Are you under attack? Do you think the Enemy is trying to get you to do things that will separate you from God? If so, that is actually a good thing, isn’t it? I mean, if you are getting so close to God that the Enemy sees that as a
What are the two taboos? Never discuss religion and politics, right? That’s what we are told, and it’s good advice. The reason I say they are two too many is because when God created everything, His original plan was that there would be only one, non-taboo discussion: Him. The governmental
Sometimes I am both blessed and trusted by my Pastor and asked to deliver a Shabbat message. I am sure there are others out there who are not the congregational leader but also are asked to deliver a message now and then. Or maybe you are a congregational leader and
Here we see the final culmination of the plagues against Egypt. So far the plagues have destroyed much of their cattle and most of their crops, but the locusts are coming to finish off everything that wasn’t already destroyed. Next, three days of darkness: the ultimate defeat of Ra, the
I have often said (and most likely will continue to do so) that whatever the “world” sees as correct and justified is most likely not so in God’s eyes. Every day we see evil and wrong-doing, and most of the time we just look the other way. Is that wrong? From
How many people do you know that can quote chapter and verse from the Bible? In fact, can’t we all? Isn’t one of the basic training exercises for Bible study to remember a favorite quote or story, and where to find it? If you read this blog regularly (and thank
Ah, yes…the quintessential question, the ultimate knowledge, what philosophers throughout time have sought to know. And I am going to give it to you now…ready? The meaning of life is….to prepare for death. That’s it. Nada mas. Nichts mehr. Yener iz gants! God originally made us to worship Him and, more than
Real simple: nothing of this world is righteous. The world is a cursed place, and therefor all that is of the world is born cursed. We are a cursed species, and therefor what we create, perform and desire is from a cursed and sinful mentality. Ouch! Have some more coffee, Steve,
We read on this Shabbat from the Torah about how God begins the wondrous works that eventually gain the freedom of His people from Egyptian bondage. During this parashah we read of the first plagues released upon Egypt, up to the sending of hail. God is showing His power, and not just
The Kingdom of God was preached to us by Yeshua. Even if you don’t believe He was/is the Messiah God promised, He did preach about God’s kingdom. He never created a new religion. So if Yeshua was Jewish, preached about Jewish law and customs, stuck totally to what the Torah