America has changed
dramatically since the coronavirus arrived. Not only are we living with a very
dangerous health threat, we are facing very serious economic challenges. No one
has ever faced a “double black swan event”
like this before. A “black swan” is “a major challenge that was completely unexpected.”
Historically, during difficult and uncertain times, people suddenly turn their
attention to God or spirituality. I am already seeing waves of people who never
used to talk about God bring God into discussions about the virus and the
economy. 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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