You shall say to them, ‘This is the nation that did not obey the voice of the Lord their God or accept correction; truth has perished and has been cut off from their mouth. Jeremiah 7:28 NASB Perished – Almost the end of the year (as far as the pagan world is concerned). Almost. Just enough time to…
and You are faithful to resuscitate the dead. Blessed are You, HASHEM, Who resuscitates the dead. Shemoneh Esrei Resuscitate – The footnote to this part of the morning prayer from the Siddur reads: In the case of God’s promise to resuscitate the dead, we must make a special expression of confidence in God. First, because…
You shall say to them, ‘This is the nation that did not obey the voice of the Lord their God or accept correction; truth has perished and has been cut off from their mouth. Jeremiah 7:28 NASB Perished – What happens to a society that does not obey the voice of the Lord? Jeremiah gives us a list—a…
“Ah Lord God! Behold, You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and by Your outstretched arm! Nothing is too difficult for You, who shows lovingkindness to thousands, but repays the iniquity of fathers into the bosom of their children after them, O great and mighty God.” Jeremiah 32:17-18 NASB Repays the iniquity – The Bible is phenomenological….
In the latest edition of eternal perspectives (Fall/Winter 2017), Randy Alcorn writes two articles. The first is “Answering Claims That The Bible Contains Errors.” The second is titled, “A Light Has Dawned: Reflections at Christmastime on the Light of Jesus.” Alcorn’s first article takes the standard conservative approach to the biblical text, claiming “if we…
for today in the city of David there has been born for you a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. Luke 2:11 NASB Christ the Lord – “The Church cannot indefinitely continue to believe about Jesus what he did not know to be true about himself.”[1] So writes John Bowman. But, of course, Bowman is a heretic, isn’t…
Now the Lord said to Abram, “Go forth from your country, and from your relatives and from your father’s house, to the land which I will show you;” Genesis 12:1 NASB From your father’s house – “ . . . the mandatory separation of Abraham from his kindred is unprecedented.”[1] But we don’t give it a second thought,…
“Look to Abraham your father and to Sarah who gave birth to you in pain; when he was but one I called him, then I blessed him and multiplied him.” Isaiah 51:2 NASB Father – “Since Israel was one of the Semitic nomadic peoples, her social life was more closely knit together than that of the city culture of…
A second view of the crypt of the Salerno duomo.
Exalted be the Living God and praised, He exists – unbounded by time is His existence. He is One – and there is no unity like His Oneness. Shacharis/Morning Service, Morning Blessings Unbounded by time – You won’t find this verse in the Bible. It’s from the Morning Blessings of the Siddur.[1] This particular prayer…
