bible, which includes, basically, all the historical books, and of course, does not include the christian gospels. the other important texts which one might quite accurately put as a canonical text for rabbidic judaism is the talmud, which we have right here. you can see this edition of the talmud - this is a traditional edition of the talmud, it's the vilna edition of the talmud, which is the one that's most popular among people that study. you can see the pages have, each of them, their own shape, and usually, people remember the picture of the pages. the talmud is 20 volumes of these kind of pages - this is the size, this is the text itself in the middle, and on the sides, you have commentaries; in this case, they're both european commentaries. this is rashi, who lived in franco-germany, and then his students. this particular discussion here, actually, is one about, which tells the stories of the destruction of the second commonwealth in the first century of the common era, and tells - really, i would say its bottom line, or the moral of the story is that the second temple was destroyed only b

christian held in a libyan jail has died. voice of the martyrs reports he was detained simply for spreading the gospel. akeem suffered from asthma and other ailments. he had been sent to the hospital with chest pains and breathing problems. experienced shortness of breath, died. more bad news for christians in libya. witnesses say unidentified attackers set a benghazi church on fire. security official says forces stopped the attackers before gospel. al-qaeda is on the rise in north africa. in the bull's eye is country of mali. gary lane traveled to the town of diaboli. >> reporter: for more than a fight in mali. 75-year-old villager describes how rebel gun fire frightened him. he has never sxeerns ee ee eed experienced such terror. >> they started selling drugs. >> and train them to be good drug dealers. something? >> cut off their hands, no. that is not koranic law >> reporter: when the french thankful. they have traumatic stories to tell. this man says they beat him and carried him away on sticks like meat. rebels shot and killed his younger brother. they showed us the storage room where h h b buried

christian community in the southern philippines. they're more committed than ever to sharing the gospel in this predominantly muslim community. >> reporter: in the rural town of isulin, that is surrounded by rice fields, songs of worship echo as several christians pay their last respects to pastor ray debarbo and his family. pastor ray, his wife, and two daughters, aged 14 and eight, were heading home from a birthday party aboard a motorcycle when they were way laid by unidentify gunmen. this is the exact spot where the pastor, his wife, and two daughters were gunned down. according to neighbors, the suspects, who are muslims, are known in the area to be violent and hungry for power. >> translator: these criminals are protected by high-ranking government officials in our town. this is why we brought the matter to the national government. to ensure the speedy resolution of the case. >> reporter: a family member shares how pastor ray is a great loss to the community. >> he planned the churches along the tribes in the mountains. every sunday, he travelled three hours on his motorbike to teach the word of god in the areas there. it is hard f

the reason for that compression is that the gospels were written for the purpose of preparing people for baptism, teaching them the nature of the christian faith. ordinaryily, that took approximately one year. >> you think she could have been an outcast? >> it is most likely she was because of the seven demons. >> was it because of her place of birth which was that fishing town. >> the fishing town had a great deal to do with her background, both because it shows her involvement in the local economy of the area, but even more strikingly, because during her lifetime and during jesus' lifetime, mag dala became a service community for the larger city called tiber just which has been bill by the governor and which was known for its uncleanness. >> after jesus died he was buried in the fume and mary magdalene was the first within a group of women. >> exactly. >> to go to visit the tomb and. >> to anoint his body. >> was that the first anointing? >> had is not the first anointing that she's involved with, but it is the first after his death. >> she anointed christ's body twice, while he was alive and while he was dead. >> exactly. >> other wom

christian values. apparently they haven't gotten around to reading the gospels yet.forced to raise taxes to accommodate to the sequester cuts. do you have any plans for these cuts. >> i wish i could say things are going to be okay. americans are socialized in thinking there is frank capra capra-istic ending and the mean 'ol banker will see the errors of his ways and the town will pitch in. the fact of the matter is the only serious outcome of these cuts is more mass suffering from low income people. organizations like mine couldn't possibly think of compensating for this. look, every charitable meal distributed in america equals 1/ 1/20 of the meals funded by the government. we have a domestic peace corp program. we just learned that our program is going to be shut down in new york city over the next few months because the sequestration. we're hoping that there will be future funding down the line but right now soup kitchens and food pantries that were expecting to help and young people who were hoping to serve in their community are out of luck. that's the reality o

christians have been detained in libya. heron, on line, reports that the men are accused of spreading the gospel. the coptic report says they are egyptians living in libya who were taken captive. the men reportedly have been tortured. the coptic archbishop responsible for libya said it doesn't make sense that so many coptic christians decided to provincia prosyltize in another country. syria's 2,000-year-old christian community is being devastated by the christian war. they interviewed over 100 christian syrians in lebanon. they say malitia are driving them out because of their christian faith. one woman says her son and husband were shot in the head just because they were christians. it is the second largest in the middle east after egypt. today whole villages disappear when islamic rebels arrive. a lebanese patriarch says it is, quote,"a great exitous taking place in silence." recently cbn middle east bureau chief chris mitchell spoke with lila about persecution about christians in syria and the middle east. >> what is your situation in syria right now, specifically for christians? >> it is ver

