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...
Parsha "Re'eh" (for "See!,"Behold!," or even "Check it out" -- Deuteronomy 11:26-16:18) begins with a blessing, and a curse. And, as Mark points out up front, the fact that even the significance of the distinction there is so often missed is a major indicator of why...
This week Mark welcomes back former co-host, friend, and long-familiar voice on HNR, Daniel Holdings, to take a look back at the week that was, ending Friday, 22 August, 2025.
News, commentary, and an extended summary from host Mark Call of some of most important events, and the media spin, too, for the week ending 23 August, 2025.
Mark welcomes special guest Harmon Taylor, of 'Legal Reality,' back for his first visit on the show since the advent of the new Administration, to discuss the state of the 'court' system, and the revelations of the depth of criminality we now understand to have been...