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just now (727+ words) Pope Leo XIV meets with young people in the square in front of the Maronite Patriarchate of Antioch in Bkerk, Beirut, Lebanon, Dec. 1, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.) BEIRUT " Pope Leo XIV closed his visit to Lebanon urging citizens not to be discouraged by the troubles they face, but to put political and religious differences a side and join forces in building a better future. Speaking in an open-air Mass Dec. 2 at Beirut's Waterfront Stadium, the pope said, "Everyone must do their part, and we must unite our efforts so that this land can return to its former glory." "Disarming our hearts is the only way to do this. Let us cast off the armor of our ethnic and political divisions, open our religious confessions to mutual encounter and reawaken in our hearts the dream of a united Lebanon," he said. Pope…...

10+ min ago (60+ words) Ask chat GPT to explain Daniel 11 ending at Antiochus 4, and it will do a great job. There are plenty of human written websites explaining this part of Dan 11 also. Now ask chat GPT to give a list of all rulers of Judea including Roman ones from 164 BC (the death of Antiochus 4) until 70 AD. Now......

18+ min ago (774+ words) Rabbi Ayala Deckel teaches classic Jewish texts beyond the confines of the traditional yeshivah At first, the idea of a secular yeshivah seems an oxymoron for the yeshivah is one of the defining institutions of contemporary Orthodoxy. But over the past 30 years new kinds of'programme'have been quietly sprouting in Israel to reunite'those'from outside the Orthodox world with classical Jewish texts. Ayala Deckel, who is coming to teach'at next month's Limmud Festival in Birmingham, is at the forefront of this educational movement as a former head of the secular yeshivah at Bina, an Israeli NGO. She is not just a teacher but a bridge-builder too who looks to transcend divisions'between "religious" and "non-religious" in Israel. "At school, they split the class when we reached fourth grade [final year of primary].'The boys learned Talmud [Gemara], we as girls learned Mishnah. And…...

21+ min ago (600+ words) How to stop fighting for control and experience the joy in seeing life with a more expansive lens. Abundance isn't about having more; it's about seeing more. It begins the moment you stop fighting for what was never yours and start trusting that what's meant for you will always find its way to you. It's the belief that opportunities expand, creativity replenishes, relationships deepen, and goodness multiplies because you trust in a loving God who is always creating new possibilities. Scarcity tells you there's not enough " not enough time, love, money, approval, opportunity. It whispers that you must grip tightly because everything is fragile and limited. Scarcity makes you feel tight, your thoughts narrow. You brace for loss. Living in that state, the world feels small and threatening. Abundance feels spacious. You breathe more easily. You notice possibilities you couldn't…...

25+ min ago (671+ words) From day school to charter school, summer trips to youth programs, the author discovered that being Jewish is as much about connection as tradition. This article was produced as part of'JTA's Teen Journalism Fellowship, a program that works with Jewish teens around the world to report on issues that affect their lives. "I don't know if I believe in God, but I think I like this Jewish thing." I was in elementary school when I said this to my mother, a rabbi. She responded with something that would forever stick with me: "You don't have to believe in God to be Jewish. For some people, Judaism is community." My sense of self has always been intertwined with Jewish community. As the son of a rabbi, who also attended a Jewish elementary school, my childhood was intrinsically connected with Judaism. However,…...

25+ min ago (159+ words) But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, "Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit." (Matthew 1:20) Bible verse of the day: Dec. 2, 2025 Published 4:00 am Tuesday, December 2, 2025 But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, "Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit." (Matthew 1:20) Give United kicks off campaign for Giving Tuesday BBB gives tips for donating wisely on Giving Tuesday Over 950 angels still need adopting before Saturday for Salvation Army Tylers Angel Tree program SPCA of East Texas pleads for donations,…...

31+ min ago (104+ words) Pastor Jack Hibbs claimed during a recent interview that rising antisemitism across the political spectrum is demonic in origin and evidence of the End Times. Hibbs, who pastors Calvary Chapel Chino Hills in Chino Hills, California, and adheres to a premillennial dispensationalist eschatology... Pastor Jack Hibbs claimed during a recent interview that rising antisemitism across the political spectrum is demonic in origin and evidence of the End Times. Hibbs, who pastors Calvary Chapel Chino Hills in Chino Hills, California, and adheres to a premillennial dispensationalist eschatology, also asserted that President Donald Trump's recent Gaza peace plan will fizzle to make way for the Antichrist....

32+ min ago (108+ words) Peace in Christ. Again, we do not find the living body of Christ in the man-based churches where the Lord of glory has been crucified among them (and being kept that way even now). No mortal flesh is being saved in the grave of the man-based churches. We must depart from them. They are not... Again, we do not find the living body of Christ in the man-based churches where the Lord of glory has been crucified among them (and being kept that way even now). No mortal flesh is being saved in the grave of the man-based churches. We must depart from them....

41+ min ago (802+ words) Pope Leo XIV'prayed Tuesday at the site of a deadly 2020 Beirut port explosion that has become a symbol of'Lebanon's dysfunction and official impunity'as he offered words of consolation to Lebanon's people on the final day of his first overseas trip. The emotional encounter took place next to the shell of the last grain silo standing at the site destroyed by the Aug. 4, 2020 blast and the piles of burned cars torched in its wake. The explosion did billions of dollars in damage as hundreds of tons of ammonium nitrate detonated in a warehouse. Five years on, these families are'still seeking justice. No official has been convicted in a judicial investigation that has been repeatedly obstructed, angering Lebanese for whom the blast was just the latest evidence of impunity after decades of corruption and financial crimes. "The visit clearly sends the message…...

41+ min ago (44+ words) Pope Leo ended his first overseas trip Tuesday with a Mass along the Beirut waterfront. Pope Leo holds final mass in Lebanon, ending maiden trip to the Middle East Pope Leo ended his first overseas trip Tuesday with a Mass along the Beirut waterfront....