An Apple a Day

Shout joyfully to God, all the earth; Psalm 66:1 NASB Shout joyfully – Don’t you just want to scream? The world is such a mess. Tragedy surrounds us on all sides. Nothing seems fair. Even our best days are tinged with past sorrows. Wouldn’t it help to just yell? To howl towards heaven? Ah, that’s…

How Far?

You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the sons of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself; I am the LORD. Leviticus 19:18  NASB Neighbor – Proxy Christianity is a wonderful way to avoid the real world.  It allows me to simply pay for someone else to share in…

Error de Escriba

No digas a tu prójimo: Ve y vuelve, y mañana te lo daré, cuando lo tienes contigo. Proverbios 3:28 Prójimo – El escriba preguntó, “¿Quién es mi prójimo?” Yeshua contestó con la parábola del Buen Samaritano. Pero donde perdemos un poco del impacto de ésta parábola es que no comprendemos la ironía de que la…

Scribal Error

Do not say to your neighbor, “Go, and come back, and tomorrow I will give,” when you have it by you. Proverbs 3:28 Neighbor –  The scribe asked, “Who is my neighbor?”  Yeshua answered with the parable of the Good Samaritan.  But we will miss some of the impact of this parable if we don’t…

The One and Only

You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the sons of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself; I am the LORD. Leviticus 19:18 Neighbor – Only one time in the entire Old Testament.  That’s right, the command to love your neighbor as yourself occurs only once, in this verse. …