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"Rediscovering the Beauty of Sabbath Rest"
Our bodies and souls were "created "to rest--regularly--and when
they do, we experience heightened productivity, improved health,
and more meaningful relationships.
In these pages you'll find wonderful stories of the senator's
spiritual journey, as well as special Sabbath experiences with
political colleagues such as Bill Clinton, Al and Tipper Gore, John
McCain, Colin Powell, George W. Bush, Bob Dole, and others. Senator
Joe Lieberman shows how his observance of the Sabbath has not only
enriched his personal and spiritual life but enhanced his career
and enabled him to serve his country to his greatest capacity.
This book collects essays published in journals including
Commentary, The Weekly Standard, and elsewhere. It centers on three
profound mysteries: the existence of the human mind; the existence
and diversity of living creatures; and the existence of matter. How
they did they come into being? The author, Dr. David Berlinski, is
a senior fellow at the Discovery Institute and formerly a fellow at
the Institut des Hautes tudes Scientifiques in France. His other
books include The Devil's Delusion: Atheism and Its Scientific
Pretensions, Newton's Gift, and A Tour of the Calculus.
"Signature of Controversy "is a response to the 2009 bestseller
"Signature in the Cell" by Stephen C. Meyer," "a book recognized as
establishing one of the strongest pillars underlying the argument
for intelligent design. To call "Signature in the Cell" important
is an understatement. The critical response that followed the
publication of Stephen Meyer's book was fascinating, but the fact
is that few--if any--of the critics really grappled with the crux
of Meyer's argument or with the substance of intelligent-design
theory. This is remarkable and telling. In "Signature of
Controversy," defenders of intelligent design analyze the hostile
response using the critics' own writings.
Edited by David Klinghoffer and including essays by David
Berlinski, Casey Luskin, Stephen C. Meyer, Paul Nelson, Jay
Richards and Richard Sternberg.
Why did the Jews reject Jesus? Was he really the son of God? Were
the Jews culpable in his death? These ancient questions have been
debated for almost two thousand years, most recently with the
release of Mel Gibson's explosive "The Passion of the Christ." The
controversy was never merely academic. The legal status and
security of Jews--often their very lives--depended on the answer.
In WHY THE JEWS REJECTED JESUS, David Klinghoffer reveals that the
Jews since ancient times accepted not only the historical existence
of Jesus but the role of certain Jews in bringing about his
crucifixion and death. But he also argues that they had every
reason to be skeptical of claims for his divinity.
For one thing, Palestine under Roman occupation had numerous
charismatic would-be messiahs, so Jesus would not have been unique,
nor was his following the largest of its kind. For another, the
biblical prophecies about the coming of the Messiah were never
fulfilled by Jesus, including an ingathering of exiles, the rise of
a Davidic king who would defeat Israel's enemies, the building of a
new Temple, and recognition of God by the gentiles. Above all, the
Jews understood their biblically commanded way of life, from which
Jesus's followers sought to "free" them, as precious, immutable,
and eternal.
Jews have long been blamed for Jesus's death and stigmatized for
rejecting him. But Jesus lived and died a relatively obscure figure
at the margins of Jewish society. Indeed, it is difficult to argue
that "the Jews" of his day rejected Jesus at all, since most Jews
had never heard of him. The figure they really rejected, often
violently, was Paul, who convinced the Jerusalem church led by
Jesus's brother to jettison the observance of Jewish law. Paul thus
founded a new religion. If not for him, Christianity would likely
have remained a Jewish movement, and the course of history itself
would have been changed. Had the Jews accepted Jesus, Klinghoffer
speculates, Christianity would not have conquered Europe, and there
would be no Western civilization as we know it.
WHY THE JEWS REJECTED JESUS tells the story of this long,
acrimonious, and occasionally deadly debate between Christians and
Jews. It is thoroughly engaging, lucidly written, and in many ways
highly original. Though written from a Jewish point of view, it is
also profoundly respectful of Christian sensibilities. Coming at a
time when Christians and Jews are in some ways moving closer than
ever before, this thoughtful and provocative book represents a
genuine effort to heal the ancient rift between these two great
faith traditions.
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