[First posted in 2017.—Admin1[ —————— We had to think about how to title this post without offending the ‘sender’. Who? The initials “RW” would be familiar to readers of ‘Discourse’, specifically the email exchanges between him (our former Christian-turned-Messianic pastor-bible-teacher) and individual Sinaites (namely VAN, BAN, and NSB). He titled his email: “To help […]
Read more[First posted in 2014, part of the series discussing the five books of Moses, chapter by chapter. —Admin1]. ————— Continuing the listing of do’s and don’ts of behavior toward God’s creation — man, beast and land — take notice of specific instructions regarding — giving the land time to replenish itself (vs. 11), and the […]
Read more[First posted in 2012. Commentary by S6K; translation: EF/Everett Fox, The Five Books of Moses—Admin 1.] If we’re thinking post 9/11, any edifice that is touted to be the “tallest building in the world” probably obsesses some fanatic or lunatic to reduce it to smithereens. History is replete with examples of ambitious man-made projects […]
Read more[First posted in 2012. For those who can’t remember, who’s ‘Ham’? Read on and find out. In looking for images representing this son of Noah, it was surprising to see him portrayed as a black man because of the suggestion that the black race descended from him. Nah. . . so, sorry, no image of […]
Read more[Revisiting this article first posted May 29, 2012. In a previous article ‘If there’s no Devil, then there’s no hell?‘, the title was a question and the article ended up with no answer, leaving it to readers to make their own conclusions. Unfortunately, nobody left a comment even if only to hazard a guess, although […]
Read moreWhy feature yet another translation of the Torah? Are we not content with our translation of choice, Everett Fox’s THE FIVE BOOKS OF MOSES? As we have previously announced, once we are able to secure a copy of THE FIVE BOOKS OF MOSES by Robert Alter (RA), we will feature it as well, to […]
Read more[Our former Bible teacher (identified in many posts as “RW”, particularly in the DISCOURSE category), has recently restored us on his “send” list. Usually his missives are exclusive for his flock among the congregations of Messianic Judaism, (i.e. ‘Christian Theology in Jewish Dress’) that he ‘planted’ all over the Asia Pacific region. This is only a short […]
Read moreThis began as simply posting an excerpt from the long introduction to a chapter in the last book of the TORAH: Deuteronomy/Davarim 30: “Rather, near to you is the word, exceedingly, in your mouth and in your heart, to observe it!” Sometimes in our zeal to over-explain the ‘obvious’, i.e. what should be clear in […]
Read more[Sinaites enjoy singing the Sabbath liturgy. Since we don’t have our own music, we borrow from Christianity’s rich and varied hymnody. The music we love, the lyrics we can no longer agree with so we’ve made up our own lyrics. If you’re not familiar with the music, we have provided the accompaniment so you […]
Read more[This is first posted October 10, 2012 as part of a series under ‘Discourse’ between ex-Messianic Sinaites and their former bible teacher who became a Messianic missionary “MM” who founded Messianic congregations in several Southeast Asian countries. The specific topic is on Temple ‘offerings’ in the TNK which was called ‘sacrifices’ in the Christian Old Testament. —Admin1.] […]
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