Blood Brothers

And Moses took the blood and sprinkled on the people and said, “Behold, the blood of the covenant which YHWH has cut with you concerning these things.” Exodus 24:8  (J. Green translation) Blood – The New Testament authors lay emphasis on the blood of Yeshua.  We now take it for granted that they are expressing…

Heart of Darkness

Lord, all my desire is before You and my sighing is not hidden from You. Psalm 38:10 (Hebrew text – Hebrew Heart media translation) Desire – Did you think David uses the word ta’avati (“my desire”) to describe his spiritual longing for intimate relationship with God?  Have you lifted this verse from its context in…

A Larger Vocabulary

“Yet have regard to the prayer of Your servant and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to listen to the cry and to the prayer which Your servant prays before You;” 2 Chronicles 6:19 (NASB) Prayer/ Pray – English has one word.  So does Greek.  But Hebrew has more than a dozen different words…

Sabbath to Sunday

One of the central controversies about the movement from the Jewish orientation of the first century New Testament documents to the contemporary Christian culture is the place of the Sabbath. Marianne Dacy wrote her doctoral dissertation on this shift and other critical changes in the first few centuries following the death of Yeshua. Her analysis…

Beneficiaries

“YHWH, Elohey Yisrael, there is none like You, Elohim, in the heavens or in the earth, keeping covenant and mercy with Your servants who walk before You with all their hearts.” 2 Chronicles 6:14 (Darby) Servants – God keeps His promises.  And God is merciful.  That is very good news!  But who are the beneficiaries…

The Other Shoe

“YHWH, Elohey Yisrael, there is none like You, Elohim, in the heavens or in the earth, keeping covenant and mercy with Your servants who walk before You with all their hearts.” 2 Chronicles 6:14 (Darby) Mercy – God is faithful.  He keeps His promises.  He is the covenant-keeping God.  That is critically important for us. …

MAC Memory

I upgraded my laptop and now have 2 RAM memory modules that I can’t use.  They are: 1 GB DDR2 PC2-5300 MEMORY MODULE suitable for a MacBook Pro. THERE ARE 2 ONE GIG modules. If anyone out there is in need, please let me know. Skip