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Category Archives: Christianity
Violating The U.S. Constitution
How does a cross to honor a dead highway patrolman favor Christianity? SALT LAKE CITY — The 14 crosses erected along Utah roads to commemorate fallen state Highway Patrol troopers convey a state preference for Christianity and are a violation … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Dennis Prager
Tagged Dennis Prager, federal appeals court, federal district judge, highway patrol troopers, state highway patrol, utah highway patrol
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Did G-d Do It?
In Genesis 45:5, Joseph tells his brother, don’t be distressed for selling me as a slave, for it was G-d who sent me ahead of you to provide. In a 1995 lecture on this, Dennis Prager says: Joseph says it … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Dennis Prager, Torah
Tagged brother don, Dennis Prager, freeway, genesis, melange
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Freedom In Christ!
My favorite goy, Greg Leake, emails: “I thank G-d that my mother was not Jewish, and also for Jesus bin Joseph. Otherwise I probably would have fallen heir to all of these obligations and responsibilities and would have been a … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Judaism, Personal
Tagged christian freedom, christian modesty, freedom in christ, french ticklers, judaism and christianity, sleep at night
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Is G-d Satisfied With You?
Dennis Prager blows away his Christian friends when he tells them that he believes that all in all G-d is very satisfied with him. Many perhaps most of Prager’s Christian friends walk around with a deep sense of unworthiness. In … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Dennis Prager, Judaism
Tagged christian friends, christian salvation, deep sense, Dennis Prager, eternal salvation, worthiness
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All Those Great Muslim Hospitals
On his radio show yesterday, Dennis Prager says: Islam would like the world to be Muslim. Christianity would like the world to be Christian. (Judaism has no desire that the world become Jewish, just that the world come to G-d … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Dennis Prager, Islam
Tagged charitable deeds, christian judaism, christian missionary work, Dennis Prager, islamic jihad, islamic law, moral demands
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What Must A Goy Do To Be Saved?
Greg Leake emails: Hi Luke, Another adventurous excursion into the Torah with the patrician Luke Ford and the pugnacious Rabbi Rabbs. I have a growing sense of appreciation of some elements of the Jewish faith. At the same time I … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, R. Rabbs
Tagged lowest common denominator, protestant denominations, statues of saints, theological spectrum, tv preacher, union theological seminary
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The Torah Is Not In Heaven II
Greg Leake emails: Hi Luke, I was just reading your entry ‘The Torah Is Not In Heaven.’ This may seem tangential, but I feel that religion basically faces two major metaphysical challenges today. They are: 1) the enlightenment experience 2) … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Judaism
Tagged comparative religions, history of religions, midland texas, mircea eliade, near death experience, states of consciousness
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God Loves You!
Have you ever heard a Jew talk that way? I have not. If we heard a Jew talk that way, we’d send him for psychological help, notes Dennis Prager. So why don’t Jews talk that way? The Torah has a … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Jews, R. J. B. Soloveitchik
Tagged airy fairy, aristotelian philosophy, congregation of israel, Dennis Prager, grace god, jewish mind, muslim countries, night god, psychological help
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Was Jesus The Messiah To The Goyim?
Evan posts to my FB: “Jesus sort of wrote his own commentary on the Torah. Do you agree?” Luke: “I don’t agree with anything Jesus said that was new. Anything he said that was true, was not new.” Evan: “That’s … Continue reading →