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Has the Whole World Been Blessed?
Let’s start where the story starts. Abram is living in Ur of the Chaldees when, without explanation or preamble, God – the God of history – says to him, get up, get out of there and go where I send … Continue reading →
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Tagged 135 CE Jewish defeat, Abraham and Ur, Abraham's call, Abraham’s blessing as a thought experiment, American Jews on campus, anti-Western triumphalism, atheism and Abrahamic religions, “unreal city in the future”, Bar Kokhba revolt, Christian exclusivism, Christian Supersessionism, contemporary questions re the promise to Abraham, cultural self-refusal, ecumenical spirit, enlightenment and religion, fashionable Anti-Zionism, Genesis 12, God as a player in history, great nation promise to Abraham, history and God’s promise, history and God’s promise to Abraham, Holocaust and Christian supersessionism, inter-religious tolerance, Israel at the front lines, Israel's right to exist, Israel’s self-affirmation, Judaism and interreligious dialogue, Judaism as the elephant in the room, killing my brother for an unreal city, lech lecha, meaning of history, meaning of the blessing of Abraham, Oct 7 and blaming the victim, Oct 7 as defining moment, philosophy of history, promise to Abraham, promise to Abraham and Christians, providence and history, questions raised by the promise to Abraham, religious dialogue and the nones, religious inclusivism, saving modern civilization, significance of the blessing of Abraham, story beginnings, the God of history, war for Jewish independence, Western civilization’s justification for being, Western civilization’s reason for being, Western civilization’s self-doubt, whole world blessed promise to Abraham, world-wide religious discussions
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The Covenant on the Timeline
In the Book of Exodus, we read that God offered a covenant to the people of Israel. God acted from the top of Mount Sinai and the mountain shook and smoke went up from it and there was thunder and … Continue reading →
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