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The Eric Metaxas Show
Pastor Allen Jackson Discusses the Church's Sleeping "Giant"
"The pendulum discussion earlier. And I think we're guilty of that in America and especially in the church. You know, the pendulum always swings back this way. Things balance out. Now, that idea really expresses a profound ignorance of history. The British lost the empire, Rome did collapse. The Jews were driven out of Jerusalem and the temple was burned. The pendulum does not always come back to center. It requires choices on our part and some intentional decisions, or I'm with groups of Christians frequently and they say, well, you know, the church is the sleeping giant. I pray that's true, but I have enough experience in the church. I don't know that there's a giant sleeping. I think there might be something small sleeping, and I pray it wakes up. But I think we're going to have to seek the lord as if our lives depended upon it. Right. We're going to have to get far more intentional. You and me, I'm not pointing my finger at anybody else. I've got to know the lord in a better way next week than I know him this week. In greater power, I have to recognize the voice of his spirit. We have followed the conventional wisdom of the secular culture for so long. We don't recognize the truth any longer. It's uncomfortable to us. I'm not asking somebody else to be the difference. I'm saying I'll change my schedule my life. I'll be vulnerable. Let's go tell the truth.
Pray the Word with David Platt
He Delights in You
"Psalm chapter 48 versus 9 and ten. We have thought on your steadfast love O God in the midst of your temple. As your name O God so your praise reaches to the ends of the earth. I love these two verses. And the way they fit together. So just our verse 9, we have thought on your steadfast level God and the midst of your temple. The whole song was about being in the temple and the presence of God, where his glory dwells in verse 9 says we think about when you're in verse 9 says when we're in your temple in the middle of it, we think about your steadfast love. Oh God. And then a good thing to do today, like right now. Just think about his steadfast love. God, steadfast love for you. Just meditate on it. How much he loves you? How much he delights in you all the ways he has shown and is showing even right now his love for you. I just think about it. Paul's prayer and ephesians chapter three that you would know the height and width and breadth and depth of God's love for you in Jesus. Think about John 15 abide in my love as the father has loved me, so I have loved you, remain in my love, spend time during your day just stopping and meditating on God's love for you. And then that's verse 9 verse ten says Azure name O God so your praise reaches to the ends of the earth and so this picture of the God who loves sinners whose worthy of praise to the ends of the earth. In other words, his love is not just for you or for me. His love is for all the peoples of the world to the ends of the earth. He loves them all, God so loved the world that he gave his one and only son.
The Charlie Kirk Show
Does the 1st Amendment Cover Satan? With Sean Feucht
"To ask you now, Sean, there's a new ruling and it is going viral on Twitter and is the source of a lot of debate and discussion. I mean, I've been very clear of my views on this. But there's been some dispute as to whether or not Satan clubs should be allowed in churches. So I want to make sure I get the tweet here, yeah, here it is. Breaking a federal judge now has just ruled that the Satan club sponsored by the satanic temple must be permitted to convene at schools. Judge John M Gallagher stated, quote, when confronted with a challenge to free speech, the government's first instinct must be to Ford expression rather than quash it, particularly when the consent is controversial or inconvenient, nothing less is consistent with the expected purpose of the American government to secure the core innate rights of the people. Now, I could go through a legal argument because the profane, the demonic or the luciferian, was never in the intent of the founding fathers, especially when it comes to children. It was about the virtue ethical monotheistic worldview. So I don't think this has any place around children. Sean, but let's just talk more from a cultural perspective. Where are we at now that Satan clubs are gaining traction in schools? Well, you're talking to the right guy. Here's two postcards from apparently from Satan that were sent to my house and these are threats and against my family and what we're doing. So I'm well aware of these people. We've had come to our events attack our events or blood on us. Listen, we're living in a spiritual war. And I think people really got to wake up and understand this. You know, the Bible is very clear. Our fight isn't against flesh and blood. It's against powers and principalities. And we're in a season right now, Charlie, where those principalities are feeling emboldened and they're just right out there in the open.
Daily Grace
A Theology of Home With Author Caroline Saunders
"We see so many stories of home throughout the whole Bible. I mean, I think that people will initially be able to see that the Bible starts with a home a perfect home and eaten. And a lot of times we can skip past that because we're getting to genesis three, we're sent interest the picture, but before that, Adam and Eve are in this place with one another with God where there is such abundance in such beauty and such delight and it's really wonderful and it shows us that no one makes a home like God. And then of course, sinters the picture. And you can see throughout the Bible that sin is like an intruding force. And sin is the ultimate enemy of home. And anyone listening will relate to that because we all have brokenness in our homes to varying degrees. And at the core of all of it is sin. It may not be our sin, it might be the sin of somebody else, and it might just be because we live in a sinful world that's broken. But sin is the enemy of home and we see the pain enter and homesickness enter right away. And then it feels like an Old Testament. It's people searching for their way back. They're searching for their way home, but at the same time, God is looking to make his home with people. There's all these glimmers, you know, we see glimmers in the tabernacle in the temple or even before that with the promised land, or even the way that God delivered his people from an unsafe home in Egypt. In an unexpected way by parting the Red Sea and things like that. So there's lots of different stories that relate to home. And when we pay attention to them, we notice that all of it points to Jesus. And so in the book this story of home, I say that God is building away home through Jesus. And the part of the way he's building the way home is because there's an enemy of home that must be conquered. This intruder has to be dealt with. And so Jesus dealt with our sin on the cross and sent the Holy Spirit after he ascended having sent the Holy Spirit to make his home in us, which is unbelievable to think about as a deposit of what is coming when Jesus will return and make all things new, a new heaven and a new earth and finally it is a perfect home that is permanent where no intruder can enter where there will be no grief, no tears, no pain. No one can break this family, no one can damage this home. No one can disrupt this home. And so I think that there's a lot that the Bible says about home and I would encourage anyone who's maybe read through the Bible or just even wherever you're reading in the Bible, you'll probably be able to notice something and what I like to do in the margin of my Bible is draw a little house and I can kind of track it that way and it's really cool to see all the different ways that God is pointing us home.
Discerning Hearts - Catholic Podcasts
A Meditation on John 10: 22-30 for the Fourth Week of Eastertide
"For the next few moments, surrender all the cares and concerns of the stay to the lord. Say slowly, from your heart, Jesus. I trust in you. You. Take over. Become aware that he is with you. Looking upon you with love. Wanting to be heard, deep within your heart. A reading from the holy gospel according to John, chapter ten versus 22 su 30. It was the time when the feast of dedication was being celebrated in Jerusalem. It was winter, and Jesus was in the temple walking up and down in the portico of Solomon. The Jews gathered round him and said, how much longer are you going to keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly. Jesus replied. I have told you, but you do not believe. The works I do in my father's name are my witness, but you do not believe. Because you are no sheep of mine. The sheep that belonged to me listen to my voice, I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life. They will never be lost, and no one will ever steal them from me. The father who gave them to me is greater than any one, and no one can steal from the father. The father and I are one. What word made this passage come alive for you?
