[First posted in 2015. Marriage is one of the metaphors used for the relationship of YHWH with Israel. As the faithful Husband, YHWH remains loyal to His chosen people and when the latter continued to worship other gods, He referred to their unfaithfulness as ‘harlotry’. This is Chapter 10 of our MUST READ/MUST OWN […]
[First posted in 2015. Marriage is one of the metaphors used for the relationship of YHWH with Israel. As the faithful Husband, YHWH remains loyal to His chosen people and when the latter continued to worship other gods, He referred to their unfaithfulness as ‘harlotry’. This is Chapter 10 of our MUST READ/MUST OWN […]
Read more[First posted in 2012; time for a repost. This recommended read is: A HISTORY OF THE JEWS by Paul Johnson. One reviewer, Merle Rubin of Christian Science Monitor says it best: “An absorbing, provocative, well-written, often moving book, an insightful and impassioned blend of history and myth, story and interpretation” (highlights added). I most […]
Read more[Originally posted in 2013. This concludes Chapter 5, “THE WAY” of the book we have been featuring in this series: James Tabor, Restoring Abrahamic Faith. We consider this book a “wake-up call” not only for ourselves but our Christian colleagues with whom we attempted to share its contents. Our former messianic teacher […]
Read more[First posted in 2012. This is from: The Literary Guide to the Bible, eds. Robert Alter and Frank Kermode. Reformatting and highlights added.] —————— The Canon Frank Kermode This chapter offers some explanation of the processes by which the Bible came to include the books it does—insofar as that can be done […]
Read more[First posted July 31, 2012. We used to believe, like some “religionists” that we all worship the same God, as long as we believe that there is a God, or that God exists. Do we really worship the same God? Name your God and we will name our God and let us determine if we […]
Read more[First posted in 2012, part of a series from one book. This is the final chapter of the MUST READ book earlier recommended, entitled The Death of Death by Neil Gillman. When you read this concluding chapter, you will be curious enough to wish to read more, and hopefully you will secure a copy of this […]
Read more[First posted March 20,2013; continuing excerpts from the MUST READ/MUST OWN book featured in The Sabbath – Its Meaning for Modern Man. Reformatted and highlighted for this post. — Admin1] EPILOGUE: To Sanctify Time Pagans project their consciousness of God into a visible image or associate Him with a phenomenon in nature, […]
Read more[First posted in 2012; why a repost at this time? Well, in the country where we, Sinaites, are based, there is a religious phenomenon that recurs at this time every year. This is the procession in heart of old Manila where devotees of the statue of Jesus the Nazarene is paraded at the heart […]
Read more[First posted in 2012; why a repost at this time? Well, in the country where we, Sinaites, are based, there is a religious phenomenon that recurs at this time every year. This is the procession in heart of old Manila where devotees of the statue of Jesus the Nazarene is paraded at the heart […]
Read more[First posted July 31, 2012. We used to believe, like some “religionists” that we all worship the same God, as long as we believe that there is a God, or that God exists. Do we really worship the same God? Name your God and we will name our God and let us determine if we […]
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