As the legal scholar Jeffrey Rosen notes in his “Louis D. Brandeis: American Prophet,” Franklin Delano Roosevelt called the ...

If a person has an optimistic attitude, the cognitive bias will seek reasons to feel better. It is an inescapable factor in human consciousness that the attitude itself shapes the outcome.

Printed by the Christian typographer Vincenzo Conti, this edition embodies both the splendor and the tragedy of Hebrew printing in 16th-century Italy. Conti, a singular figure in the annals of Jewish ...

I’ve said it. You’ve said it or thought it—at least I’m pretty sure you said it… “This generation is… Those people over there… My employees… They just think they are entitled to…” We sort of cringe at ...

The Prophet Elijah told the king to order all of Israel to gather upon Mount Carmel, and also the priests of Baal. When the nation had gathered, the Prophet Elijah proposed that two sacrificial altars ...

Elijah called the priests of Baal to meet him for a duel between their false god and the true God of Israel. The prophet of God stands alone against 450 priests of Baal and before his own people ...

Then he closed the conversation by paraphrasing Elijah’s defiant challenge before the prophets of Baal (1 Kings 18:24), “The God who answereth by Orphanages, LET HIM BE GOD!” End of discussion. By ...

On Sunday morning our first sermon also featured Elijah, but this time in 1 Kings 18:21. Here he is on Mount Carmel, facing the prophets of Baal, with the now proverbial question: ‘how long will you ...

Some have compared his challenge to Elijah’sbiblical showdown with the prophets of Baal, arguing that he is simply exposing false prophets. “Elijah dealt heavily with false prophets.

Despite the criticism, Prophet Makandiwa has also garnered support from some quarters. “Elijah dealt heavily with false prophets of Baari. We want Makandiwa to do the same,” said a woman who preferred ...