the 10-day period between Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish New Year) and Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement) — two Jewish holidays known together as the "High Holy Days." Just as many Christians who do not generally attend church do so on Easter and Christmas, many Jews who rarely attend synagogue do so on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. This year, for the 17th consecutive year (except for 2020, when I could find no open venue due to government-induced lockdowns), I conducted Rosh Hashanah services and will conduct Yom Kippur services (pragerhighholidays.net). In Jewish life, the sermons on those two holidays are the most important of the year. The following is a summary of the talks I delivered on Rosh Hashanah. What does God most care about? The answer is: good and evil, i.e., how we human beings treat each other. Here are some proofs from the Bible, the book that gave us God: |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #6 Love one another as i have loved you. a simple and effective command. |
| Posted by: irish rage boy 2023-09-23 18:56 |
| #5 The trouble is, we are ALL evil--"All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God" (Rom. 3:10.) Which is why we need a Savior. God offers us one in Jesus. |
| Posted by: Tom 2023-09-23 10:49 |
| #4 Innit funny how your lifestyle is killing the planet, but the elites can never get enough? |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2023-09-23 08:35 |
| #3 I wouldn't presume to know. So which Karen out there feels that God owes them an explaination? |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2023-09-23 08:31 |
| #2 A struggle and human condition as old as man himself. Well chronicled biblically and in Shakespear's Titus Andronicus, The Merchant of Venice, Othello, and Macbeth. The lust of power and fortune is never far away. We see it play out nearly every day. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2023-09-23 05:20 |
| #1 Repaying ill with good is evil. |
| Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2023-09-23 02:43 |