[This was first posted in 2012, reposted every year on the occasion of Father’s Day.—Admin1] ——————————- Since we did an article in May on the track record of mothers in the bible on the occasion of ‘Mother’s Day” [The hand that rocks the cradle . . .], on the occasion of ‘Father’s Day” […]
Read more[First posted in 2012, shortly after we started this website. When a visitor clicks old posts, it gives us the opportunity to review it and decide if it is still relevant to our ever-developing current understanding and convictions. This week, Israel is again in the news, battling it out with an old old enemy that […]
Read moreSimply follow the logical progression: If man is the only created being made in God’s image and given free will, then man is the only one who can use that free will for good or for bad, for right and for wrong, for compliance with God as well as against God’s will. Only man […]
Read more06/09/18 . “what does Torah say about suicide?” – Nothing. . . unless suicide is relegated under the 6th commandment: Thou shalt not murder. For that is virtually what it amounts to, the snuffing out of the “breath of life” of another individual or of oneself. Suicide — the murder of the self. Is that a “sin”? Is […]
Read more[First posted 2015. The “new”covenant claimed by Christianity as God’s covenant with the Church is found nowhere in the Hebrew Scriptures, even as Jeremiah 31:30-33 is cited as the ‘Old Testament’ prooftext. When you read those verses carefully and closely, you will discover that the same parties that cut a covenant at Sinai are named as […]
Read more[This was first posted in 2013; we are revisiting as a result of many searchers interested in The Jewish Mystique by Ernest Van Den Haag. Sharing Chapter 5 of this MUST READ book. For visuals connected to this topic, check this link: http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-arts-and-culture/155833/postcards-anti-semitic—-Admin1] ————————– WHY ANTI-SEMITISM? Jews “cause” both anti-Semitism and pro-Semitism; […]
Read more[First posted in 2013. Why is there a misperception that the God of the “Old Testament” is anything other than how He describes Himself as “merciful and gracious” ? Because part of that self-description is His balancing act, being “righteous and just” Who rewards obedience but punishes wrongdoing. And of course, in the conquest of […]
Read more[This 3-part series about the ‘Old Testament God’ was first posted in August 2012, These posts are worth revisiting since the message is still and ever will be relevant, particularly to those with open minds, with eyes ready to see and ears willing to hear a different ‘truth’ from what they’ve heard before. For the strongly […]
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 moreKindle the Sabbath Lights Blessed are You, YHWH, our God, King of the Universe, Who commanded all humanity to set aside the Sabbath as a day of rest, So that we might cease from our nonstop striving for six days of our workweek. As Gentiles, Sinaites, Sabbath-keepers come together in fellowship, We borrow the […]
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