Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem (Shalu Shalom Yerushalayim). I hear this, we pray it, it’s written on my Tallit. It is even commanded for us to do, is it not? Yet, in the Acharit HaYamim (The End Days) won’t the whole world come against Jerusalem? Isn’t nearly 2/3 of
The below is an excerpt from my book, “Back to Basics: God’s Word vs. Religion” (there is a link to it somewhere around here, and it’s on Amazon and Barnes and Noble websites): “I must have read at least four different versions of the Bible over the years, and read
What is salvation? Whether you believe Messiah had already arrived or whether you are still waiting, it’s clear God saves us from the eternal consequence of our sins by means of His Anointed One, Mashiach/The Messiah. When you accept God’s Messiah as your Saviour and King, then you are “saved”. And,when you are
The Manual (that is, the Bible. After all, it is the ultimate Users Manual) is full of commandments and exhortations to love each other. Love your neighbor as yourself (Leviticus), God so loved the world He gave His only son (John), in Ephesians, in Numbers (Love the Lord your God
When did people stop believing and start requiring proof? I mean, when did we lose faith? Not just faith, but the belief in faith as a realistic notion? In the “olden days” people made up stories to explain what they couldn’t understand. Today, of course, with science as advanced as
The parashot for this Shabbat is Masei, and it reviews the wanderings of the people in the desert from the time they left Egypt to that moment. It is in B’midbar (Numbers) starting at Chapter 33. Did the people really wander? According to Bing (not Crosby), wandering is: “travel without
It’s Monday. Again. Sometimes it seems like Monday all week. That’s what it’s like to worship God. Not that worshipping God is bad, not at all! But Yeshua said that anyone who wants to follow Him has to leave behind everything, pick up his execution stake and get ready for
Donna and I are members of the Brevard County Archers Club. We use recurved bows and shoot once a week or so. I am an expert with rifle and pistol and just learning with bow, but the methods are pretty much the same. When your aiming point is not exactly
How many times have you heard people pray? and pray…and pray…and pray…and pray! “Father God” this, and “Father God” that, and “Father God”, and (more) “Father God”. I think He knows who you are talking to. I also think that prayer doesn’t have to be long and drawn out to
This is what I asked myself when I first began to accept the truth about who Yeshua is, and what I needed to do for myself. It’s tough because we have all (Jews, I mean) been told for nearly two Millennia that Jesus isn’t for Jews. I think the first thing