A synagogue with its imposing pillars and portico has become a Seventh Day Adventist temple.
It included some last - minute drama from a juror this morning, who told the judge he should be excused because the man who owned his taxi medallion also went to
synagogue with Silver.
We have also connected with Congregation Shahar Zahav, a Reform
synagogue with a lesbian and gay congregation, located a few blocks from our church.
A few of them and their Greek proselytes believed, but the majority were so hostile and blasphemous that Paul dusted the dust from his raiments and left
the synagogue with this malediction: «Your blood be upon your own heads; I am clean.
The story of his ministry began at the Nazareth
synagogue with his use of Isa.
It was Jesus, no one else, who looked at around «with anger» when the Pharisees so heartlessly cared nothing whatsoever for a man with a «withered hand» who was there in
the synagogue with them (Mark 3:1 - 5).
It's the story of the man who entered
the synagogue with the withered hand, and they watched to see if Jesus was going to heal...
There are processions around the synagogue carrying Torah scrolls and plenty of high - spirited singing and dancing in
the synagogue with the Torahs.
When he finds city shrines and altars dedicated to a variety of idols, he debates their existence wherever and with whomever he can: in
the synagogue with the Jews, in the marketplace with the buyers and sellers, in the town center with the Stoic and Epicurean philosophers.
Not exact matches
«I am a small - business owner, and I am in daily contact
with everyone in the neighborhood, and I employ you and your kids and your friends, and I support the local organizations and the churches and the
synagogues, the police departments and the fire departments,» Sutz says.
At a
synagogue just a mile from where she had been gunned down, Meadow Pollack, 18, lay in a plain wooden coffin, closed in accordance
with Jewish tradition.
My wife has been known to say — sometimes in jest, sometimes ruefully — that there are two religions in our house; one associated
with synagogue, the other
with soccer.
You might want to Google firebombing
with the words «mosque» and «church» and «temple» and «
synagogue.»
The NT wasn't written by the priestly class, it was written by lay folks who clashed
with rabbis over proper
synagogue observance.
Jesus» anger is fully appropriate: the
synagogue attenders are deeply blameworthy; they deserve to be hurt; and they are morally repulsive to anyone
with eyes to see.
Luke adds that he was «filled
with the power of the Spirit» when he returned to Galilee, and that when he read from the scroll of Isaiah in the
synagogue at Nazareth he began
with the passage that said, «The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring good news to the poor» (Luke 4:14 - 18).
Yes, he said, we are happy that Christians no longer teach contempt for the
synagogue, and yes, we are pleased
with any efforts to end the persecution of Jews.
Listen to God's words to you about the real people whose cries God hears every day... people who cry out in every corner of the world; whether that corner is peppered
with steeples, temples, mosques, or
synagogues.
The narrative mode inevitably imposed itself as the believers rehearsed the saving action, including particular scenes of it that played themselves out in the market - place or the Temple - court, at a dinner
with guests or in a
synagogue.
Perhaps both subjects, the Son of David Messiahship and the return of Elijah before the end, were questions of even greater moment within the Christian community than in the unadjourned debate
with the
synagogue.
The occasion of my first encounter
with the theology of Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik was a reading group at my wife's
synagogue.
Each week in
synagogue we publicly read a few chapters from the Torah, starting
with Genesis Ch.
Most of what is recorded about Christ's «church» is about parties
with tax collectors, women, military occupiers, et al, who were effectively excluded from the
synagogues.
(CNN)- Archaeologists are reveling in the discovery of an ancient
synagogue in northern Israel, a «monumental» structure
with a mosaic floor depicting the biblical figure of Samson and a Hebrew inscription.
II, p. 12) In the
synagogue, therefore, as well as in the temple, Jesus prayed, but neither temple nor
synagogue sufficed for his fellowship
with God.
In contrast
with the priest from the temple, and the scribe from the
synagogue, Jesus was listened to gladly by the common people, and finally it was not the irreligious, but the religious authorities who had Jesus put to death, for He constituted too severe a threat to the vested interests of religion.
There is nothing wrong
with this be built and if you don't like it then maybe we should tear down the church and
synagogue that are extremely close to ground zero.
Thus, when you do some act of charity, do not announce it
with a flourish of trumpets, as the hypocrites do in
synagogue and in the streets to win admiration from men.
