Flashback Friday: Softly And Tenderly

 

Beautiful rendition of a classic hymn sung by three angelic voices.

Softly And Tenderly

Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt

(1987)

Friday Focus: "I Was Only Following Orders"

 

This morning I watched the movie, "The Man Who Captured Eichmann"
a 1996 film which recounts the capture of the notorious Adolf Eichmann,
a high-ranking Nazi officer and member of the Schultzstaffel, (SS).

The Man Who Captured Eichmann

(1996)

Eichmann was considered one of the premier architects of the Holocaust.

After the war, he escaped from justice and was living under an assumed
 name in Buenos Aires, Argentina. However, after being recognized
 by a survivor of a concentration camp, he was tracked down by the
 Israeli Mossad, captured, and taken back to Israel to stand trial
 for crimes against humanity, crimes against the Jewish people,
 and for his membership in a criminal organization. 

He was convicted on all charges and later executed by hanging in 1962.

Eichmann's excuse for his crimes: "I was only following orders."

It makes me wonder whether the captured Hamas terrorists will plead the same
  disgusting excuse for the horrific October 7th massacre of Israeli citizens and others.

Will some of them now realize that they have been left to swing in the wind by 
 their masters- primarily Yaha Sinwar- and will risk cooperating with Israel in
 order to bring him and the other murderous cowards which make up the Hamas
hierarchy to a swift and certain justice?  It remains to be seen.

Breaking From Israel

Messianic Rabbi Zev Porat

messiah ofisrael

(December 15, 2023)

The Bearded Bible Brothers: War In Israel Update /Chaim Malespin Interview

"And Moses built an altar and called the name of it, "The Lord is my Banner";
And he said, Because theirs is a hand against the throne of the Lord, the Lord
will have war with Amalek from generation to generation."
(Exodus 17:15-16)

Image courtesy/Jesus Plus Nothing

Joshua and Caleb provide an update on the war in Israel through
an interview with Chaim Malespin of the Aliyah Return Center.

War In Israel Update/ Chaim Malespin Interview

The Bearded Bible Brothers/Our Jewish Roots

(December 14, 2023)

Please pray for the Israeli Defense Force to triumph against the enemies of God!

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem and for the salvation of Israel.

Maranatha!

Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring

 

"He will swallow up death in victory;  He will abolish death forever.
And the Lord God will wipe away tears from all faces; and the
reproach of His people He will take away from off the earth;
for the Lord has spoken it."
(Isaiah 25:8)

Kissing The Face Of God

Mary And Baby Jesus

Morgan Weistling

American artist

Jesu, joy of man's desiring

Holy wisdom, love most bright;

Drawn by Thee, our souls aspiring

Soar to uncreated light.

Word of God, our flesh that fashioned,

With the fire of life impassioned,

Striving still to truth unknown,

Soaring, dying round Thy throne.

Through the way where hope is guiding,

Hark, what peaceful music rings;

Where the flock in Thee confiding,

Drink of joy from deathless springs.

Theirs is beauty's fairest pleasure;

Theirs is wisdom's holiest treasure.

Thou dost ever lead Thine own

In the love of joys unknown.

"Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring"
(1661)
Martin Janus
(1620-1682)
German Protestant Minister,
church musician, hymnwriter, 
teacher and editor

Song lyrics translated from German by
Robert Seymour Bridges
(1844-1930)
 English lyricist and playwright
Poet Laureate of Great Britain
(1913)

Song lyrics composed by
Johann Schop
(1590-1664)
German violinist and composer
A musician of the Royal Danish court, Copenhagen
and leader of Ratsmusick (municipal musicians)
in Hamburg, Germany

Music arrangement by
Johann Sabastian Bach
(1685-1750)
German composer and musician
for the chorus closing his Cantata 147
(1723)

Wednesday's Word: Israel My Glory

 

"I bring near My righteousness in the deliverance of Israel,
it will not be far off; and My salvation shall not tarry. And
I will put salvation in Zion, for Israel My glory, yes, give
salvation in Zion and My glory to Israel."
(Isaiah 46:13)

Mount Of Olives  Jerusalem, Israel

Image courtesy/BiblePlaces.com

"Brethren, with all my heart's desire and goodwill for Israel,
I long and pray to God that they may be saved.  I bear witness
that they have a certain zeal and enthusiasm for God, but it is
 not enlightened and according to correct and vital knowledge.

For being ignorant of the righteousness that God ascribes,
which makes one acceptable to Him in word, thought, and deed,
and seeking to establish a righteousness, a means of salvation of their
own, they did not obey or submit themselves to God's righteousness.

For Christ is the end of the Law, the limit at which it ceases to be,
for the Law leads up to Him Who is the fulfillment of its types,
and in Him the purpose which it was designed to accomplish
was fulfilled.  That is, the purpose of the Law is fulfilled in Him,
as the means of righteousness, right relationship to God,  for
  everyone who trusts in and adheres to and relies on Him."

Because if you acknowledge and confess with your lips that
Jesus is Lord and in your heart believe that God raised Him
from the dead, you will be saved.  For with the heart a
person believes and relies on Christ and so is justified,
declared righteous and acceptable to God, and with
the mouth confesses, declares openly and speaks out
freely his faith and confirms his salvation.

The Scriptures says, No man who believes and trusts in Him
with ever be disappointed. No one, for there is no distinction
between Jew and Greek (Gentile).  The same Lord is the Lord
over all of us and He generously bestows His riches upon
all who call upon Him in faith.  For everyone who calls
upon the name of the Lord will be saved."
(Romans 10: 1-4, 9-13)

 Please pray for the peace of Jerusalem and for the salvation of Israel.

In Memory Of Maggie

 Backward, turn backward, O Time, in your flight,

Make me a child again just for tonight!

Three Little Girls
From the left: my sister, Shelly; my cousin Marguerite "Maggie"
in the center, and me on the right.

In loving memory of my cousin

 Marguerite "Maggie" Johnson Kane

(October 15, 1960-December 7, 2023)

May she rest in eternal peace.

Excerpt from the poem,

"Rock Me To Sleep"

(1859)

Elizabeth Akers Allen
(1832-1911)
American poet and journalist

A Song For Christmas

 Chant me a rhyme of Christmas-

Sing me a jovial song,-

And though it is filled with laughter

Let it be pure and strong.

Christmas Carolers

Image courtesy/Peakpx

Let it be clear and ringing

And though it mirthful be,

Let a low, sweet voice of pathos

Run through the melody.

Sing of the hearts brimmed over

With the story of the day-

Of the echo of childish voices

That will not die away-

Of the blare of the tasseled bugle

And the timeless chatter and beat

Of the drum that throbs to muster

Squadrons of scampering feet.

But O let your voice fall fainter

Till blent with a minor tone,

You temper your song with the beauty

Of the pity Christ hath shown.

And sing one verse for the voiceless;

And yet, ere the song be done,

A verse for the ears that hear not,

And a verse for the sightless one.

For though it be time for singing

A merry Christmas glee,

Let a low, sweet voice of pathos

Run through the melody.

"A Song For Christmas"
James Whitcomb Riley
(1849-1916)
American writer, poet,
and best-selling author
Known as the "Hoosier Poet
and the "Children's Poet"