History shows that staying true to who you are can come with a heavy price. When we observe the hardships faced by Copts in Egypt, we can see many similarities to the history of the Jewish people.Both groups share a similar story:They belong to the land: Both are ancient groups of people who lived inContinue reading “Ancient Roots, Modern Trials: Copts, Jews, and Faith Under Fire”
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The Myth of the Mutating God
Introduction For centuries, a pervasive misconception has haunted both the pews of Western Christianity and the oriental sanctuaries of Eastern Orthodoxy: the idea that G-d underwent a major personality change between the book of Malachi and the Gospel of Matthew. In the popular Christian imagination, the G-d of the Old Testament is often reduced toContinue reading “The Myth of the Mutating God”