That the Bible is the record of centuries of religious change, that its early concepts are allied
with primitive, animistic faiths, that between such origins and the messages of Hebrew prophets and Christian evangelists an immensely important development is reflected in the Book — this general view is the familiar possession of many in both
synagogue and church.
Most «do not participate in a volunteer activity under Jewish auspices,»
with just 18 % reporting a preference for giving time to Jewish organizations or
synagogues over other non-profits.
The churches and the
synagogues have long experience
with this kind of democratic negotiation.
When a man
with a withered hand shows up in the
synagogue, Jesus asks a question which everybody knew the answer to.
• The Orthodox Union's National Conference of
Synagogue Youth has completed a massive study of Jewish young people,
with some encouraging conclusions about the pattern of return to religious observance.
That does not necessitate we only have home - churches, or gather in the parks, yet these were acceptable options even
with the organized
Synagogues and meetings at the Temple and discussions on Solomon's porch.
Yes, there was the «sermon on the mount» and Jesus did teach in the
synagogues and temple courts, but it also seems that much of Jesus» teaching, especially
with the disciples, was «on the way».
And on this day, called Hoshana Rabba, during the morning service, the priests would make seven circuits around the altar
with palm branches and they took the branches and beat them on the floor of the
synagogue or on the furniture while the worshippers would chant in unison, «the voice announcing the coming of the Messiah is heard, the voice announcing the coming of the Messiah is heard, the voice announcing the coming of the Messiah is heard.»
Churches, mosques, temples and
synagogues should be converted to gardens
with the following sign over the entrances: Love Thy Neighbor As Thyself and Do No Harm.
The
synagogue was not like the Temple,
with its sacrifices and ceremonial rites.
In addition, most churches and
synagogues operate on a thin financial margin to begin
with, and 6 percent could be the margin of survival.
c) In line
with Americans RIGHT TO EXERCISE THEIR RELIGIOUS FREEDOMS firstly DEMAND that MUSLIMS TO OPT - OUT OF THEIR RELIGION, and also CALL for letting proponents of other faiths to propogate their religion near Mosques and Islamic organizations just as the Muslims do near churches, temples,
synagogues.
On this particular Sabbath in the
Synagogue, Jesus wanted to show those who were gathered that they were being legalistic
with the Sabbath.
shipwreck73, Jesus warned us (Matthew 23:1 - 39) about who sat in the lead roles in the churches,
synagogues, any / all false religions in the world... and specifically told us to read and study His truth (the Bible) so that we can sharpen our knowledge
with those that profess to know him whether they are teaching His truth or the lies of man.
The greatest present bar to a mature religious orientation in public education is the assumption that the church and the
synagogue are the only appropriate channels for religion, and that anything done about religion in the schools must be accomplished through these channels or at least
with the official approval and sanction of the recognized religious officials.
Matthew marks the conclusions of the discourse (7:28 - 29)
with his usual formula («And when Jesus finished these sayings»), completing the sentence
with the statement made by Mark and Luke about Jesus» teaching in the
synagogue at Capernaum (cf. Mk 1:22; Lk 4:32): «the crowds were astonished at his teaching, for he taught them as one who had authority, and not as their scribes.»
But Benedict also last year became the first pope to visit Rome's main
synagogue since 1986, trying to smooth feathers on an annual «Day of Dialogue»
with the Jewish community.
The gradual dilution of sustained religious catechism in churches and
synagogues means that young people often make their first serious contact
with the claims of religion not in the presence or a committed pastor, rabbi or parish priest, but in the...
The truth is that (
with the exception of Saudi Arabia), there are churches and
synagogues in practically every Muslim country.
In the long run Judaism found it easier to come to terms
with the changes of the Second Axial Period than did Christians or Muslims, partly because each
synagogue is democratically ruled and is relatively independent.
First, he was engaged upon a broad appeal to the public, by way of addresses in
synagogues, preaching in the open air, teaching when he could find an audience willing to listen, and discussion
with members of the public who wished to raise questions.
Herzfeld - who is the rabbi of Ohev Sholom, The National
Synagogue, the oldest and largest Orthodox synagogue in Washington, D.C. - says that according to the Talmud, «God does not rejoice with the fall of the wicke
Synagogue, the oldest and largest Orthodox
synagogue in Washington, D.C. - says that according to the Talmud, «God does not rejoice with the fall of the wicke
synagogue in Washington, D.C. - says that according to the Talmud, «God does not rejoice
with the fall of the wicked.»