In response Gideon asks for a sign (v. 17). Yahweh agreed and performed a clear revelatory sign for him. Emboldened by this, at God's command, he tore down some pagan altars which never should have ...
By the time the Roman Republic rose to prominence, Ancient Greece was no longer the main “player” in Europe, in the political sense. Rome, rapidly ascending to a powerful and expansive republic, was ...
August 1 Lammas – Christian Christian first fruits celebration observed by placing bread baked from the first harvest on the altar. From the Celtic Christian tradition. Note: The Southern Hemisphere ...
They smashed the altars and idols and killed Mattan the priest of Baal in front of the altars." Killing false prophets and destroying their pagan alters is again not something we hear much about in ...