Pray the Word with David Platt
The Ultimate Priority
"Psalm chapter 27 verse four, one thing have I asked of the lord. That will I seek after that I may dwell in the house of the lord all the days of my life to gaze upon the beauty of the lord and to inquire in his temple, foul. It's one of my favorite verses in the Bible. And at the same time, one of the most convicting verses in the Bible to hear David the psalmist say here one thing I've asked the lord. I think of all the things you would want to ask God for. David says this is the one thing that I want most that I will seek after. I think about it. What is the one thing you are seeking after today in your life? If you had to sum it up, what's the one thing you want most? In a way that's evident in how you spend your time and money and energy, what excites your affections. What's the one thing you want that you're seeking after and David says it's this. And I mean, dwell in the house of the lord all the days of my life that I may just be with God and gaze upon his beauty. I want to do all these things for God. The one thing I want most, the one thing I'm seeking after is just to look at him just to behold God and to inquire in his temple.
The Charlie Kirk Show
The Macro Is Important, But It's Not Everything...
"Is coming. I don't want us to be overly focused on the macro political, my bigger call to action is actually on the micro is actually on what are you doing daily to become a better and stronger activist and patriot, a better child of God, a better father, a better friend, you know, what are you doing to take terrain? And then yes, one elections pop up, do your thing. Right. Because I think we're too focused on the macro. And I think the macro, the bad macro news can create a lot of fatigue and depression and cynicism and disengagement, where if you're doing small daily tasks as it says in the book of nehemiah, zerubabel says these are the days of long and hard work of righteous work when they were trying to rebuild the temple and they were discouraged. Then the macro shouldn't impact you as much, right? So what does that mean? It means if you're young and if you're a college student or your high school student here, save yourself for marriage and get married and have a beautiful family. That's something we should talk more about. That's important regardless if The White House is one or not. If you're an entrepreneur out there and you run a business, I hope you're able to scale your business to huge limits and become a George Soros and give all that money away so that you can fight these bad guys because we need really rich Christians to go pour hundreds of millions of dollars into these communities, right? What I'm trying to say is that the macro is important, but it's not everything. There's
AP News Radio
On this week's AP Religion Roundup, the confluence of Ramadan, Passover and Easter sparks tensions in Jerusalem.
"On this week's AP religion roundup, the confluence of Ramadan Passover and Easter, sparks tensions in Jerusalem. Religious Jews celebrating Passover, sing at the entrance to the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, known to Jews as the Temple Mount. Tensions here have recently spiraled into a regional confrontation between Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria. This year pass over overlapped with Easter, celebrated this week and lasts by Christians in the east and west. It also coincided with the Muslim sacred month of Ramadan. The overlapping holy days in each faith was felt on the streets of Jerusalem, where there is a close proximity of holy sites. For Christians, Jerusalem was where Jesus was crucified and resurrected. For Jews, it's the ancient capital, home to two biblical Jewish temples. For Muslims, it's where the prophet Muhammad ascended to heaven. This week, leaders of the Greek Orthodox church say Israeli police are unfairly limiting worshipers right to celebrate the Easter holy fire ceremony in Jerusalem's ancient Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Church leaders called attendance restrictions, heavy handed. And inappropriately placing the burden of the churches to issue invitations while tying the church's hands with unreasonable restrictions. Israeli police said their goal is the safety of thousands of worshippers expected for the ceremony, but the Roman Catholic Church and the Holy Land says there has been an increase in brazen attacks on Christians here. Not only an increase of a number, but also the way the attacks are done. John munay are monitors the welfare of religious minorities in Israel. Going into churches, there's no shame or even hesitation at times when it comes to these types of attacks. Most Israeli officials have stayed quiet about the attacks, and the introduction of a law criminalizing Christian proselytizing and the promotion of plans to turn the mount of olives into a national park have stoked anger. Prime minister Netanyahu vowed to block the bill from moving forward following pressure from evangelical Christians in the United States. I'm Walter ratliff.
Your Daily Prayer
Reach Out in Faith
"And a man lame from birth was being carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple that is called the beautiful gate to ask alms of those entering the temple. Seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple he asked to receive alms and Peter directed his gaze at him, as did John and said, look at us. And he fixed his attention on them, expecting to receive something from them, but Peter said, I have no silver and gold, but what I do have I give to you in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk. And he took him by the right hand and raised him up and immediately his feet and ankles were made strong. Axe three two through 7. There have been times in my life where I have felt invisible, even though I'm surrounded by people. The heartache of feeling is though I'm always looking in, but never a part of something robs my hope. And leaves me with resignation that invisibility will always be my identity. The book of acts tells us the history of the early church, and Luke chose the included events with care. One of these events centered around the lame beggar who spent his days at the beautiful gate. Peter and John crossed this man's path every day. We know from acts two 46 that the believers met daily in the temple and the beggar may have been so much a part of the scenery that he faded into the background. He knew what it was like to be overlooked and feel people's pity and scorn. She had been there for years and likely witnessed many of the healings and miracles of Jesus as well as Jesus's accusers and opponents. The temple courts were like his daytime drama entertainment. I wonder if he ever imagined the miracles he witnessed could ever be his. When we endure a struggle, we question if anyone sees or cares. We watch the blessings rain down on a friend's life and we struggle to rejoice because morning marks our life like a permanent marker. On the day of Pentecost, Peter spoke to the crowds and thousands believed in Jesus, a revival began the temple courts swelled with people to learn and fellowship together. And the lame beggar, the outsider looking in, watched it all. In any great revival, there will always be people like the lame beggar at the beautiful gate. The broken and the beautiful past through this life side by side and God calls us to look for both. To see where God is on the move and who needs a touch from the lord.
The Eric Metaxas Show
The Fisherman From Galilee and the High Priest
"Airing my Socrates in the city conversation from February 28th of this year with eugenia Constantino about her book the crucifixion of the king of glory. This is an amazing book and I thought an amazing conversation. So here is more of that. So I know the people say, well, John, we'll have a disabled. How can he be? That means John was a priest. That means zebedee was a priest, and the reason for that is because his father was a priest. Father, James and John. So how exactly they knew the high priest, we don't know. But it's not impossible because the ordinary priests, of which there were at least 10,000. Some people say as many as 18,000. Ordinary priests who served in the temple served on a rotation basis two weeks out of the year and all the major feast days. And so they couldn't really earn their living from the temple the way the chief priest did. So they were fishermen and they were farmers and they were potters. They had trades and occupations. And then they would come to the temple to serve when it was their turn. So we don't know how it was known, but that is what it says in the gospel by the eyewitness. But that's what's amazing to me. It's there in the scripture. But you just kind of, you know, and then I think, wait a minute. John knew caiaphas was known. It's unbelievable. Because he knows the girl at the gate. She needs him. Right. So I don't know. Maybe he was familiar, but for example, it's interesting to imagine that right, but somehow they were in these circles, maybe because, you know, among the priests, they had run into each other. Well, whatever it is, I'm just telling you, when you write about it in your book, I thought, I can't believe I've never said there's no way he's a priest because he's a fisherman from Galilee. Yeah.
