Don’t Take Notes

“You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.’  But I tell you, . . .”  Matthew 5:38-39a  NIV Heard/ Tell – Lately we’ve remarked on the curious fact that Yeshua wrote nothing.  Westerners are uncomfortable with that.  Perhaps that’s why we rely so heavily on the writings of the…

Petition or Presence

So God heard their groaning; and God remembered His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Exodus 2:24 NASB Heard – “In its original form, prayer is not asking God for anything; it is not a request. It is a cry; an elementary outburst of woe, a spontaneous call in need; a hurt, a sorrow, given…

The First Shema

and he said, “I heard your voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.”  Genesis 3:10 Heard – “Sh’ma, O Israel” is the center of the faith.  Every day Israel is called to listen and obey.  The word shema means both – listen and obey.  But the…