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The Magna Carta of Humanity: Sinai’s Revolutionary Faith and the Future of Freedom is unavailable, but you can change that!

In these stormy times, loud voices from all fronts call for revolution and change. But what kind of revolution brings true freedom to both society and the human soul? Cultural observer Os Guinness explores the nature of revolutionary faith, contrasting between secular revolutions such as the French Revolution and the faith-led revolution of ancient Israel. He argues that the story of Exodus is...

Kippur, the Day of Atonement. For the remainder of the year, and for everyone else, people referred only to “the Name” (Hashem), and the actual name YHWH was passed over in silence. When the Jews refer to YHWH, Lord, only as Hashem, “the Name,” they express their reverence for God and remain silent before the majesty and reality of God as God most fully is in himself. As Rabbi Sacks explains, there is a difference between proper names and descriptions. “Things have descriptions, but only people have
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