Discerning Hearts - Catholic Podcasts
A Lenten Meditation on John 11:45-56 for the 5th Saturday of Lent
"The next few moments, surrender all the cares and concerns of the stay to the lord. Say slowly, from your heart, Jesus. I trust in you. You. Take over. Become aware that he is with you. Looking upon you with love. Wanting to be heard, deep within your heart. A reading from the holy gospel according to John, chapter 11 versus 45 through 56. Many of the Jews who had come to visit Mary, and had seen what Jesus did, believed in him, but some of them went to tell the pharisees what Jesus had done. Then the chief priests and pharisees called a meeting. Here is this man working all these signs, they said, and what action are we taking? If we let him go on in this way, everybody will believe in him. In the Romans will come and destroy the holy place and our nation. One of them, caiaphas, the high priest that year said. You do not seem to have grasped the situation at all. You failed to see that it is better for one man to die for the people than for the whole nation to be destroyed. He did not speak in his own person. It was as high priest that he made this prophecy that Jesus was to die for the nation, and not for the nation only, but to gather together in unity the scattered children of God. From that day they were determined to kill him. So Jesus no longer went about openly among the Jews, but left the district for a town called ephraim in the country bordering on the desert, and stayed there with his disciples. The Jewish Passover drew near, and many of the country people who had gone up to Jerusalem to purify themselves, looked out for Jesus, saying to one another as they stood about in the temple. What do you think? Will he come to the festival or not? What word made this passage come alive for you?
AP News Radio
At Least 35 Are Killed in India When a Temple’s Well Cover Collapses
"Been found inside a well at a Hindu temple in central India after dozens of people fell into the muddy water when the wells cover collapsed. Video of Thursday's collapse at the temple complex in malia Pradesh state showed chaos afterward, with people rushing towards the exits. Witnesses say a large crowd of devotees had thronged the temple to perform a fire Richard and celebrate the festival of the deity Rama, dozens then fell into the water when the structure over the well collapsed and were covered by falling debris. An excavator pulled down a wall of the decades old temple to help people flee and rescuers used ropes and ladders to pull the bodies from the well after
The Bible Recap
God Can Work Anything to His Glory
"Before we launch into today's recap, we need to remember something we read in deuteronomy 20 to help it all make sense. In that chapter, God gave very different instructions on how the Israelites were supposed to handle cities outside of the promised land versus cities inside the promised land. For cities outside Canaan, they were supposed to greet the cities with peace and kill only the males, and only if they opposed them. But for those inside Canaan, they were supposed to operate by a principal called cherem, where everything is dedicated to yahweh and devoted to destruction. As we've talked about before, God used this practice to serve multiple purposes. Today we meet another group of people from gibbon. They're called the gibby and ice or the hivites, and they've apparently gotten word of God's instructions to the Israelites. They lived in Canaan, but decided to pretend like they didn't, so they could get the more lenient treatment and not be entirely destroyed. Pretty sneaky, they ask Israel to enter into a protective covenant with them. Remember yesterday how Joshua won the battle against Jericho, then failed to ask God for guidance when fighting against AI, and they lost, then he won against AI when he followed God's commands, it seems like he learned very little from that incident because here he is, failing to ask God for guidance again, and just forging out on his own. So he gets duped into making a covenant with his enemies, which is in direct violation of God's commands to Israel in deuteronomy 7. Pretty quickly, the Israelites find out they've been deceived, and they want to destroy the gibby a nights. But the israelite leaders tell them that they have to keep their covenant and that they'll just have to sever the consequences of their sin and entering into the covenant. But they don't kill the gibby knights slash hivites, and instead just assign them to do manual labor in the service of the temple, which makes the gibby a nights pretty happy because they know they've avoided being destroyed. One thing I find interesting about this is that even God's enemies who have deceived God's people end up serving God's purposes and glory.
AP News Radio
It will soon be time to render unto Caesar to visit Rome's pantheon, a Hong Kong ritual whacks away troubles, and a Zoroastrian holiday cause some to hit the streets as others hit their pocket books.
"On this week's AP religion roundup. It will soon be time to pay Caesar to visit Rome's Pantheon, a Hong Kong ritual wax away troubles and a Zoroastrian holiday causes some to hit the streets as others hit their pocketbooks. Tourists in Rome checking out the Pantheon will soon pay €5 for admission. Proceeds will be split between the culture ministry and the Roman Catholic Church, tourists at the site were divided over the new fee. I wasn't really expensive to stay here so I think it's a very nice building and for us to visit for free is wonderful. We are fully understand that it's necessary maybe to pay, you know, for the securing of the value, what is possible to say inside. The Pantheon was built as a Roman temple more than 2000 years ago. It was transformed into a church 14th century ago, and mass is regularly celebrated there. For people holding a grudge in Hong Kong, one way to release their anger is to take part in a villain hitting ritual. Edison Chan says he hopes the ritual will help cut out gossip and keep bad people away from him. Ritual practitioners, mostly older women, use a shoe to bash an image of the person who was the target of their customer's anger. One practitioner says many of her customers are people who have trouble at work or feel like they're being unfairly treated. She says she helps them by symbolically whacking the bad people away for a fee of 50 Hong Kong dollars. The ritual includes blessings from Hong Kong's goddess of the sea, as well as divine beings related to Buddhism. The markets in Iraq's Kurdish region are busy, as people prepare for the spring festival of Nauru. The Persian new year, the holiday dates back to at least 1700 BCE, and incorporates ancient Zoroastrian traditions. This year, however, now ruz coincides with the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. Shopper delga is having the two holidays at the same time creates a bit of a financial burden. In Iran, a fyre festival related to the holiday spark protests. Demonstrators chanted against the country's ruling clerics and hurled firecrackers at security forces. Hardliners have long condemned the fyre festival as an Islamic. I'm Walter ratliff.
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On this week's AP Religion Roundup, a sacred, sinking town in India faces a grim future.
