Walking With God

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Walking is the most basic way humans have traveled throughout history. It is a way to exercise, relieve stress, connect with others, or simply get from place to place in urban environments like New York City. “Walking” is also the language…

God Walking With Us

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Imagine what it would be like going to Israel and discovering God walking in the Kotel. You might have a sense of wonder, and strangely, confidence as you see him teaching students and healing people who were once paralyzed. You see people praising…

Walking in Righteousness: How to Become a Tzaddik

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Can we become a tzaddik (a righteous person) by following the mitzvot of the Torah? It might seem so. The greatest rabbis of recent memory, such as Lord Jonathan Sacks and Adin Steinsaltz, have garnered wide acclaim for the profundity of their…

Do We Have Free Will?

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The topic of free will is one of the most significant questions in philosophy. It has been hotly debated among scholars and authors, but how one answers this question also practically influences how one lives. Do we really have any say whom…

Why is There So Much Evil in the World?

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The great Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky wrote that “a beast can never be so cruel as a man, so artistically cruel.” Whatever one's religious convictions, it would be difficult to deny that people are capable of unspeakable cruelty. There…

Suffering and the Existence of God

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As Ellis Goldstein watched the police car enter his driveway, he braced himself for the bad news. The officer handed Ellis the driver’s license of his seventeen-year-old daughter, Heather, regrettably informing him that she had just died in…

How Has the Bible Transformed the World?

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How did the world become the way it is today? Any serious answer to this question must acknowledge the tremendous influence the Bible has had on the world. Whatever you believe about the Bible's spiritual claims, the best-selling book in history…

If God is Good, Why Do I Suffer?

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“Why, O Lord, do you stand far away? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble? Arise, O Lord; O God, lift up your hand; forget not the afflicted” (Psalm 10:1, 12). Have you ever expressed similar questions and angst to heaven? Maybe…

Does Morality Point to God?

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One morning, I sat looking out my window and noticed something that I had never seen before. A spider had caught a large fly in its web and was slowly making its way to its prey. The fly violently tried to escape, shaking the web, but to no…

Is There Such a Thing as Absolute Truth?

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A famous fable tells of a group of blind men who encounter an elephant. One finds the tail and concludes that he found a whip. Another grasps a leg and says it's a tree. Yet another feels the side and thinks it's a wall. The blind men begin…