My intellectual theology is in pretty good shape. I have a good grasp of most of the doctrines. I believe them. I know the arguments and the proofs. But that kind of theology can’t save me from my demons. Just putting more correct information in my head does not give me more courage or fortitude…
My friend, Soo-Inn Tan, from Singapore, writes a weekly post. Today’s edition had something very important to say to all of us who understand the liberty and renewal of Jesus. The results of the studies that he cites only tell us just how terrible it is to be one of the lost. He says: I…
From time to time, some of my graduate students produce some very good work. I thought you might like to see what Barry Jenkins had to say about prayer. A Theology of Prayer By Barry L. Jenkins Introduction It is necessary to state the obvious at the beginning of this work entitled A Theology of…
For those of you in the community who have been praying for Kathleen and who offered to help her, I thought you would like to see this: Boker Tov/Shabbat Shalom: I can’t tell you how much the many emails from the God’s Table community have meant to me. I never expected my email to you…
I thought about posting this as a comment, but then not everyone would see it. Part of the purpose of going to a smaller and dedicated community is to take care of each other. That’s how the world knows that we are His followers. So, I am posting an e mail that I got today…
Recently our studies in Today’s Word have focused on the rabbinic techniques of halachah and haggadah. Paul uses these techniques in his letters. We should not be surprised. After all, Paul was trained as a Pharissaic rabbi. What surprises most people is that halachah was always considered binding on the audience (since it was the…
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Eliyahu Kitov relates the teaching of the famous sage, rabbi Akiva. Akiva’s insight bears directly on this duality resident in human beings and, in particular, with the ‘ezer kenegdo. “Some of our sages probe not only the words of the Torah, but each individual letter as well. The foremost exponent of this method was Rabbi…
In linguistic analysis, a particle is a minor part of speech, usually a short few letters added to a word. These few letters are normally not declinable. That means that they cannot be modified in order to show relationships within the language structure. Most words in language can be modified to show how they relate…
“I deserve better!” “They owe it to me!” “It’s my right!” The world of the Twenty-first Century is filled with demands of entitlement. From religious expression to bedroom privacy, the plurality of our world voices its insistence on personal and social rights. Not a day seems to go by without a news story about some…
