Dovid Rosenfeld: In fact, the Sages state that we should not stare at a rainbow because it is tantamount to staring at God Himself (Talmud Hagigah 16a).
"I did not see a temple in the city, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple" (New International Version, Revelation 21:22 Multilingual).
RUSSELL MOORE: Jesus has AIDS.
Some of Jesus’ church has AIDS.
AIDS is scandalous, sure. But not nearly as scandalous as a cross.
At Golgotha, Jesus became sin by bearing the sins of the world (2 Cor 5:21). Now that’s scandalous.
Jesus loves the world, and the world has AIDS.
YASHAR ALI: 1. For the record, as a practicing Roman Catholic, I do love this Pope...he is certainly more compassionate than Pope Benedict. But what he is saying here is in line with doctrine for as long as I've been a Catholic. It's just wrapped up in a more loving package. 2.The Church's position has been that people with same-sex attraction were made that way...it is not a choice. But that they are called to a life of chastity. So while it's nice for the Pope to say this - he's not saying anything different..it's just said in a nicer way.
Perhaps Jorge, on the verge of Retirement [you can't really blame him for wanting to do so right now], is being extra careful not to put Gay Couples in Harm's way; half of which would be obligated to either Enlist or Work Abroad {after at most a year's worth of Marital Bliss} were there official declarations of War, so he's not just playing Nice, he's also being strategic
גֹּוג֙ אֶ֣רֶץ הַמָּגֹ֔וג
"I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."
Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible: and ye be a great multitude; of which they boasted, and in which they trusted, being ten tribes to two, and in this army two to one:
נְחַ֣שׁ נְחֹ֔שֶׁת
Timofey Bordachev: In sum, the category of "international order" may soon follow "multipolarity" into conceptual obscurity. It will be talked about, invoked in speeches, and cited in academic papers – but it will no longer describe how the world truly works. We are moving into an age where power is distributed differently, where the mechanisms of control are less formalized, and where legitimacy is negotiated in real time rather than bestowed by inherited institutions.
נַ֥עַר קָטֹ֖ן נֹהֵ֥ג בָּֽם
TENNESSEE
FLORIDA
The Last Supper's Waiter: "And all Edom [2 Samuel 8:14 Multilingual] and Sedom became Servants of David bearing an Offering" (2 Samuel 8:2 Multilingual).
