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Life must have meaning

“Life must have meaning in a world where trouble and suffering are at least as real as joy and peace. To endure man must know that it is all more than a ‘Tale told by an idiot.’ “
– Rabbi Levi A. Olan. From “On Not Knowing What to Ask,” broadcast March 29, 1964.

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December 23, 2019
On Not Knowing What To Ask

Posted by conscienceofthecity on December 23, 2019

“Making and doing is important. But love and death, beauty and pain, ideals and despair are the stuff of our existence. Education which fails to open the mind to the meaning of human experience is …

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How Can We Believe in God in a World Like This – II

Posted by conscienceofthecity on December 16, 2019December 15, 2019

“God may be in His heaven, but all is not well on earth.” This sermon from April 5, 1964, is a reworking on a message originally broadcast by Rabbi Olan back on January 13, 1963 …

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Psychiatry and Religious Faith

Posted by conscienceofthecity on December 2, 2019December 3, 2019

“The Biblical faith teaches that man and God are co-workers in the business of living.” Is psychiatry a replacement for religion? During the 1960s reliance on the former was growing in popularity while the latter …

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An Attempt at Defining Religion

Posted by conscienceofthecity on November 25, 2019November 23, 2019

“The Biblical answer to man’s question – ‘why should I do good and not evil?’ – is that man is made in the image of God. God is holy, so is man.” Rabbi Olan’s March …

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Every act must be tested

“Every act must be tested for its morality by only one question – does it honor, or does it defile life?”
– Rabbi Levi A. Olan. From “An Attempt at Defining Religion,” broadcast March 1, 1964.

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November 25, 2019November 23, 2019
Let Us Pay What We Owe

Posted by conscienceofthecity on November 18, 2019November 15, 2019

“There is a story of a poor beggar who came to the home of a very rich man. He looked upon the lavish furniture, the gold and silver ornaments, the precious jewels and clothes of …

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On Praying to a Limited God

Posted by conscienceofthecity on November 11, 2019November 11, 2019

“If God can do anything and He loves all mankind, and He does not use His power to help His child, He is either not God or not good, as the poet McLeish told us …

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Men fail over and over again

“Men fail over and over again, but they must not resign themselves to failure. Sometime, somewhere, we break through and learn a lesson.“
– Rabbi Levi A. Olan. From “Yet One More Plague,” February 9, 1964.

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November 5, 2019November 3, 2019
The business of religion

“The business of religion, education, parents, society, in fact all of us, is to help man choose and follow the good tendency instead of the evil.“
– Rabbi Levi A. Olan. From “Yet One More Plague,” February 9, 1964.

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November 4, 2019November 3, 2019

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