"Hello. For months, residents in joshima, a holy town burrowed high in India's Himalayan mountains, have seen their homes slowly sink. Local officials say various agencies are conducting surveys to determine what caused the damage. But other authorities have ignored expert warnings. Moving forward with costly projects in the region. Now, deep cracks have emerged in over 860 homes. Subsiding earth caused roads to split with crevices and multi storied hotels to slump to one side. Authorities declared it a disaster zone and came in on bulldozers, raising whole parts of a town that had become lopsided. A pretty steady local temple says it's been a religious capital of Hinduism for more than 2000 years. So it must be protected. The Lakshmi nari and temple is in one of the only parts of the village still standing. Accord last year directed authorities to stop dumping waste near the historic temple, which was once the last rest stop for devotees on a religious pilgrimage. I'm Walter ratliff
Timothy Keller Sermons Podcast by Gospel in Life
"temple" Discussed on Timothy Keller Sermons Podcast by Gospel in Life
"Then, as Martin Luther said, because he was in augustinian monkey tended to say things in Latin. Christians are eustace at peccator. Simultaneously righteousness in the site of God loved and delighted in by God and yet absolutely flawed and still to a great degree broken in yourself. You're humbled by the gospel to know you're so bad he had to die for you. But you're emboldened by the gospel to know you were so valuable to him that he was glad that I for you. Now, if these things come into your life together, whether you tend to be assertive but not very sensitive or tend to be sensitive, but not very assertive. The part of your temperament that is droopy that is weak will be sure not by the gospel and you will become a person of balance, you'll become a person who is able in a sense to move back and forth. See, the kind of outspoken people, that's the default mode. Whether or not the situation actually calls for it. And the people who are kind of weighed and you kind of hold your cards to your chest and you're kind of waiting and you react and you're very slow to respond. That's the default mode of your heart. Whether or not the situation calls for it. You never see Jesus. Making a mistake. Why? Because of his boldness and his humility, his extroversion in his introversion, because because of his vulnerable kingly Ness, because of his strong weakness, he always was what he needed to be in every situation. We're not, but the Holy Spirit can begin more and more to renew you in his image. Is it? Is that happening? Are those changes happening? Do you see them? Do your best friends know about them? If not, what do you do? Well, there's only two possibilities. One is, you may think you understand the gospel, but you really don't. Maybe, maybe you say, oh, I think I understand the gospel of basically you believe you're saved by your work. So that's the functioning way in which most people who go to church actually operate. They basically operate like the rest of the religions of the world, and they haven't that penny hasn't dropped. Or it could just simply be this. When Jesus Christ rides into Jerusalem, letting people call him a king. He's forcing everybody's hand. When Jesus Christ goes to the temple and says, this is my house. The audacity, he's forcing everybody. See, these kinds of claims force extreme responses to Jesus. You're either going to have to crown him. Or you're going to have to kill him. You're either going to have to accept him or you're going to have to reject him. But one thing you can't just do is say, what an interesting guy. You can't relate to Jesus on the periphery of your life is what he's saying. You've got to bring him downtown. Can't keep him in the suburbs. You can no longer just say, well, when I have a problem, I want to talk to Jesus. You've got to center your entire life around him. That's what he's saying. How can you come to grips with someone who has given himself utterly for you? Without you giving yourself utterly to him, to fail to do so, is not just an offense to the moral sense, but it's a crucifixion of your intelligence. You say I'm scared to give myself like that. I'm scared to give myself like that.
Timothy Keller Sermons Podcast by Gospel in Life
"temple" Discussed on Timothy Keller Sermons Podcast by Gospel in Life
"The Holy Spirit, the presence of God that used to shake mountains and killed on contact. If that's really in your life now, I want more than just busyness. I want more than just activity. There should be more than just here I read the Bible. I'm going to this and I'm going to that. Are you changing in your character? Are you actually changing in your character? If you're an anxious person, is it clear to everybody around that you have overcome that? If you're an angry person, is it clear to everyone around you that you've overcome that? If you're a fearful person, if you tend to be a self centered person, if you tend to be a self hating person, if you tend to be a self aggrandizing person, is it very clear to the people who know you best that you have radically changed in the very core of your being, there's been a radical regeneration of your character. Or are you just busy? Really busy. With all your religious activities. Look, I'm not, I want you involved, you know? I'm a minister. I want you involved. I want you to why do you think we give you the announcements? But don't miss the forest for the trees. How do you know then? That Jesus character is being reproduced in you. Well, Jonathan Edwards says at the end of his sermon, the paradoxical character of Jesus, the combining of traits that ordinarily you'd never see combined in any one person. Will be reproduced in you. That's how you know that you're not just becoming a nicer person or a more disciplined person or a more moral person, but you're actually having the life of Jesus Christ, reproduced in you. Example, think about it. Temperamentally, you have extroverts you have introverts, right? Go down the Myers Briggs thing, you know? You have thinkers you have feelers, right? You have people who are very decisive to people who are processed people who are just like, you know, let's keep thinking about it. Let's keep talking about it. You've really got people who temperamentally are predisposed to one set of traits or another. And that's all right. And to some degree, you know, because we'll never be completely renewed in the image of Christ until the very end of time, to some degree you expect that. But do you recognize the unique kind of character that Jesus Christ would produce? It's because of the gospel. It's because of the gospel.
Timothy Keller Sermons Podcast by Gospel in Life
"temple" Discussed on Timothy Keller Sermons Podcast by Gospel in Life
"Thank you, Oprah. But what about the sword? What about the sword? And now we know. Because the book of Isaiah says about the messiah. He will be cut off from the land of the living. Why is it that when John, in the book of revelation, looks at the throne, the throne? The place of ultimate power in the universe, the throne of the universe, there on the throne of the universe is a slaughtered lamb. The greatest image of weakness and vulnerability possible. A slaughtered lamb. Why? Because that is the greatest kingly triumph in the history of the cosmos. When Jesus Christ went under the sword and the sword smote him, it broke his body, but it broke itself. Because the Bible talks about the death of death in the death of Christ. He took the sword for you and me. He took it. And that's the reason why at the end of chapter 15 of the book of Mark, the moment Jesus dies, the veil and the temple is ripped by invisible hands from top to bottom, the temple is obsolete. Scott peck, you know, the psychiatrist. He just died last year. He was always writing pretty good books and they were always wrestling with religion and faith and stuff like that. And at one point he says, how do you defeat evil? He says, I don't really understand it. But I do know that whenever you see evil defeated, somebody has to sacrifice. Somebody's got to sacrifice. And then to my amazement, Scott peck quoted C. S. Lewis. Where Lewis says, when a willing victim who was committed no treachery is killed in a traitor stead, the table will crack and death itself. We'll start working backwards. And so a Christian says the terrors of law and of God, with me, have nothing to do. My savior's obedience and blood hides all my transgressions from view. That's the power of Jesus Christ, what he's going to be bringing back into our lives. Someday, when you trust in him, he begins to bring that power, the presence of God into your life. It's called the Holy Spirit. And someday he's going to bring it into the whole world and renew everything. But we're not quite done yet.
Timothy Keller Sermons Podcast by Gospel in Life
"temple" Discussed on Timothy Keller Sermons Podcast by Gospel in Life
"Was going to cover the earth as the waters cover the bottom of the sea. There is a place, for example, in zechariah itself. In fact, in that very same passage that Jesus evokes by riding in on the little colt. That says that if it says, of course, that your messiah, your king will come back gentle and riding on a cold, the fall of the donkey. But then the prophecy goes like this. And it's stunning. It says, when the messiah comes back, on that day, every pot in Jerusalem and Judah will be wholly to the lord almighty as the sacred bowls in front of the altar, and even the canaanites will be in the house of the lord almighty. And with that is saying, I mean, maybe when you first hear you say, what? You see, in the holy place, and the holy of holies, there were sacred pots that only were allowed to be used in that holy spot. But zacharias someday, every pot in every kitchen in Jerusalem will be as holy as those pots. And some day, even the canaanites, the hated enemy canaanites, will be, in other words, the whole world was going to become a holy of holies. The whole world will be filled with the glory and presence of God again. And you know what that will mean? You know where these palm branches are waving, isn't that sweet, you like the palm branches as Jesus is writing in. It's sort of nice. It's like performance art kind of lovely, right? But it actually evokes some of these mouth watering prophecies. About the return of the presence of God. In psalm 96, it says, wood will sing for joy before the lord, when he comes to rule the earth. Isaiah 55 says he comes to rule, he says the mountains and the hills will burst into song before you and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.
Timothy Keller Sermons Podcast by Gospel in Life
"temple" Discussed on Timothy Keller Sermons Podcast by Gospel in Life
"What are you doing this for? And he says, my house should be a house of prayer for the gentiles for all nations. And we're told to verse 18 that this absolutely shocked. Absolutely shocked.
