Pictures from Israel

I’m sitting in the Ben Gurion aiport in Tel Aviv, Israel.  The last 10 days were incredible.  Here’s a YouTube video of pictures.  It’s a fraction of the several hundred that were taken.  Enjoy.

Diseño Italiano

Y tu deseo será para tu marido, y él tendrá dominio sobre ti. Génesis 3:16 Deseo – Este versículo ha creado una cantidad increíble de dolor al Cuerpo. Por siglos la Iglesia ha interpretado este versículo como una maldición prescriptiva, declarando que Dios ha volteado la mesa sobre la igualdad de la creación como castigo…

Italian Design

And your desire is for your husband, and he does rule over you. Genesis 3:16 Desire – This verse has created an incredible amount of grief within the Body. For centuries the Church interpreted the verse as a prescriptive curse, claiming that God intentionally turned the tables on the equality of creation as punishment for…

Seguridad Social

Sea él también para ti restaurador de tu vida y sustentador de tu vejez; Ruth 4:15 Restaurador – Hagamos un poco de exegesis rabínica. Las mujeres del circulo de Noemí le dijeron, “Bendito sea YHWH, El no te ha dejado sin redentor (go´el) para que su nombre sea famoso en Israel. Y él será restaurador…

Social Security

“And he shall be to you a restorer of life and a sustainer of your old age.” Ruth 4:15 Restorer – Let’s do a little rabbinic exegesis. The women in Naomi’s circle told her, “Blessed be YHWH. He has not left you without a redeemer (go’el) that his name may be famous in Israel. And…

Living Signposts

And Bo’az took Ruth and she became his wife. And he went in to her, and YHWH granted her conception, and she bore a son. Ruth 4:13 Granted – Why is the book of Ruth even in the Tanakh? It’s about a Gentile woman. It’s filled with extraordinary, and perhaps scandalous, behavior. It seems like…

Hard To Swallow

Husbands, love your wives, and do not be embittered against them. Colossians 3:19 Be Embittered – OK, so husbands are supposed to love their wives. We know this is not just “feel good” love. Of course, love between a husband and a wife should feel good, but what Sha’ul has in mind is love that…

New Glasses

Therefore from now on we recognize no man according to the flesh; . . 2 Corinthians 5:16 According To The Flesh – How do you look at life? How do you evaluate the actions of others? Forget that nonsense about “not judging.” We know judgment concerning the final outcome of every human being belongs to God….

Rocky Road

Teach me Your way, O YHWH, and lead me in a smooth path, because of my enemies. Psalm 27:11 Smooth Path – The idea of a smooth path doesn’t seem to present any problems, does it? We know what smooth paths ought to be. Even if I translate the Hebrew beorach mishor as “straight path”…