Mass child sacrifices in 15th-century Mexico were a desperate attempt to appease rain god and end devastating drought
The sacrifice of at least 42 children in Tenochtitlán, now Mexico City, was an effort to calm the anger of the Aztec rain god ...
Cleveland Jewish News1d
Finding Hineini moments
Abraham’s journey in parsha Vayera presents a profound tension: the clash between the desire to do what is right, and the ...
Cass County Star Gazette1d
Focus on Faith – The mark of Cain, God’s hand of mercy
The Cain and Abel story is one of the most well-known stories in the Bible. Maybe because it’s one of the first, or maybe ...
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The Value of Questions
The Bible does not explain why the brothers decided to offer God a sacrifice, why each chose what he did, what Cain said to Abel, why he became angry, why he killed Abel, how he knew God rejected his ...
Ironton Tribune5d
‘Neither shall they learn war anymore’
Abel was a shepherd so he picked a spotless, young lamb from his flock and brought it to God. Cain was a farmer by trade. He brought some vegetables from the ground as his sacrifice. The Lord accepted ...