For those of you going to Israel with Bob and me in August, I have a great surprise. Rabbi David Fohrman is planning to come to the hotel in Tel Aviv on the evening of August 10 to speak with us. I can’t tell you how excited I am about this. Tentatively we are planning…
“Simon, Simon, behold, Satan has demanded permission to sift you like wheat;” Luke 22:31 NASB Demanded permission – How much authority do you give to Satan? Even this translation seems to suggest that he can demand opportunity to cause spiritual distress. But closer examination corrects some of our Medieval additions to his power and character….
Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. John 14:6 NIV Truth – Let’s suppose that you have a secret. The secret is so powerful that it explains everything else in the world. The secret has been entrusted to you. But most…
one Lord, one faith, one baptism, Ephesians 4:5 NASB One faith – “‘Religion’ comes from the Latin ligare, meaning to join or bind. Religion binds people within a group – Christian to Christian, Muslim to Muslin, Jew to Jew. More specifically, since some of the most bitter conflicts take place within a faith, it bonds…
and shouting with a loud voice, he said, “What business do we have with each other, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I implore You by God, do not torment me!” Mark 5:7 NASB What business do we have with each other – This entire phrase is a gloss attempting to capture a Greek…
OK, we have decided. We will do a safari in Africa in 2017. The dates on safari are August 1-6, 2017 at the Africa On Foot site in South Africa. Anyone attending can also join us for Shabbat and teaching on the weekend prior to flying to the camp. This a a long way off,…
And if he sins against you seven times a day, and returns to you seven times, saying, ‘I repent,’ forgive him.” Luke 17:4 NASB Forgive – Read these words from Yeshua again. Slowly. Let them sink in. If someone sins against you over and over, and keeps coming back saying, “I repent,” what are you…
But when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunder had ceased, he sinned again and hardened his heart, he and his servants. Exodus 9:34 NASB Sinned again – “Although Pharaoh has said earlier that he sinned, the text has never before characterized Pharaoh’s change of mind in that way. Why, all…
