Love and Torah – what’s love got to do with it? This study series is based on the “Two Great Commands” – love Yahweh and love your neighbor. This episode from the beginning of Sukkot starts with Rabbi Steve Berkson taking us to the passage in the Gospel of John,...
Parsha "Shoftim" (Deuteronomy 16:18 - 21:9) may be the most utterly "timely" commentary on the World Today, and what is so UTTERLY WRONG -- given events of the last week -- that we could ask for. Mark Call of Shabbat Shalom Mesa fellowship contends in this week's...
News, commentary, and an extended summary from host Mark Call of some of most important events, the media spin, and what is being deliberately overlooked and hidden, for the week ending 30 August, 2025.
The late Chicago movie critic, Roger Ebert, used to refer to the "Idiot Plot," in a lousy movie where if any single character simply failed to act like an idiot, there would simply be no movie to watch. And lately that seems to describe the world, too. Is there a...
News and commentary for Thursday, 28 August, 2025.
News and commentary for Wednesday, 27 August, 2025.
News and commentary for Tuesday, 26 August, 2025.
News and commentary for Monday, 25 August, 2025.
Is this Tradition Supported by Scripture? A look at the sixth biblical or Hebrew month in scripture. The sixth month is also known as the month of Elul. We are now entering this sixth month starting the evening of August 27th. The time period of 40 days leading up to Yom Kippur which includes the entire month of Elul is known as the “40 Days of Repentance” but is this supported by scripture or just a tradition. Should we consider a fast and serious time of repentance during this 40 days leading up to Yom Kippur? If yes, then what kind of fast? What should be included in our repentance? We’ll see just what YHWH says in His Word!
Love and Torah – what’s love got to do with it? This study series is based on the “Two Great Commands” – love Yahweh and love your neighbor. As we explore Psalm 119, we begin this episode in verse 99 and ask the question, Why would you love the Torah? Rabbi Steve...
On today’s show, Episode 183, this is PART 2 of a Hebrew Scripture discussion that I had with Jeff Benner, founder of the online Ancient Hebrew Research Center in 1999. Jeff Benner loves to help serious Bible readers break free from a surface-level understanding of...