Yetzer Ha'ra

Before I left for Africa, there was a lot of discussion about the Jewish idea of the yetzer ha’ra and the difference between this concept and the Christian idea of sin and the sinful nature. I recorded three graduate lectures concerning this topic.  You can listen to them here. I hope you find them useful…

Homeward

I am at the Johannesburg airport getting ready to board the flight to London and then on to the USA.  I suppose I need Twitter now. Before I get on-board, I just wanted to apologize if any one of you felt offended by my comment that I didn’t find the same reception in the US…

Africa Update

My faithful friends, I have just finished a 9 venue tour of South Africa, teaching 18 times on God’s word about the Greek – Hebrew worldview and the ezer kenegdo.  The response has been nothing short of wonderful.  I spoke with hundreds of people.  The South African people have a deep sense of God’s handiwork…

Birthday Greetings and Telephone

Thank you all for the outpouring of birthday greetings.  I really appreciated it. I leave for Africa tomorrow.  So, comments will be a bit delayed.  Patrick is handling the Today’s Word delivery.  It is all scheduled, no interruptions. For those whom I have been able to reach by phone, it was great to have the…