Showing posts with label religious history. Show all posts
Showing posts with label religious history. Show all posts
Monday, December 25, 2023

Scriptures of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

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“ We believe the Bible to be the word of God as far as it is translated correctly ; we also believe the Book of Mormon to be the word of God...
Monday, June 19, 2023

The unknown story behind the King James Version of the Bible

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“If God spare my life, ere many years I will cause a boy that driveth the plough, shall know more of the Scripture than thou dost!” – Willia...
Tuesday, June 8, 2021

A review of “The Life of Muhammad”

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“ Muḥammad is the Messenger of Allah . And those with him are firm with the disbelievers and compassionate with one another.” – English tran...
Wednesday, May 12, 2021

A review of “Islam: Empire of Faith” (PBS Empires)

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“ ˹He is˺ Allah! There is no god ˹worthy of worship˺ except Him , the Lord of the Mighty Throne.” – English translation of  The Quran, Surah...
Thursday, May 21, 2020

A review of “Jerusalem: Center of the World” (PBS)

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“Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city : for henceforth there shall no more...
Saturday, February 15, 2020

A review of David Grubin's “The Buddha: The Story of Siddhartha” (PBS)

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For practicing Buddhists, Siddhartha Gautama was just the first Buddha … At the time I write this, I have watched eight other films by ...
Tuesday, October 8, 2019

A review of Simon Schama's “The Story of the Jews”

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“For thou art an holy people unto the L ORD thy God: the L ORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all ...
Tuesday, December 25, 2018

A review of “Ancient Roads from Christ to Constantine”

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“And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.” - The New Testament, “The Acts of the Apostles,” Chapter 11, Verse 26 (as ...
Saturday, November 10, 2018

A review of PBS Empires “Martin Luther”

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"Here I stand; I cannot do otherwise . God help me. Amen!" - Martin Luther's "Speech at the Diet of Worms" (1521...
Saturday, July 21, 2018

A review of “Kingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites” (PBS Empires)

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“And David perceived that the L ORD had confirmed him king over Israel , for his kingdom was lifted up on high, because of his people Isr...
Thursday, June 1, 2017

A review of David Starkey's “The Six Wives of Henry VIII”

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Warning: This post contains some mature themes in it. Although I have tried to discuss them tastefully, there's no way to take them ou...