Timothy Keller Sermons Podcast by Gospel in Life
"temple" Discussed on Timothy Keller Sermons Podcast by Gospel in Life
"But either way, if he wrote it on a baby horse or a donkey, here's this great king riding in and here's Jesus Christ he's a king and he's got proven miraculous power, but he's riding in on a steep that's more appropriate for a child or a hobbit. Or Sancho panza. Sancho panza, writing a little silly gunky, you see. And Jesus deliberately juxtaposes majesty and meekness. Power and weakness. Of course, one of the reasons this is because he is telling people that he is the one that zechariah chapter 9, when zechariah was talking about the great messiah, it comes zachariah says rejoice greatly of Zion shout O Jerusalem see your king comes to you gentle and riding on a donkey on a cult on the fall of a donkey. And so Jesus in a way is saying, I am a king, but I'm not a king that fits into the world's categories. I bring together majesty and meekness, power, and weakness. And this reminds me of a sermon. Not my sermon, one of the great sermons ever written, or preached, and a sermon has had a big impact on me. It was written preached in 1738 by Jonathan Edwards, Northampton, Massachusetts. And it's called the excellence of Jesus Christ, the excellence of Christ. And it's based on revelation chapter 5 versus 5 and 6, which really captured Edwards is imagination. Revelation 5, 5 and 6. Let me read it. Of course, it's the vision of John. And it reads this way. And one of the elders said to me, weep not. For behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the root of David, has triumphed to open the book. So I looked, and behold, in the midst of the throne, stood a lamb. Looking as if it had been slain. See, John is told to look for a lion and he looks for the lion and there in the midst of the throne is a lamb. And Edwards proceeds and says this, a lion excels in strength. And in the majesty of his appearance and voice, a lamb excels in meekness and is sacrificed for human clothing and food. But Jesus Christ is both. Because the diverse excellencies of both Lion and lamb are wonderfully met, they wonderfully meet in him. Indeed, there is in Jesus Christ, a conjunction of such truly diverse excellencies as otherwise would be utterly incompatible in the same subject. So there do meet in Christ, infinite highness, and infinite accessibility. Infinite justice, yet infinite grace. Infinite glory, yet infinite humility, infinite majesty, infinite transcendent meekness. Absolute sovereignty, yet perfect
Timothy Keller Sermons Podcast by Gospel in Life
"temple" Discussed on Timothy Keller Sermons Podcast by Gospel in Life
"Welcome to gospel in life. Many religious teachers sought to live as good examples. Only Jesus explicitly stated that his purpose was to die. Today, young gospel in life, Tim Keller is teaching through mark's account of Jesus final days and ultimate death on the cross and how that can change us from the inside out. Tonight's scripture is found on page 7 of your bulletin, be reading Mark chapter 11 versus one through 18. As they approached Jerusalem and came to bethphage and Bethany at the mount of olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples, saying to them, go to the village ahead of you and just as you enter it, you will find a cult tied there, which no one has ever ridden. Untie it and bring it here. If anyone asks you, why are you doing this? Tell them the lord needs it, and we'll send it back here shortly. They went and found a cult outside in the street, tied at a doorway, as they untied it, some people standing there asked, what are you doing untying that cold? They answered as Jesus had told them to, and the people let them go. When they brought the cold to Jesus and through their cloaks over it, he sat on it, many people spread their cloaks on the road while others spread branches they had cut in the fields. Those who went ahead and those who followed shouted Hosanna blessed as he who comes in the name of the lord blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David, Hosanna in the highest. Jesus entered Jerusalem and went to the temple, he looked around at everything, but since it was already late, he went out to Bethany with the 12. The next day, as they were leaving Bethany, Jesus was hungry. Seeing in the distance of fig tree in leaf, he went to find out if it had any fruit. When he reached it, he found nothing but leaves, because it was not the season for figs. Then he said to the tree, may no one ever eat fruit from you again. And his disciples heard him say it. On reaching Jerusalem, Jesus entered the temple area and began driving out those who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves and would not allow anyone to carry merchandise through the temple courts. And as he taught them, he said, is it not written? My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations. But you have made it a den of robbers. The chief priests and the teachers of the law heard this and began looking for a way to kill him for they feared him because the whole crowd was amazed at his teaching. This is the word of the lord. We're going to look at it the gospel of Mark again tonight, but then we're going to take a hiatus from the gospel of Mark starting next week.
The Dinesh D'Souza Podcast
City of David Foundation's Ze'ev Orenstein Shares His Story
"We're back with zeb orenstein director of international affairs at the city of David foundation based in Jerusalem. By the way, you can follow him on Twitter. And I have great to have you. I thought it'd be great for people to hear how an American Jew born in New Jersey. Ends up being a representative of a key representative of the city of David foundation doing archeological excavations as we speak and uncovering amazing stuff that we're going to talk about. But talk a little bit about your story. So I grew up in New Jersey in a traditional Jewish family and went to Jewish day school. But one of the things that wasn't focused on in the school was a significance of Israel and the modern Jewish State of Israel. And so I grew up in new a lot about the Bible and safe and things like that, but Israel not so much. After high school, I go for a gap year to study in Israel. And during a weekend Sabbath in Israel, we spent it in the old city of Jerusalem. And one of our teachers rabbi mori ruble, he gets up. And he starts speaking about his experiences growing up in the 1967 Six-Day War. Now, leading up to this war, you have the nation's Arab nations surrounding Israel. Speaking very openly in Arabic in English and every language, we are going to destroy Israel. This is 19 years after Israel's reestablishment, about two decades after the Holocaust. And they're openly saying we will destroy Israel. In Israel, they were preparing parks to be future and that's graves, expecting horrific casualties. The American Jewish community in 1967 was begging Israel to send the children to America so that in the event that Israel's destroyed, there will be a surviving remnant. And yet, not only does that not end up happening. But in 6 days, Israel, Israel, nearly quadruples in size. Returning to Jerusalem to the Temple Mount to the city of David to the old city to the mount to olives to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the stations of the cross, places like bethel, Bethlehem, check him, Shiloh, Hebron, all the places that are biblically significant in 6 days, Israel returns to all of these places in so many others.
