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Holocaust Remembrance Day ( Yom HaShoah ) begins tonight at sundown, and it is vital to remember the countless tales of heroism of that dark era.  Here is one such inspirational story that my grandfather forwarded to me. Irena Sendler Died: May 12, 2008 (aged 98) Warsaw, Poland During WWII, Irena, got permission to work in the Warsaw ghetto, as a Plumbing/Sewer specialist. She had an ulterior motive. Irena smuggled Jewish infants out in the bottom of the tool box she carried. She also carried a burlap sack in the back of her truck, for larger kids. Irena kept a dog in the back that she trained to bark when the Nazi soldiers let her in and out of the ghetto. The soldiers, of course, wanted nothing to do with the dog and the barking covered the kids/infants noises. During her time of doing this, she managed to smuggle out and save 2500 kids/infants. Ultimately, she was caught, however, and the Nazi's broke both of her legs and arms and beat her severely. ...

Abortion is a slaughter of innocent souls that we could liken to the Holocaus t.  But what thinking fed the Nazi war machine in the first place?  Here is part of a video that explains at least one major diet of its ideology: Social Dawinism: (HT: Thinking in Christ ) Let's hope people of our day will turn from the idea that a fetus (Latin = "offspring"), particularly, the unwanted or unhealthy variety, is not a human being and therefore a justifiable mark for death.

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Today is Yom HaZikaron laShoah ve-laGvura (יום הזיכרון לשואה ולגבורה; "Holocaust and Heroism Remembrance Day" [ Wp ]). It is a national holiday for Israel, signed into law by PM David ben-Gurion on 27 Nisan back in 1951. This is a seperate occasion than the International Holocaust Remembrance Day , remembered this year on 27 January. For that day, I posted two blog articles entitled "Christians and the Holocaust" ( Part 1 | Part 2 ). The Holocaust teaches us several lessons as believers: Human depravity, a condition we each share, can justify the worst of acts. Tyrants can manupilate Christians through a few propaganda pictures of him worshipping and a few choice "Christian" terms. Xenophobia, eugenics, and hyper-patriotism has no place in the pulpit. The Gospel should direct how we deal with the hurting and must be our primary message. There are several more lessons the Holocaust teaches that you are free to add below. UPDATE: David Neff at Christia...

In observance of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, this is Part Two of a two-part blog addressing Christianity and the Holocaust. ( Read Part One .) ar from being supportive, most Christians were appalled by Hitler's activities, even if some were first fooled by his charisma when he came to power. Yet, life was not easy as theological disagreements became treasonous , and some dissenting pastors found themselves in the very concentration camps they decried. Two prominent figures of the era standing against Hitler's false Christian claims were the Swiss Karl Barth [3] and Bruce Bonhoeffer. [4] There were many other Protestant Christians under Hitler's regime who took a stand against his heresies, not giving into his intimidation [5] . Even Pope Pius XII would oppose Hitler, condemning the murder of the Jews [6] . The Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority was established in 1953 under the name Yad Vashem , which means “a monument and a ...

Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day, a time we set aside to reflect upon the horrendous slaughter the Jewish people had to endure. Since this blog is obviously Christian in perspective, I wanted to post a paper I wrote in college for partial fulfillment of the History of Modern Israel class. I've changed it a bit for this blog. ne fact we must face as Christians is the shameful ways some of us have dealt with the Jewish people. Those actions, among other things, serve as stumbling blocks to reaching people with the message of the Messiah. They have clouded and confused the Gospel with condemnation, hatred, and malice, and many Jewish people fail to the proper connection we have with the sacred Tanakh . Christianity, of course, began deep in the roots of the Jewish faith. Early Christians were all Jewish, spreading their message of hope for salvation in Yeshua (“Jesus,” whose Hebrew name, appropriately enough, means “God saves”). They discovered a uni...