Posted on August 16, 2007 by Peter
i have begun a subscription to commentary on the Talmud from Rabbinic sources. it has been very interesting so far. sure, i dont agree with everything, and yes, most of these commentators (and the Talmud itself) dont recognize Yeshua as Messiah, but they still have much to provide in way of analyzing Torah. [...]
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Posted on August 15, 2007 by Peter
i have just started a book by brother andrew in the last few days. i was so struck by some of the things he was writing about, i wanted to share it as soon as possible with whoever would listen.
a little background on brother andrew (to read more click here) is that [...]
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Posted on August 13, 2007 by Peter
i want to discuss another factor in the whole operation straight up debacle. here is another side effect of the “crusading” spirit:
Kill Or Convert, Brought To You By the Pentagon
The Defense Department’s Chaplain’s Office, which oversees OSU’s activities, has not responded to calls seeking comment.
“The constitution has been assaulted and brutalized,” Mikey Weinstein, [...]
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Posted on August 13, 2007 by Peter
here is a portion of a very astounding article:
Kill Or Convert, Brought To You By the Pentagon
Baldwin became a right-wing, born-again Christian after the 9/11 attacks, and now is the star of Operation Straight Up (OSU), an evangelical entertainment troupe that actively proselytizes among active-duty members of the US military. As an official arm of [...]
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Posted on August 7, 2007 by Peter
now to part 2 of the new kind of government.
in the first part, i talked about iraq specifically, but now i want to address the rest of the world. there is a increasingly powerful economic (and political) trend called globalization occuring in our world today. basically, this means interaction on a global level, [...]
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