How important is it
for people to understand what “good”
and “evil” mean? For those of us with
Christian Biblical Heritages, evil is a
very important word. In the King
James Version of the Bible the word “evil”
appears 613 times. “Good”
appears 720 times. I found this very interesting, because I heard a lot
more about evil than I did about good in the church my family attended when
I was growing up. That really stood out at the end of every church service when
“the invitation” was given. It was an
opportunity for “lost” people
to be “saved.” Why were they
lost and why did they need to be saved? Continue reading at --
The witnesses, laying their coats at the feet of Saul, were the men that would cast the first stones at Stephen in Acts 7. Why did they all lay their coats at Saul’s feet? The Talmud contains a very interesting account of the act of stoning that may provide the answer. “When the trial was over, they take him [the condemned person] out to be stoned. The place of stoning was at a distance from the court, as it is said, ‘Take out the one who has cursed.’ [i] A man stands at the entrance of the court; in his hand is a signaling flag [Hebrew sudarin = sudar , ‘scarf, sweater’]. A horseman was stationed far away but within sight of him. If one [of the judges] says, ‘I have something [more] to say in his favor,’ he [the signaler] waves the sudarin , and the horseman runs and stops them [from stoning him]. Even if [the condemned person] himself says, ‘I have something to say in my favor,’ they bring him back, even four of five times, only provided that there is some substance to...
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