Just a brief comment on comments. I was glad to see so many people provide blogs in the last few days. My hope is that a lot more readers will chose to make comments in 2010. Please don’t think that just because you don’t want to enter into a scholarly conversation you don’t have anything…
Loose Torah Some time ago I posed a question to Rabbi Bob Gorelik about keeping Sabbath. The question was: “I often have to travel to teach, and many times I end up with schedules that require me to fly on Sabbath. How can I resolve this with the instructions about the Sabbath?” I think Bob’s…
These images dramatically contrast Singapore and Malaysia. These two places are less than 20 miles apart, yet they might as well be on different planets. Comfortable, pleasant, big, wealthy Singapore stands as a towering icon of capitalism. But right across the border is another world – a world left to survive in squalor. These are…
Today I had the honor and pleasure of accompanying my friend, Anthony Hodge, while we took food to many elderly and sick people in his home town. Anthony is the sole force behind Finding the Lost Sheep. His is a story of God’s direct hand of intervention in a life going down the drain. I…
Most of us don’t realize that vast populations of the world still practice explicit idolatry. On my recent trip, I can across these images. They tell the story.
Some of you asked about the passage Isaiah 9:6 and the compound name in that verse. Here is a look at that name, written around Christmas 2007. For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us; and the government will rest on His shoulders; and His name will be…
The conversation was intense. I found myself saying “No, that’s not right,” over and over. I argued the points, often being forceful without consideration for the convictions of my friend, because I knew that I was right. Of course, he thought the same about his position, but I tend to be very aggressive and assertive…
Israel’s greatest struggle was idolatry. We often imagine that idolatry is relegated to those terrible pagans who don’t know the Lord, but Israel’s history should teach us otherwise. The same people who heard His voice at Sinai offered sacrifices to the gods of Canaan, Assyria and Babylon. Were they just being perverse? Were they simply…
Window Shopping at 36,000 feet
