[This is a ‘sequel’ to a ‘prequel’, please read a previous article originally posted circa 2015, reposted January 2017: Revisit: Discourse/Christian-Sinaite: How differing faith choices affect friendship The background to this current series of exchanges is this: In December 2017, Sinaite “N” spent the Christmas holidays with family based in San Francisco, CA, USA; she made […]
Read moreThe CREATOR Kindles His Sabbath Lights! Blessed are You, YHWH, Eternal God, Who was and is and will be as You choose to be– God of Israel, God of All Humanity, Gentiles of the Nations, God of Sinaites. Blessed are You, YHWH, All-Existent-One Who has no beginning and no end, Whose Wisdom designed earthly time and heavenly space, which you […]
Read more[As former Catholics/Evangelicals/Messianics, we Sinaites have committed many Christian hymns to memory. We love the music, yet can no longer sing the lyrics . . . so what to do? The next best thing! Since imitation is the best compliment (that is our excuse anyway), we’ve borrowed the music, rewritten the lyrics according to our […]
Read more[Translation: EF/Everett Fox, The Five Books of Moses] Leviticus/Wayyiqrah’ 11] 1 YHVH spoke to Moshe and to Aharon, saying to them: 2 Speak to the Children of Israel, saying to them: These are the living-creatures that you may eat, from all the domestic-animals that are upon the earth: 3 any one having a […]
Read more[This was originally posted in 2012. With the continuing interest in coconut oil and products from the coconut tree, we are reposting this 5 year-old article. Please read the three comments in the “readers’ response” at the bottom of the page; interestingly, this post caught the attention of enthusiasts/promoters of coconut oil and coconut products. […]
Read more[This Sabbath liturgy is musical, intended to be sung — but if you’re not familiar with the music, reciting the lyrics works just as well. Remember, the hymn title cited is the original Christian title; the lyrics are revised to reflect the Sinaite’s creed. We use hymnology to reinforce teaching that is missed in study; […]
Read more[First posted in 2012. Reposted on Israel’s celebration of its independence day this year, April 19, 2018. We are reposting at this time because of the recent uproar caused by the moving of the US Embassy from Tel-Aviv, where most foreign consulates and embassies are based, to Jerusalem. It was a decision previously approved by the US […]
Read more[This is a revisit; first posted 2012; part of a series from No Religion is an Island by Abraham Joshua Heschel (AJH). Related posts are: Revisit: No Religion is an Island – Abraham Joshua Heschel Revisit: No Religion is an Island – 2 – “To equate religion and God is idolatry” – AJHeschel Our most recent acquisition […]
Read more[First posted in 2014, always a timely reminder not only for us Sinaites but for anyone in transition from one faith to another and is being shunned, ostracized, losing former colleagues, all the consequences of changing faith or changing one’s God!.—Admin1] ——————————– If you’re becoming a frequent visitor to this website and are […]
Read more[First posted May 21, 2014. This article makes us rethink our understanding of the word ‘idolatry’. In antiquity, it was simply the sin of worshipping another, whether a god of one’s imagination or anything that takes the place of the True God. What did they know, they were ignorant until the True God started revealing […]
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