christian church is the shepherd. and caring for the sheep. and there is so many of the gospel passages that we read on sunday about the compassion of jesus reaching out even towards sinners and people who are alienated and marginalized and so forth. that's very important in today's world. so that even if people feel critical about church teaching, whether they're catholics or from outside the church: if they feel they're being loved and understood and embraced by this that goes aa long way. >> bruni: i don't want to get you in trouble with catholics, but should those issues be off the table? when we're talking about the celibacy requirement for priests the church's teaching on homosexuality, contraception, birth control. should that be off the table or would you have preferred to see a pope if there was anyone in that conclave take that position try to nudge the church in a different direction? >> speaking from the context of a university with respect no question is off the table and where we are prepared to follow the truth wherever it leads us and we're prepared to be as rig

persecuted and so christians they will see jesus told us that we would be what's interesting is that when you look at the specifics of those passages a very different picture emerges so in the gospel of mark jesus says take up your cross and follow me defend me in courtrooms and some of you who are standing here will be alive when i return right now clearly after one generation that starts to that is not true so what why is it that we subscribe to the other part of this prophecy that we're always prosecuting it is because we think that it's been proven throughout history particularly in that early period that jesus is pacific prophecies one terribly accurate so he says that james and john the sons of seventy would be baptized with his baptism which is sort of a euphemism for die john the son of somebody is the only one of the disciples not to have been mata it. that's not a great track record for prophesies. now we can read this metaphorically we don't have to read it as a prophecy about prosecution the reason that we do is because the. persecution mentality is so useful when it comes to defending out and sort of making claims and sort of discussions about society where would mode

human affairs, and after all, if you look at the gospels, you know, one of jesus' duties was to expel demons as well. so it's just ingrained in christianityeve that demons can possess people. >> and professor, how closely do the firsthand accounts of people who think they have witnessed an exorcism, witnessed demonic possession, how closely do those accounts match with the sort of exorcism movies? >> very close. you know, there's so many accounts since the beginning of recorded history. i mean, it's not a phenomena that only affects christianity. there are many -- in many religious the idea of possession is very common both good and bad. so, you know, there are these ideas that at person that is possessed by a spirit usually enters the realm of supernatural feats and supernatural force and supernatural knowledge. so, yes, these movies are usually drawing from that tradition. >> okay. interesting stuff. professor, thank you so much for joining us. >> my pleasure. thank you for having me. >> up next, the crazy thing that happened in times square this week and why toure says this flash mob shows times have changed. [ male announcer ] i've se

as christians all over the world celebrate a save yes, sir -- savior raised from the dead, the catholic church has lived out its own gospel story coming back to life with a pope whose walk mimics his works. >> he is the pope for this moment and i think that was what the holy spirit was saying in that conclave. this is the person for this moment. >> in new york, lauren green, fox news. >>> indictments handed down in one of the nation's biggest school cheating scandals. nearly three dozen former atlanta educators including the exsuper inen it dent now -- exsuperintendent facing charges for encouraging and enabling kids to cheat. atlanta used to be a success story, a model for educators in tough, urban schools. but the indictment alleges teachers help children cheat to improve their test scores. former superintendent beverly hall made national headlines in 2009, but quit in 2011 as the investigation heated up. now she denies being involved. but the district attorney said the sanction -- she sanctioned everything because pay bonuses were tied to the student's performance. >>> new concerns for recent college graduates looking

so the gospel has always opened up new possibilities for us, and we keep missing it and we keep saying, "well, where...where is it? where is it?" it's like how christians are always afraid of what they're going to lose. and i think you've got to lose something to gain something. and so i guess what i'm really just finally saying is that this is the time for the church to now step ahead. this is the time for the church to stand up and say, "look, we're not going to be what we've been. we have dogged you" - all that is with the kids, we say, oh, "they dog you. you're just like an old dog." well, the church is maybe just sometimes like an old dog - it just goes and sits on the porch and just looks out and just waits for something to happen. if something happens, the old dog might raise his head and kind of look out there and say, "oh, so something's going on," and maybe give half of a bark and go back to sleep. [laughing] boy, i didn't know i could get in all of that. but anyway - boy, i got to use that! so you got it first! ah, man, the church, it's my home, and what happened this sunday and tomorrow, while all of the united methodists are here, and whil