Your Daily Prayer
A Prayer for The Confidence to Cry Out to God
"Psalm 27 9. Some 27 was written by king David. In his lifetime, he endured many circumstances, which watered deep roots of faith in God. His courageous faith came from the relationship he developed with God. That's faithfulness gave David confidence to cry to him for help in many circumstances. And we can too. In this song, David is sharing his courageous trust in the lord. Ashley hooker wrote in or reminders from song 27 to build a courageous faith. He writes words from his heart that tell us how confident he is in the lord. He seeks out the lord for his blessings in his protection. Trust is something that once lost is difficult to recover and restore. God will never do that to us. He is not capable of breaking or betraying our trust. He is I am. Creator of the universe and the one true God. He is who he is. He does not change his character, or his mind about us. What he says, we can hold on to for dear life. In all hope. As we pray psalm 27 today, remember the following facts God loves you. God has good plans for your life. That sent his son Jesus? For you. Jesus came to earth for you. Jesus died on the cross. For you. Jesus rose from the dead, and now sits at the right hemp to the father. Interceding for you. Jesus sent his Holy Spirit to you. The moment you surrender your life to him, the Holy Spirit dwells in you. The spirit gives you power to get through impossibilities. You are never alone. What this reality in mind let's pray, psalm 27. Father, you are my light and my Salvation. So why should I be afraid? Lord, you are my fortress, protecting me from danger. So why should I tremble? When evil people come to devour me. When my enemies and foes attack me. They will stumble and fall. Though a mighty army surrounds me, my heart will not be afraid. Even if I am attacked, I will remain confident. The one thing I ask of you, lord, the thing I seek most. Is to live in your house lord. All the days of my life. The lighting in your perfections and meditating in this temple. Are you will conceal me when troubles come? You will hide me in your
ToddCast Podcast with Todd Starnes
Please Support Funeral Fund for Fallen Memphis Officer Geoffrey Redd
"Been on the force here in Memphis for a number of years. He was a Christian man. He was also in his free time, he was in charge of security at greater community temple at Memphis, which is a church of God in Christ congregation. And he was by all accounts an amazing human being. Just a wonderful man. Put on the uniform every day. To protect this city. And he was gunned down. He died. Do you know over the weekend there were no press conferences? There were no memorials given for this man? This city has been inundated with the NAACP and Black Lives Matter and the professional race agitators and the politicians and the pundits and the media. But there was not a single press conference. There was just a statement posted on social media that the police officer had died. There was no comment from the NAACP chapter in Memphis, Tennessee. There were no comments from many of the city council members. There were no vigils, there were no marches in the street in Memphis. Apparently the righteous indignation is rather selective here. When people are gunned down, when people are murdered. It's as if, as a matter of fact, one TV station that was not even the lead story on their website. That this brave police officer had died. And that's a shame. So here's where I need your help. The Memphis police association, they're trying to raise some money to help cover the funeral cost and to help the family of officer red and they're having they're having a rough go of it. I wish I could tell you that I was not shocked, but I am shocked, just shocked.
Design Matters with Debbie Millman
"temple" Discussed on Design Matters with Debbie Millman
"And abstractions, is changing the way people think about thinking. She's been recognized on the list of Time Magazine's 100 most influential people in the world. She's the subject of an Emmy and Golden Globe winning biographical film, and she owns numerous patents for her original designs. There is truly nobody quite like her. Doctor Brandon, welcome to design matters. It's really, really good to be here today. Thank you. Doctor grant didn't is it true that you believe if they were alive today, Albert Einstein Mozart and Nicola Tesla would probably be diagnosed as autistic? Yes. Definitely because Einstein had delayed speech. So today, especially with the way that people get services to get services, he'd have to be putting an autism class. You can argue over whether or not he's autistic, but he'd end up in autism class today. Because that's where most speech delayed kids are going. And also in my work on designing equipment in the media industry, I worked with brilliant. People that owned metalworking shops, people that had maybe 20 paths. And one guy that built very important equipment for me, oh, he was definitely autistic. But he had grown up working on cards. So then he discovered that mechanical things were interesting. But the problem I'm seeing today is kids getting locked into the label and they're growing up. They've never used tools. They don't get a chance to work on cars. We have all kinds of need today for people that can do mechanical things like fixed elevators, build equipment for factories. I experienced that firsthand the elevator in the college that I work in is perpetually broken and there seems to be nobody in New York City that can fix it and you'd think New York City elevators. That would be a rough thing to believe. And we need those skills. We got water systems falling apart. Wires falling off electrical towers, you need these people that can fix things and design things. Engineering is not all mathematics. There's the visual thinking part of and then there is the mathematical part. And you need to have both. And my kind of minds get screened out because we can't do algebra. Oh, I know. I know. I was so heartened when I read that because my nephew, my 14 year old. Well, now he's 15. When he was 14 and 9th grade, he had just a terrible time with algebra, just an absolutely terrible time. And everybody's sort of been pulling their hair out. How do we get him to be more interested in math? And I'm going to give them a copy of your new book. Well, what we need to be doing is when a kid ends up with a label, you might have been extreme object visualizer like me or is another kid who's an extreme mathematician who does it in his head and the verbal people are forcing him to do step by step. It's not how they think. And then a lot of people are mixtures of different kinds of thinking. Yes, I love the test in your book. You're not going to find an extreme object visualized like me and an extreme mathematician at the same person. Well, I want to go back in history just a little bit before we talk about your book. Your full name is Mary temple grandin. When did you begin to use temple as your first name? Use temple ever since I was a child. And for years, nobody knew my first name was Mary. It was only on my passport. And then TSA forced me to put it on my plane tickets. By the time you were three months old, you've written about how you began to stiffen in your mother's arms and she realized you didn't want to be cuddled and you've written that as you got older, you began to chew a puzzles and spit the cardboard mush out on the floor, you developed a violent temper, screamed continually. And by the time you were three, you weren't speaking at all and your mom took you to the world's leading special needs researchers at the Boston children's hospital. What did the doctors think at the time? Well, you got to remember, this is 1949. I was born in 1947, and she actually took me to a top neurologist who immediately looked at me to make sure it had never epilepsy and he made sure I wasn't deaf, referred me to a little speech therapy school at two teachers taught out of the basement of their house. There was some down syndrome kids in that. And they just said, well, this teacher is just really good at working with these kids. And I can remember some of those speech therapy lessons and it's very similar to the things that they were doing now. Always encouraged me to use my words slowing down because when people talked fast, it sounds like gibberish. There was also a lot of emphasis on turn taking, learning how to wait and take turns. Really, really important. And then by four, I was verbal. And by 5, I was mainstreamed in a normal kindergarten in a small school. Didn't doctors originally think that you should be institutionalized? Well, actually, yeah, that was kind of what was done with kids that had my problems in the 50s. See the thing is now what's known as what kids with autism, very severe when they're very young. And you don't know how they're going to come out. You've got to work with them and do your early intervention. In the glorious HBO movie about your life, your mother is portrayed as your fiercest advocate. Someone who never stopped fighting for you. As you were growing up, did you feel her belief in you? Well, she always covers me. I was good at art. And she always encouraged my ability in art and of course art step basis of my design work. And I would just draw the same horse head over and over again. And she would say, let's draw the whole horse so draw the stable. She'd take my art ability to expand it. She suggested using other media like watercolors or poster paints and Han souls and draw different things. I actually got given a book on perspective drawing. I also very early on was learning to shop, learning table manners.
