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Christians are taught to turn the other cheek, to forgive. The eye-for-an-eye formula of the Old Testament does not rule out mercy and forgiveness, which are highly valued in Jewish teaching as well. But in Judaism, there are two conditions for repentance: one must go in genuine contrition to the person sinned against, and one must do one's best to compensate for the wrong done. But how can a Nazi, say, compensate a Jew for exterminating his entire family? In that sense, some crimes simply cannot be forgiven...
...testament to Gorbachev's brilliance as a politician that he could preside over four years of failure in agriculture and still come out smelling like a rose. He has the confidence of the Soviet bureaucracy because they believe he is a true believer. He isn't going to change the system. He is going to try to make it work better...
Today in Eisenach, a benevolent bewigged stone figure beams down from a pedestal, quill in hand and manuscript paper at the ready; beyond it, high on a hill in the distance, sits the Wartburg Castle, where Luther, in disguise, completed his translation of the New Testament while hiding out from Catholic wrath and Wagner set his opera Tannhauser. In Leipzig, a sterner Bach is memorialized outside the Thomaskirche by both a full-length statue and, not far from the church, a bust dedicated by Felix Mendelssohn. Genius pays homage to even greater genius: it was the romantic Mendelssohn, a Christianized...
...Grant played a hell of a game." Cleary said. "We've been to the playoffs every year he's been here. That's testament to what kind of goaltender...
...group is actually called Stryper, a name inspired by the biblical assurance that "with His stripes we are healed" (Isaiah 53: 5). Instead of throwing drumsticks into the audience, these metal missionaries toss out about 500 imitation-leather copies of the New Testament. "We are rock-'n'-roll evangelists," says Drummer Robert Sweet, 24. "Stryper is a modern-day John the Baptist crying in the world of rock for those who don't have the life of Christ to turn on the light switch. Our message...