“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
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Let Us Pay What We Owe
“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
“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
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The business of religion
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Yet One More Plague
“One of the oldest and most persistent of our human failings is our stubborn refusal to learn from experience.” Rabbi Olan’s sermon “Yet One More Plague,” delivered on February 9, 1964, begins with a dramatic …
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Can God Really Help?
“All man really wants to hear from God is: ‘I am.'” On February 2, 1964 Rabbi Olan returned to some familiar themes found in many of his radio sermons: the existence of God, the nature …
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God just is
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What Should Dallas Do Now?
“The people want desperately to forget the tragedy and go on with the business of living as though nothing had happened here.” On January 19, 1964, Rabbi Olan posed a question to the citizens of …
Rabbi Levi A. Olan: The Conscience of the City 