Scripture reading for October 27, 2012
Torah: Genesis 12:1 — 17:27, “Lech Lecha” (God forth, yourself! …) Haftorah: Isaiah 40:27 — 41:16 New Testament: Romans 4:1 — 25 Gospel: John 8:31 — 41 “Eeem ta’amdu” (If you abide …)
Martin Luther Revisited
By SHELLEY NEESE, JPOST— At 34 years of age, the Martin Luther of 1517 was a little known Augustinian monk plagued by thoughts of his own sins and failings. Luther, in his own words, suffered from an “extremely disturbed conscience.” When his private meditations on the scriptures revealed to him that righteousness was a gift…