Now we understand and should try to relate to the First-Century audience as the author of the letter makes the case for Messiah Yeshua’s place in the “big picture” and in the lives of the individuals as their standard of lifestyle was about to go away–the destruction...
& Don’t be a Glutton? Today we are going to look at two seemingly unrelated topics, being a glutton and growing weary. First we’ll look at gluttony, both physical AND Spiritual. We are told in Exodus 16 that the children of Israel murmured against Moses because they wanted meat to eat like they had in Egypt. We’ll explore not only the obvious physical lesson against physically overeating meat from this story in Exodus as well as a possible Spiritual lesson about over indulging in Spiritual Meat? We tie all of this in with an encouraging message of not growing weary by taking breaks from Spiritual Meat and refreshing our Spirit in the Milk and Manna of Scripture… This message is a good reminder to be satisfied with the feast that YHWH sets before each of us and not constantly lust for more (I know I have been guilty of and had to repent for overeating at times (both physically and Spiritually), how about you?;)
Parsha "Shelach Lekha" (Numbers chapters 13 through 15) begins with a story that is often just called "The Spies," because that might be sufficient to remind us what happened. But because the story is also truly tragic, there's "more to the story." As us so often also...
What is Truth? The better question is, "Who is Truth?" In Psalms 5 and 86, as well as others, David reminds us of the only source of truth. Yashua/Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth, and the life." In this chaotic world that swirls around us and tries to gaslight us...
Audio Reading: 2 Kings 18: 13-19:37 Acts 21:1-17 King Hezekiah comes under intense Psychological warfare from the invading King Sennacherib. This invading King tells the people: "Dont let Hezekiah deceive you. He will never be able to rescue you from my power. Don't...
News, commentary, and an extended summary of the implosions, revelations, and implications of events for the week ending Saturday, 29 June, 2024.
News and commentary for Thursday, 27 June, 2024.
In 1775, after the "shot heard 'round the world," the thirteen colonies in America saw what became a "War of Independence" from the king they were to describe as a 'tyrant' in the unanimous Declaration of Independence. Not too much later, a similar, yet very...
News and commentary for Wednesday, 26 June, 2024. Brace yourselves...there have been no shortages of warnings.
How do we get our lives unstuck? Is belief alone the thing that gets our lives moving and producing the kind of fruit we & God desire? How do we actualize the idealized version of ourselves? In this series, we are seeking to answer the question Yeshua asked His...
News and commentary for Tuesday, 25 June, 2024.
News and commentary for Monday, 24 June, 2024.