Halakhic Man

Then God said, “Let Us make mankind in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the livestock and over all the earth, and over every crawling thing that crawls on the earth.”  Genesis 1:26  NASB Image/ likeness – We have probably…

Who are You?

Hi all, In recent weeks At God’s Table has received donations from two people (companies?) that I can’t identify. I want to send tax donor letters at the end of the year, but I don’t know who made the donations. If it was you, please let me know. The first is from “donation to at…

Golden DNA

He took what they handed him and made it into an idol cast in the shape of a calf, fashioning it with a tool. Then they said, “These are your gods, Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt.”  Exodus 32:4  NIV They said – The agony of the Golden Calf.  After God demonstrates His complete and…

The Rule of Compassion

but you shall fully open your hand to him, and generously lend him enough for his need in whatever he lacks.  Deuteronomy 15:8  NASB Fully open –  Today is Yom Kippur, a day to reflect on God’s forgiveness.  It’s easy to recall our obvious faults, those behaviors that pulled us away from God in this last year, but…

The Pharaoh Syndrome

Then the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people and they bit the people, so that many people of Israel died.  Numbers 21:6  NASB Sent – The Hebrew verb šālaḥ has three different linguistic domains.  The first is the way we typically read a verb like “send,” i.e., compelling or transmitting someone or something from one place to another. …

Unquestioned Revelation

And on that day you will not question Me about anything. Truly, truly I say to you, if you ask the Father for anything in My name, He will give it to you.  John 16:23  NASB On that day – I read Oswald Chamber’s My Utmost for His Highest daily for many years.  My copy is thread worn…

Malaki Moen

Malaki Moen

For all of you who prayed so diligently about my latest grandson, here’s his smiling face at 2 months.  Thank you again.  He is doing fine.  The big test will be at 6 months when they stop the seizure medication.  

Political Prayer

Lord, how my enemies have increased!  Many are rising up against me.  Psalm 3:1  NASB Enemies – Have you noticed how often the psalms speak about enemies?  This verse from the third psalm is just one example.  Psalms 4 and 5 contain the same idea, and, of course, so do many, many others.  These psalms are…

Some Cruise Shots

Rosanne and I recently completed a Mediterranean cruise with Seabourn.  I was the guest lecturer (good thing, as otherwise we could never afford this).  I took a lot of photos, as usual.  Here are some from Elba and Portovenere, places we had never been.  I didn’t expect to see a church like this on Elba….