Practical application of Pentecostal theology in politics, economy and social issues
Rabbi Dr. Juan Marcos Bejarano-Gutierrez is a rabbi, scholar, and electrical engineer who has been a board member of the Society for Crypto-Jewish Studies and is currently director of the B’nei Anusim Center for Education. R. Dr. Bejarano-Gut…
April 27
399
BCE: Socrates drank hemlock as he carried out the death penalty that had been
imposed on him by the government. For centuries to come some Jews would study
Socrates and other Greeks, in many cases trying to find a harmony between Ju…
By Roscoe Barnes IIIMayor Dan M. Gibson, right, recognizes Bobby Dennis for his work on African American history in Natchez. They are joined by Alderwoman Valencia Hall. NATCHEZ, Miss. — I was happy to see the Award of Merit news highlighte…
January 29 904: Sergius III began his papacy during which Jews first began settling at Mayence, Germany in 906. 1258: “The Mongols under Chinese general Guo Kan laid siege to” Baghdad today as part of a successful invasion Persia which led to the aboli…
Paul Hattaway, Henan: Inside the Greatest Christian Revival in History (United Kingdom: Piquant Editions/Asia Harvest 2021), 364 pages, ISBN 9781909281783. Henan is book number five in Paul Hattaway’s series “The China Chronicles.” This series focuses on true accounts of Christianity in China; it is thus a work of history. The author points out that this book […]
January 1 630: Prophet Muhammad sets out toward Mecca with the army that will capture it bloodlessly. At first Mohammed “had hoped to find is main supporters among the Jewish tribes” of Arabia. This can be seen in his early adoption o…
December 28 1235: A ritual murder massacre at Fulda resulted in the death of 32 Jews. The Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire established an investigation at Hagenau (located in modern Alsac) to confirm or disprove the charges. After hearing various exper…
December 25 0337(14th of Tevet, 4098): Earliest possible date on which Christmas was reported to have been celebrated on December 25th. 496: Baptism of Clovis I, the Frankish ruler who united all the tribes of Gaul (France) under one ruler. His …
December 24 1166: King Henry II of England and Duchess Eleanor of Aquitaine gave birth King John of England, the brother of Richard the Lionheart whom he followed to the throne in 1199 and who was such a rapacious monarch that the English nobles banned…
December 23962: Byzantine troops led by Nicephorus Phocas defeated Moslem forces and seized Aleppo. This temporary turn of events could not have been good for the Jews who had been living there since Biblical times because it was the Moslem conqu…
December 22 69: Emperor Vitellius is captured and murdered by the Gemonian stairs in Rome. 244: Birthdate of Diocletian, the Roman Emperor who ordered all of his subjects to accept his divinity and offer sacrifices to him. He exempted the Jews from th…
This essay examines a theologically unpopular and neglected topic: the wrath of God. It suggests how the mercy of God flowers once the wrath…