christians celebrate a savior raised from the dead. the catholic church last few weeks has lived out own version of the gospel story coming back to life words. >> god's providential plan, he is the pope for this moment. and i think that was what the holy spirit was saying in that conclave. this is the person for this moment. >> and, of course, holy week culminates with easter on sunday. shep? >> shepard: lauren green at saint patrick's. lauren, thanks. new debate this easter season. it has to do with the shroud of temperature ren which turin. the lenin does date to the the -- linen does date to the time of jesus. spent years testing it infrared light and radiation and disproven another study which determined the shroud was elaborate fake dating to mid evil times. it's in bullet proof climate controlled case in italy and rarely on display. italian tv will show he it tomorrow thanks to pope benedict the xvith. one of the final acts as pope was to authorize the broadcast. for those of us not in italy there is an act to view the shroud. coolest destination to reach. sue you so soy uz space. >> flying above crow croatia. >> shepard: their

you say something pertaining to justification of eating shrimp with christians, and i believe i have your answer. it is in the gospel different denominations. this is what they use as their right to do so and i'll just paraphrase it or sum it up. it's basically jesus saying that whatever enters the body from outside of the body can no longer contaminate it. and at the end of that he makes a reference to meat. so i -- you know -- >> you want to know what that story is really about? it's the farahsies, the conservative religious bosses of jesus' day saying your followers are not cleaning food as it is laid out. jesus says do you guys kill children because they disobey. he is pointing out that they are hypocrites and that was also jesus's way of saying you don't need to follow these specific reasons of cleaning your food. >> stephanie: being that it is good friday, john i still can't recall why we couldn't meat on friday. >> it's about sacrifice. giving somebody up. >> stephanie: oh. but they said you were going to go to hell -- >> well, everyone has their own superstition. it gave out of an era of poverty -- >> stepha

the brilliant explainer of the gospel transition of the human heart said in 2 corinthians 9:6, "if i sow bountifully, i will reap bountifully." i have never met a christianwho did not believe in sowing. it is as natural as breathing to a believer to believe in sowing. i've never met a farmer who did not believe in sowing. i've never met a preacher who did not believe that god was worthy of our seed. but i've only met a handful that believe in reaping. only a handful. now we sow to god based on his qualification to receive. but we can only reap proportionate to our confidence that we're worthy to receive. there's a little catch. "mike, is it possible for somebody to sow seed and not get a harvest?" yes. yes. because if all i needed to do was to sow seed... a rich man could purchase god in his favor, and a poor man wouldn't have a chance. but god added something to the seed and harvest equation. he added the word "expectation." it's not enough to plant a seed. that seed must have an instruction. it must be wrapped with expectation of a harvest. "what do you mean?" "he that cometh unto him must believe that he is and that he is a rewarder of them that dilig

gospel that jesus taught. >> hal: right. >> caller: and it makes me ashamed as a christian. >> hal: first of all it shouldn't, gail.ike doesn't mean they deserve to be lumped in with everybody else, and that's a very important line we need to draw. the extremities that are damaging to the rest of society are no indication of the rest of the people and if we do that we give them much more tacit strength than they deserve. i don't know what she would say -- >> yeah, let's play that. >> let's repeal this before it literally kills women, kills children, kills senior citizens let's not do that. let's love people. let's care about people. >> she is starting to sound like marcus. >> hal: you are a crazy person. wow. we'll take a break. and we'll be back with more of your calls. 1-800-steph-1-2. >> can we discussion the bachmann crazy. >> hal: oh, yes. we're going to discuss health care, get some more of your halls, i'm hal sparks by the way @hallsparks on twitter. and stage-it.com. tell your friends the tickets are now available. it's great. and you can watch from your laptop. it's a live show. it's very exciting. the new

language in the way the first christians would have heard it proclaimed and even some speller's son. >> the deacon is blessed by the presider. >> may the words of the gospelour hearts. they worthy proclaim it. now he'll go to the altar and gear the book of gospels to the procession. that's the eastern style with his stoll over the book of cost pells. >> once again, the eastern style of rites, eastern style of worship. >> now to father john walk, if i may, in rome. like father martin, you've said a lot of masses. when you watch something like this, of this grandness, gloriousness, how do you respond? >> well, i think what we're seeing today is sort of a confluence of enormous continuity and diversity. obviously, as you say, having lived in rome here for almost 20 years, i've seen a lot of masses in st. peter's square, seen a lot of very big crowds for john paul ii, for benedict and now for francis but there's a different tone in the masses of john paul ii, the mass of benedict and now of francis. it occurred to me while you were talking earlier -- let's wait a second. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ speaking in foreign language ] [ singing in foreign language ] [ singing in f