WELLS FARGO and ISRAEL This is just a short note to inform all of you about At God’s Table and the recent experience with Wells Fargo bank. In July I needed to make the last payment to our tour operator in Israel for all the people who were traveling with Bob and me. I went…
When they say to you, “Consult the mediums and the spiritists who whisper and mutter,” should not a people consult their God? Should they consult the dead on behalf of the living? Isaiah 8:19 NASB Consult – John Oswalt’s book, The Bible Among the Myths, contains some interesting insights into the essential characteristics of myths…
Also the daughter of any priest, if she profanes herself by harlotry, she profanes her father; she shall be burned with fire. Leviticus 21:9 NASB Burned with fire – This is the anniversary of a despicable event in the Church. October 27, 1553. John Calvin, the religious head of Geneva, had the scholar Michael Servetus…
You all know that Mark Randall is responsible for the fabulous website. He put in hundreds of hours to make it so friendly and beautiful. Now I want to tell you that Mark needs work. He needs anyone out there who is contemplating web development and design to get in touch with him. His work speaks for…
When Judah saw her, he thought she was a harlot, for she had covered her face. Genesis 38:15 NASB Harlot – Don’t read the Bible as if it were written with the cultural morals that you have! If you do, you will make a lot of mistakes trying to explain away the behavior of its…
As most of you know, Bob and I have been traveling to Israel for the last eight years. Bob has his own teaching site and I thought you might want to join him for this upcoming series. CLICK HERE to go to Bob’s website. Thursday Night Study: Eshav Books The Thursday Night Study will resume on:…
Delight yourself in the Lord; and He will give you the desires of your heart. Psalm 37:4 NASB Delight – Now we know that this verse is not about getting what you want, at least not until what you want has been transformed by what God wants. But that still leaves us with a question….
Delight yourself in the Lord; and He will give you the desires of your heart. Psalm 37:4 NASB Desires – Does God want you to have what you want? By translating the feminine noun mishalot as “desires,” we are inclined to believe that one of God’s purposes is to be the genie who grants us…
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you all. 2 Corinthians 13:14 NASB Grace – “What is grace? The presence of the soul. A person had grace when the throbbing of his heart is audible in his voice; when the longings…
Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, Matthew 28:19 NASB In the name – Do you know what “in the name of” means in Hebrew vernacular? Be careful. We are likely to think that “in the name of”…
