Shanah Tovah to All!

Shanah Tovah to all!

Is The Museum of the Bible Exploiting Jewish Tradition?

'"According to traditional Jewish law, decommissioned Torah scrolls are to be either buried in a Jewish cemetery or stored in perpetuity in a genizah, a dedicated synagogue space for out-of-use ritual objects. Damaged scrolls can also be restored and rededicated for ritual use, while those that survived the Nazi era are permitted to be displayed in exhibits dedicated to documenting the Holocaust, as they are, for example, at the Holocaust Museum a few blocks away...

...These scrolls, the heritage of European Judaism, now sit in a display case at the museum or in storage, in the possession of one of the world’s most prominent evangelical families. Carroll noted that this situation may result in an unfortunate impression: “The Greens in some way have built... a Christian museum on the backs of Jewish items (www.thedailybeast.com).”'

The foregoing are excerpts from an article by Candida Moss and Joel Baden for the Daily Beast. I will be sharing the article on here. Basically, I am hoping people will understand the idea the article is conveying, as well as the reality of what the museum has done, thus far with relevance to the collection of Torahs. Moreover, the article states the following: “According to Jeffrey Kloha, director of museum collections, of the 2,559 items owned by the museum, some 1,835 are Torahs—scrolls.” I suppose that I just want to share and let everyone decide what it is you personally think. I am sure that one can contact the museum to verify all the details. Read the full article below. 

The Museum of the Bible Is Exploiting Jewish Tradition—And Saving Its Evangelical Christian Donors Millions

Reference:

https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-the-museum-of-the-bible-exploits-jewish-traditionand-saves-its-evangelical-christian-donors-millions?ref=home

Sermon from the Royal Wedding

In case you didn't catch it live, or even if you did, I decided to share the link for the sermon by Bishop Michael Curry during the recent Royal Wedding on here. Thanks to today's technology, we can view so many great things in our world over and over, and this is a sermon that is worthy of watching as often as possible. Moreover, it is probably one the most ecumenical messages about the power of love. The link is below. Blessings and enjoy watching!

 

Reference:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gonlKodrmk&t=14s

Lorna Byrne Documentary

I hope everyone is enjoying the summer season. It’s hot here in South Florida, but what else is new? I had to share this video because I feel that the message that Lorna is bringing is perhaps one of the most ecumenical that I have heard. I strongly suggest or encourage watching this video and deciding for yourselves. I am going to be brief; in fact, I am done. Enjoy watching and blessings!

Source:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssAmweLstLE

Loving our neighbors?

Lately, I have seen some use the Jesus quote of loving our neighbor as ourselves out of context, and that is fine. I have been using the quote for decades. In fact, the quote has been in the New Testament for almost 2000 years. Yes, Jesus was not exclusive. Jesus was inclusive. Jesus basically was saying to love everyone. Love people, regardless of race, or gender orientation, and so on. I am sure we all get the picture. But, I wonder if people understand that this is a double-edged sword  depending on how we apply it. Why is that, one might ask? Well, basically in today's seemingly polarized society, which I don't think is really so polarized because it's all mostly media hype, loving our neighbor also means loving those with different political views...etc. For instance, left wingers have to love right wingers, and right wingers have to love left wingers. Meaning, people who hate Trump have to love him, and so on. Non racist people have to love racist people, etc. I am sure everyone gets the picture. Basically, everyone is our neighbor. Jesus hung out with everyone, and he made no exceptions. Of course, he told everyone the truth. When he spoke to Pharisees, he said what he had to say. I am pretty much done explaining. Blessings and go out and love your neighbor as yourself! Of course, remember that loving God precedes the phrase. 

Arango's Apologetics Page: Can God Change His Mind?

I hope everyone is having a wonderful summer. Here in South Florida it is hot and muggy, as usual. I am simply sharing a recent article from the sibling blog. This post is basically a question geared towards all the readers, and especially you "Sola Scriptura" readers, so feel free to respond as elaborately as you desire. The post raises the following question.


If God is God, can God change his mind about anything and everything?


Note: you may either answer in the comments section on here, or follow the link to the original post below.

Arango's Apologetics Page: Can God Change His Mind?: I hope everyone is having a wonderful summer. Here in South Florida it is hot and muggy, as usual. This post is basically a question geared...

Pope Francis at World Council of Churches

"The landmark visit of Pope Francis to the World Council of Churches on 21 June will be a centrepiece of the ecumenical commemoration of the WCC's 70th anniversary (WCC)."


Pope Francis will visit on June 21, 2018. See details at the link below:

Visit of Pope Francis








Reference:

https://www.oikoumene.org/en/press-centre/events/pope-francis-to-visit-the-world-council-of-churches.