Some Community Updates

Jan sent you a message. Subject: My New Home “Skip, Gayle Johnson suggested I send these to you & let those of you who are praying for me see how the house is progressing – the first 3 photos are the most recent taken 11-22-09 – the driveway & sidewalk was poured – please pray…

Law and Grace: Part 3

Baruch Levine emphasizes one of the most important characteristics of the Hebrew view of law when he says: . . . the laws of the Torah did not permit Israelites to expiate intentional or premeditated offenses by means of sacrifice.  There was no vicarious, ritual remedy – substitution of one’s property or wealth – for…

Some Questions Resolved

Recently, some blog comments have raised issues about various Hebraic topics.  Some of these can be easily resolved with an internet search. How did the name Yeshua become Jesus?  click here The shift from the Hebrew Bible to the Christian Bible.  Click here

Further comment on Law and Grace

Part 2:  (Please read the initial discussion of Mr. Corner’s mistaken view of Galatians) Mr. Corner goes on to say: One of their actual deceptive web sites that stresses the importance of the Torah for us today declared the following: “Since the Bible was written by Hebrews, it is critical to understand their ancient culture…

Law and Grace: Getting The Difference Straight

Today I received an passionate request to explain why my teaching about law and grace was causing such terrible consequences for a particular person.  Accompanying this request was an article by Dan Corner titled “Deadly Galatianism Reintroduced.”  With an English construction like that, I just had to take a look.  Unfortunately, Mr. Corner’s misunderstanding of…

Cultural Imperatives

Today I received an email (forwarded) that contained some pictorial representations of the Passion story.  At the end was this message: All you have to do is: 1.   Simply pray for the person who sent this message to you: Lord, you know the life of _________. I ask You to bless him/her in all things and make him/her…

Faces

Some photos from Jerusalem.  Children often shows us what we can’t articulate.  I love the Superman with a kippah (yamaka).  The perfect combination of our split cultural reality.  Enjoy the others, including the reality of 18 year-old girls with machine guns.