last year. guest: he has had to speeches to congress. the first speech was an address to congress and his first it are state of the union last year. both of those surprised people. he spoke from the teleprompter. he did not do his normal thing. he did not talk about the election he won, hillary clinton. he just talked about things he will talk about in the state of the union. a whole laundry list of policy ideas and that is what we are hearing he will do again. he talks about bipartisanship and unity and we hear he will do that again. of course he s going to be talking about immigration and the whole fight with house democrats over the border. we expect him to have some outreach to democrats, but as we all know days before he speaks and the days after he speaks he will say other things. host: in the past we ve seen presidents hit the road to take their state of the union message on the road. is the president going to do that? do know anything about his travel plans? guest:
i wish god would be merciful and take me because it is better to die take me because it is better to die than to live like this. shalom. i m rabbi yechiel eckstein of the international fellowship of christians and jews. i m standing here in the ukraine in the former soviet union in an area called a shtetl. an old jewish village. i d like to show what happened to the jewish community in the past but even more importantly i would like to show you what the jewish community is like today in the former soviet union. i think you will be surprised. announcer: a 100 years ago russia was the center of the jewish world with 5 to 6 million jews living there. although russia s largest ethnic group, most lived in poverty and persecution. then came the bolshevik revolution. hoffman: the soviets systematically destroyed any kind of base for religious affiliation. they closed synagogues. they closed jewish schools, sent rabbis and teachers to jail and prison. and tried to convert everyone to
The prosperity gospel teaches that God wants his people to be wealthy and healthy. At its core is often the idea that in Christ God has restored to us the blessings of the covenant made with Abraham. These blessings are understood in a primarily material way, including good health, economic prosperity, and an all-round victory in most areas of life. Prosperity gospel preachers rely heavily on the Old Testament to make this case, arguing that God promises his people abundant wealth and abounding health.
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