Warning! 
When the disciples were marveling about the temple Jesus took that moment to warn them. It would soon be destroyed.  Are we like them?  Do we think our nation -economy-culture-education-family is too great to fail? His warnings to them are relevant for us today.  In particular we examine the dangers of deception and how we can prevent falling prey to self deception and being led astray by others.

Readings: Twenty Third Sunday after Pentecost - Remembrance Sunday
Isaiah 65:17-25, 2 Thessalonians 3:6-13, Luke 21:5-19

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Warning!

Warning! | Rev. David Pileggi

Amos declared that the Day of the Lord would be terrifying. We’ve seen that Israel had turned from God to seek their own wealth, their own pleasure, and their own religion. Because they sought their own at the expense of those who were poor, the slaves, and the widows, God would bring His own justice upon Israel.
So what should we do? Instead of waiting for the day of the Lord, seek Him now. Seek good and not evil, establish justice. What is good and what is justice? First of all, they are actions. If you can’t find God in your world, show Him to your world. Seek good and not evil and the Lord God Almighty will be with you. Seek justice and righteousness and God may even have mercy on us.

Amos: The Lord Roars from Zion

Amos 5: Seek good and not evil

Amos Chapter 5: The Burden of the Lord | Aaron Eime

When God first spoke to Benjamin, he was reading the newspaper. That was just the start of a wild journey that led two Orthodox brothers from the Bronx to a new life, a new homeland, a new lord and - above all - to each other. 

Growing up, Benjamin and Reuven Berger never imagined they'd be roommates well into their seventies. Nor did they imagine their lives would unfold as brothers in faith. But from their majestic home in the serene village of Ein Kerem, they reflect on an unusual, almost biblical, path that led them far apart and then back together. 

In the prologue, Mishy Harman tries to understand why - if an alien landed in Israel today - it would probably think that the word "achi" is a form of Hebrew punctuation. 

Act I, "The Berger Bros," is a tale of two brothers who are brothers in more than just one way. Joel Shupack brings us the story of Benjamin and Reuven Berger, the Bronx-born sons of European Jews who escaped the Nazis. Tumultuous years of doubts, revelations and risks led them from a muddy copy of "Peyton Place" all the way to Jerusalem's small community of Messianic Jews.  

Ari Jacob composed and performed the original music in "The Berger Bros." Additional music by Blue Dot Sessions. Thanks to Dina Kraft for editorial help. Adam Milliner mixed the episode. The end song, November, is by Shaanan Streett, and features Selva de Mar. It was written in memory of Shaanan's sister, Tova.

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Episode 48: "Achi"

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Amos Chapter 5: The Burden of the Lord | Aaron Eime

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