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The Confrontation with the Curtain
With the death of Uzziah the expansion and prosperity of Judah would seemingly come to an end. As with any royal death, it would be a period of time marked by the solemnity and uncertainty of decision, change, and a future placed in the hands of succession Perhaps...
Beginning the Journey
It was one of the wisest men the world has ever known that revealed one of the greatest challenges he had ever been confronted with. “All this,” the Preacher declared, “have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me” (Eccl. 7:23). What...
The Sabbath-Part 2
Genesis 2:1-3 (KJV) 1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. 2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. 3 And God blessed the seventh day, and...
The Sabbath: Part 1
Most of us have read through the creative narrative more than once and have more than likely drawn various conclusions, arrived at theories, or have embraced various ideologies based upon the various dynamics discussed. The Book of Genesis, as it stands to reason, is...
Reflections on Man and the Meaning of History
Reflections of Man and the Meaning of History Rev. T.C. Hadden The Cosmos and Man No one man since the beginning of the cosmos as known today is closer to an accurate understanding of purpose, reason, and position than was the first man known as Adam. The assumption...
A Case for Context: Where Two or Three are Gathered Together…
While preparing a thesis paper on Judaism in the New Testament, a thought began to develop in my mind which is now taking substance in this thread. Occasionally, I will post a series called "Context is Everything," where we will take an in-depth look into various...
The Dangers of Television (from a Rabbi’s perspective)…
Regardless of society wanting to deal with some of the major issues, we need to deal with the issues! Blame guns all day long, blame Republicans, democrats, or independents the rest of your life...it still remains...the world we live in has a tremendous problem. Here...
Coaxed into the Cage
Recently I was reading an article, and don't ask me why, that contained a question and answer section. The question presented was from a bird owner who was inquiring about how to get her bird back into the cage at night. It seems that every night the bird would do its...
Conquering the Sword of Slander
The idea of slander has been widely understood and is even referred to in the first codification of the Praetorian Edict,which had declared that action could be brought for shouting at someone who had acted in a manner contrary to good morals. At this time, the...
The Case for Objective Morality
The Case for Objective Morality Man has always been plagued by questions of reality and the factors that present reality's ultimate structure and constitution. It is literally the question of “what comes after physics?” The technical term for this question is a branch...