The Atlas Obscura Podcast
"temple" Discussed on The Atlas Obscura Podcast
"These are amazing like floats, basically, like these chariots are multi story and beautiful and there's so many people here. This is incredible. These videos are from the 2015 and 2021 ratio. For 9 days over the summer, more than a million people come to Prairie for this festival to celebrate lord Jurgen ox journey. And as you look at that video, the vibe of this thing is just so different from what people described, right? Yeah. It's a jam. It's like people are there for. Totally. It is spectacular. The story behind it is also just really delightful. Apparently these giant chariots are taking lord juggernaut and his siblings to his aunt's summer house, AKA a different temple, a mile and a half up the road. And after a week of family togetherness, they had back home where jagan's wife had actually been waiting at home this entire time. So upon coming back, his wife gets very mad at him for having left heart. And then there's a huge story of how he has to make sure that she's placated after then she can enter the temple and things like that. So okay, there are some hurt marital feelings to manage. But so far, you know, this story of a family visit and making up with an angry spouse. This is pretty far from the missionary version of this story. Ujjayi actually told me one little detail which was that apparently in the story jagged up presents his wife with candy as sort of a kiss and makeup type of situation. Like there's nothing but kind of like gentle delight here. In this whole thing is feeling extraordinarily nonthreatening. It is, and the thing is ujjain told us that Hindus offer an interpret jaganath as sort of a young version of the God Krishna, who's the God of protection and love. Compassionate, embattled, borders on cute, but sometimes not, because he does a lot of things that he should not do for his child's age. Okay, so we have like two really conflicting versions of juggernaut now. Like on one hand I do. Yeah, so there's Buchanan's version, which is there's this valley of death of bones and blood and in it is the temple of juggernaut. And people throw themselves under the crushing wheels of a chariot. And on the other hand, the evidence seems to point to a festival celebrating a mischievous God, the kind of like younger version of Krishna, who is going on a family vacation to their on summer home. I feel like that is a strikingly different vibe for what a juggernaut is. But you can imagine which version of this story, Christian readers back in America and Britain latched on to. Yeah. His book sort of in today's terms went viral. Everybody started reading his book and saying, oh, how Buchanan is great, this is the worst thing that has ever happened. We somehow think that we have advanced and we, of course, have, but some of the things are so similar, this is like exactly what still happens. I feel like we still live in this world. And so as Buchanan stories spread the real jug on off the temple and dragging out the God, we're left behind. And in their place, was Buchanan's juggernaut. This huge unstoppable menacing force. As soon as the European audience starts using the word to address anxieties and problems of their society, that's when the world gets in view in a meaning that in a way that it can not be divested on. And so this word juggernaut starts showing up all over in British and American culture. There was this 1830s political cartoon that referred to alcoholism as the gin juggernaut. Anti communists called communism the red juggernaut. And the irony of all of this is that basically the word juggernaut became its own unstoppable force. Juggernaut became a juggernaut. So what about ujan does he still use the word juggernaut? Oh, no, no, no. No. So many words have this piece of violence that we are not aware of. And somehow I can not look part of that violence. I just don't use that at all. Yeah, I mean, he used to use the word a lot when talking about sports. For example, if somebody is playing the little golden winning along, I would just stop by something said, so they are really good. Really good doesn't really roll off the tongue quite like juggernaut. And I mean, that's the thing about juggernaut is that it is like a really useful word, but I get where uj is coming from. It doesn't quite feel right. Totally. And I mean, it's an interesting that I went from being kind of an evil unstoppable force to being just more generally. And unstoppable force. Yeah. And look, I'm not out here trying to tell people whether or not to use a certain word because I think sometimes the word juggernaut even has kind of a positive connotation, you know? In our field, I've heard people refer to really good producers as juggernauts, for example. So I just think this comes up in the English language, all the time with words that have either a complicated or sometimes just a flat out racist origin story, but they're also just so disconnected from that past. So I don't know, is there anything intrinsically wrong with the word itself? Or can we find another way to use it? Yeah, it's such an interesting question. I mean, you do, you do want a word that means what drug or not means 'cause it's a useful concept, but I also feel like you could as we talked about and you learned about the real history it feels like it would also be amazing to have a word that was like an unstoppable force of empathy or love. Like that feels like a useful word that we don't have. And I also think it's a real place it's a real temple, and it sounds incredible. And so it's also nice to retie the word to its root location, the festival sounds amazing. So I'm in a way another kind of for me like new use of the word is just to refer to the place itself. Yeah, I mean, maybe that's enough. Yeah. What an amazing surprising story, and people could still go visit this temple. Is that a thing that non devotees can do in a respectful way? So if you are not Hindu, you're actually not allowed inside chaga temple itself. But you can watch throughout the actra, which takes place outside in the streets free for anyone to view. And of course, the beaches at puri are beautiful year round. Yes,.
The Atlas Obscura Podcast
"temple" Discussed on The Atlas Obscura Podcast
"Listen to your favorite podcasts. It's 2014 and deep in the national library of India and Kolkata. There's this philosophy grad student who's just toiling away at his dissertation. His name is ujang kosh and it's there in the national library that it comes across this book. It was called an apology for promoting Christianity in India by Claudia's Buchanan. Except Claudia's Buchanan wasn't actually apologizing for promoting Christianity. He was defending it. Buchanan was a missionary stationed in eastern India in the early 1800s, which is right after the British took control of the region. This really devout outspoken man. He's never one to back down from a fight. And so, as udon's reading this book, he notices Buchanan just keeps using this one word over and over again. Juggernaut. And ujjain knows this word, but the checker not Buchanan is talking about is not a cartoon villain or like a powerful destructive force. It's a place. A place that ujan knows really well, 'cause it's a famous temple in puri, a coastal town in Northeast India, and peri is a really popular vacation spot. Ujjayi is to go there with this family. It's extremely beautiful. It's a very, very small town. It's like if I don't be perfect American example would be some place like Florida. It's a vacation town. It's like a resort. Yeah. It's a nice town, and people usually come there for one of two reasons. And the first is exactly that. It's a nice beach town. The other reason is to visit this temple. That's just on the edge of town. It's massive. It's almost a thousand years old. And it just like strikingly beautiful. Dylan, there are over a hundred different shrines surrounded by a wall two stories tall. It's like a whole temple complex. And its name is chaga nath temple. This sounds amazing. This sounds incredible. What's the story behind it? What's the story of the temple? Well, so it's named after the Hindu God jaganath. Chaga nuth lives inside the temple along with his brother and sister. And chaga means world or cosmos and not means lord. So jaga nath is basically the lord of the universe. I mean, I have to say, that's pretty boss. It really is. And so, as ujjain sat there in the library, he realized that this missionary Buchanan had just anglicized the name of the temple. He had turned jaga nath into juggernaut. So that's when I realized that these things are connected, but the juggernaut temple that Buchanan was describing was just nothing like the temple ujjain had visited as a kid. Instead of a temple in this beautiful coastal town, Buchanan was describing the area basically as a valley of death. He said the ground was littered with corpses for miles, described dogs and vultures, eating the flesh of bodies. And he said that juggernaut was, quote, a fountain of vice and misery. It makes me think about early travel texts where there was things that were real, but then they were like mixed in with these completely crazy. And then everyone's a cannibal. You know, it's like this kind of stuff where, you know, really kind of exploitive and the most titillating ideas are like put front and center. Definitely. And in Buchanan's telling the bloodiest of all, was the annual chariot festival or rothera. Buchanan wrote that there were just frenzied devotees to juggernaut who would throw themselves under the wheels of these massive wooden chariots and be crushed to death. And it's in this image. This unstoppable machine like chariot, crushing everything in its path that you see echoes of the word that we use today. Juggernaut. Now, on the one hand, it is entirely possible that some people died. This probably had been accidents in the past, which does not seem very unlikely to me because an accident or two can happen. Unfortunately, huge gatherings, this does happen sometimes. I mean, we saw this just recently with the ASTRO world concert in Houston when the crowd just surged and ten people were killed. But these kinds of deaths are tragedies. And as ujan says, they're also accidents. But Buchanan was going so far as to say that the death of juggernaut is not only widespread. It's not an accident. Yeah, which is two very different things. In a way, though it's not that surprising, because you see this a lot in early and colonial texts, but one question is why did Buchanan get focused on this particular temple or this particular ceremony? Okay, so this is a little complicated, but as usual, things come down to money, complications. So at the time, jaganath temple was controlled by the British. You know, the colonized the region. Via the East India trading company. And they were just making tons of money on this thing because they would charge pilgrims attacks to enter jagannath temple. So they were essentially profiting off of what Buchanan would say was the worship of false idols. Right. So the East India trading company is making money hand over fist, but it's also like propping up this non Christian enterprise. Exactly. And Buchanan hated that and wanted that to stop. So he trashes the temples reputation. So he obviously, he has like a real in this book. He's got a pretty clear agenda he's after. His fair to say. And I mean, eventually the British press, even acknowledged that Buchanan was lying. By the 1870s, they admitted that any of the deaths that had happened at the rota were probably just accidents. There was one article that even straight up said that earlier accounts of the festival, like you canons accounts were, quote, quite imaginary. Strong journalistic integrity for the 1870s. 1870 colonialists. Yeah, exactly. It's sort of nice to see it. And I mean, you can almost hear it in the language you're describing because like a valley of death like soaked in blood with crushed bones and a giant cherry. It's so mythical. It's so incredible. Yeah, exactly. I mean, the irony is actually is that that kind of language feels like something from like a comic book. Right. So we can't go back 200 years ago. But the chariot festival that Buchanan was all up in arms about the rothe Yara. That still happens every year. And it seems kind of incredible. So Dylan, let me just send you lose YouTube clips, look at the 45 second mark. Let's see.
