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Rabbi Levi A. Olan: The Conscience of the City

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  • Building God’s Houses

    Posted by allerona97 on November 18, 2022

    “This preacher stands in one of the most beautiful of Sanctuaries in a city where twenty percent of the houses of the poor have been officially condemned as unfit for human habitation. How can any …

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  • People Who See God

    Posted by conscienceofthecity on November 7, 2022October 30, 2022

    “Is it possible in this day of reason and science for anyone to say that he [sic] saw God?” In his March 2, 1969 radio sermon, Rabbi Levi Olan taught that seeing is more than …

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  • The simple fact

    “The simple fact is that no man [sic] can really avoid God.”

    – Rabbi Levi A. Olan. From “People Who See God,” broadcast March 2, 1969.

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  • The Sin of Hypocrisy

    Posted by allerona97 on November 3, 2022November 3, 2022

    “We suffer terribly from Sunday words and Monday actions.”  In this sermon, delivered on February 23, 1969, Rabbi Olan identifies the Ten Commandments as principles “binding at all times and in all places.”  He distinguishes …

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  • Grow Old and Enjoy It

    Posted by allerona97 on October 31, 2022October 30, 2022

    “If we prepare ourselves with enduring things like nature, art, friends, and love for people, we will grow old gracefully.” In this sermon, delivered on February 16, 1969, Rabbi Olan meditates on what we need …

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  • Fear–The Blessing and the Curse

    Posted by allerona97 on October 27, 2022October 25, 2022

    “A fearless man [sic] is either a fool or crazy and had better be locked up for his own safety. Let us be grateful that we can still be afraid. It will help us survive.” …

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  • We Need to the Heard

    Posted by conscienceofthecity on October 24, 2022

    “Much of the anxiety which characterizes our lives today derives from the fact that we have nobody to listen to us, to hear us. We speak but are not heard.” If you read this short …

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  • Some Ingredients of Religious Faith

    Posted by allerona97 on October 3, 2022

    “…No one communion possesses the full understanding of the nature of God.  The differences are beneficial for they enlarge our view and give us a richer comprehension of God.” In this sermon, delivered on January …

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  • No Messiah, Please

    Posted by conscienceofthecity on September 26, 2022September 25, 2022

    “The days in which we live lend themselves to the appearance of a Messiah.” Rabbi Olan’s sermon “No Messiah, Please,” aired on WFAA and KRLD on January 19, 1969, just one day before the inauguration …

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  • Holding Fast to Our Traditions

    Posted by allerona97 on September 19, 2022September 18, 2022

    “The pattern of life is woven over the loom of time.  Its beauty depends upon the harmonization of the past and the future into a living present.” The theme of this sermon, delivered on January …

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