[We always welcome exchanges of beliefs with those of differing faiths. So when we received this email, we invited the sender to participate in yet another Discourse with us.—Admin1]. ————————- My name is Wayne l Newton and I am an ordained priest of the Nazarean Essene Order. I love your web site and have found […]
Read more[First posted in 2013. The ‘evil’ referred to here is not the ‘evil’ we, today, would normally think of—you know, corruption in government, crime, pornography, war atrocities—-hardly the big issue in the days of Moses and the Israelites. The ‘evil’ then was the biggie —- who or what puny non-gods or man-made gods […]
Read more[First posted 2017. This is the final chapter of our MUST READ/MUST OWN. Please read related post: “Sometimes There is no Reason”. This is available as an ebook at amazon.com if you can’t find a paperback version which would be surprising, since it’s a bestseller. Rabbi Kushner has 11 other published books besides the two we […]
Read more[First posted in 2012. Has God ever described Himself ? Would not the Source of LIGHT and spiritual illumination, the Creator, reveal what He is like and what is His will for the only creature made in “our image” and “likeness”? He has done so to the custodians of His revelation, whose scriptures are used as prequel […]
Read more[First posted on June 7, 2012. The Hebrew Scriptures often communicate divine truths in fictional as well as historical narratives. We read story after story about God in conversation or interacting with men from Genesis through Deuteronomy. Teachings, instructions and laws as well as examples are embedded in these stories. That is why they […]
Read more[First posted in 2012, part of the Exodus series. Translation: The Five Books of Moses by Everett Fox “EF”; where text is unclear, it will be supplemented by AST/Artscroll Tanakh and Robert Alter’s The Five Books of Moses. The commentary are from S6K and AST and EF.–Admin1] ——————————————– Exodus/Shemoth Chapter 20 God spoke all these statements, saying: S6K: […]
Read more[First posted in 2012, part of the Exodus series. Translation: The Five Books of Moses by Everett Fox “EF”; where text is unclear, it will be supplemented by AST/Artscroll Tanakh and Robert Alter’s The Five Books of Moses. The commentary are from S6K and AST and EF.–Admin1] ——————————————– Exodus/Shemoth Chapter 20 God spoke all these statements, saying: S6K: […]
Read more[ Back in year 2014, after much study and discussion of the seven “My feasts” commanded in Leviticus 23, Sinaites arrived at an understanding of which of the feasts apply to non-Israelites, that is, Gentiles like ourselves. While all of the seven are in Israel’s national experience and historical roots, three of them are in the […]
Read moreKINDLE THE SABBATH LIGHTS O Source of Light, YHWH our God– Before You created the heavenly lights, the sun, moon and stars, Your LIGHT shone in the dark emptiness of space. Then You spoke LIGHT into existence in words that reverberate from Day One of Creation through the ages, on to our time: “Let […]
Read more[The Sinaite’s’ musical liturgy borrows music from Christian hymnody but our lyrics revision reflect our Sinaite creed. Imitation is the best compliment; so we salute the composers of Christian hymns; no doubt they were inspired by the God they love and serve, just as we are inspired by the God we have chosen to follow, to serve and to worship: His Name is YHWH. […]
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