The Atlas Obscura Podcast
"temple" Discussed on The Atlas Obscura Podcast
"Everybody, it's Dylan. On today's episode, we are going to be exploring the story of a place, which is pretty much what we do on every episode. But today we're also talking about how this place is connected to a word. And joining me in collaboration on this story is Johanna Mayer who's gonna help tell this story. Hi, Johanna. Hi, Dylan. So our listeners may know you as a producer here on Atlas obscura, but you also make another incredible show called science diction from the public radio show science Friday, right? Yes. So science fiction is a show about language and a little bit of science and some history in there. And the dealers that every episode we look at one particular word or phrase and tell you a little bit of the story behind it. So in this episode, today, we're going to join forces and look at a temple in India, which gave us a word that we use all the time. Yeah, and there is quite a story behind this one word and this one place. So let's begin. Captain crunch, front of the TV, 8 a.m. or whatever time, and yeah, that was just like my ritual every morning. This is Chris Augusta. He's my colleague here at science fiction, and he's talking about Saturday morning cartoons. I would not miss it, and I would just like for two or three hours just be in bliss. And his favorite show. Oh, it was definitely X-Men. And there was one bad guy that Chris still remembers. Juggernaut. Juggernaut was just this huge, unstoppable villain. Just pure force. He is indestructible. He has superhuman strength, probably like real comic book nerds would probably school me on the lore, but he's like, I think the strongest mutant, and he just comes and nothing can stop him. There is one scene where he throws a tank at Wolverine and he just says, thank you very much. I was just like, I ate it up as a kid. Juggernaut was also my favorite childhood villain. He's not even that like, I don't know other villains are like more powerful, they can fly and shoot beams but there was something about the idea of this just giant unstoppable guy. Yeah, and that's literally the definition of a juggernaut. This huge unstoppable force. When I hear the word juggernaut, honestly, I think of that cartoon character, but it's a word we use all the time in different contexts. Like if a sports team, like a basketball team is destroying the playoffs. They're an absolute juggernaut. You know, if a politician is way ahead, they're an unstoppable juggernaut. But when you find out.
Blue Lotus Buddhist Temple Podcast
"temple" Discussed on Blue Lotus Buddhist Temple Podcast
"Biggert fulfill yourself breath in mindfully but he thought mindfully. Let's focus on for few moments. Let's start allowing trendiest thoughts. Let's this loving kindness mutation failure yourself as your best friend. Best friend of yourself. That's why you all came to this temple as a best friend you are want to take yourself mentally and physically.
Blue Lotus Buddhist Temple Podcast
"temple" Discussed on Blue Lotus Buddhist Temple Podcast
"Gently close to ice a few deep long brits and relax johal body in this evening you all came to the temple and sitting in front of the buddha. The all going to spin some beautiful time with yourself. You're going to do it up. Lobbying thoughts of iago into focus on now breath be happy. You add the temple. And.
JOHN16AND12.COM
"temple" Discussed on JOHN16AND12.COM
"Swim team to to the temple and there was some people that was not running off the money. They were not there for four to earn money. They were there because they thought that was a temple. A house of god. The thought that and in that way jesus touched them and they become he'll and that means they got the knowledge. They got the lights they are. They understood. They understood what have going on in that temple. You need to to meditate on this. This is so important for your life to not be killed to live forever. it's is very symbolic and spirit in this part of Of the bible one jesus going ameri at at what was going on in in the temple and that what i find out on my way walking around and try to find somewhere where i can fit in and i was only denied and was hated than was on the no-one welcome in may in septic me is In the mormon church. I i was walking in by myself. I was not taken in from. And the person i working there. Because i heard from god's kingdom that i should go into that church and i have just done my dna result and what not come into the church. They told me that they have the biggest give about on sisters family tree. That was one of the main thing in the church to do their family tree. So i have to to be a member of that church only four to get free access to other database a battles so that i needed to go in go to utah to to be to be invited to come to the church office and talk to those people that was highest highest up in in the mormon church and i.
JOHN16AND12.COM
"temple" Discussed on JOHN16AND12.COM
"Assured ch i know with now because i find the The church name in the bible and it is. I am not good in the bible. So i can't say exactly where it is but you know that part in the bible that this when jesus is coming into the temple temple eight said the the most most holy places that should be only for god and nothing else a should not be anything from the world inside a temple and he coming into the temple and diaries selling things. It's may be livestocks inside temple and they are selling. It's about money money money in the temple golf these not money money money money at tell i tell it so often when i've read about people say a prayer for you that you should get mammon you today. You got proverty like this. I say god is not money. Goddess had never been about money he created and he. He'll but he's not about money. And that's why jesus gave away the money. He did them hold the money for himself. He jesus gave the money to view thus the he that betray jesus and jesus he knew this man is going to betray me but i give him all our money to him to hold them and you'll does was greedy about money. That's why he betrayed. Jesus because he loves money so he was not of god because he liked the money so everyone talking about money in that way that money is glorified in their preaching in speaking to you they are not from god so you know that they are not from god. God is not about money and so it was case of speed so angry in that temple and he sweep away all our gods all their money. Everything is and screaming. This is this should be how the of god is going to be a prayer of healing church in that temple. They see. this is not god's temp of this place that you think about money. Money will come if you do the right thing when you do everything. In god's swim.