Spiritual Warfare

Come and pray. . . The Jerusalem Talmud, Berakhot 4:4 (8b) Pray – The Jerusalem Talmud, the shorter of the two great collections of rabbinic material, includes the following instruction: “One who is called upon to lead services is not told, ‘Come and pray,’ but ‘Come and kerav – offer our sacrifices, seek out our…

Raucous Melodies

Sing the glory of His name; Make His praise glorious.  Psalm 66:2  NASB Sing – What to do after shouting.  Sing.  Ah, you remember?  We started with rūaʿ (shout).  We yelled out the battle cry of God and heard the earth echo our cry.  We jumped on the tidal wave, undulated with the earthquake, sizzled…

The Man of Faith

For what I am doing, I do not understand; for I am not practicing what I would like to do, but I am doing the very thing I hate. Romans 7:15 NASB I do not understand – Paul is not describing his spiritual state before his “conversion.” That’s what Augustine thought and as a result…

Spiritual Warfare

Come and pray. . . The Jerusalem Talmud, Berakhot 4:4 (8b) Pray – The Jerusalem Talmud, the shorter of the two great collections of rabbinic material, includes the following instruction: “One who is called upon to lead services is not told, ‘Come and pray,’ but ‘Come and kerav – offer our sacrifices, seek out our…

Rain Falls

“and sends rain on the just and the unjust”  Matthew 5:45 I have a hard time understanding God’s battle plan.  If I were running the cosmic war, I would make it as difficult as possible on my enemies and as wonderful as I could for my allies.  I’d be sure that my troops got the…