Psalms 25 – The Way God Works.
Tehilim / Psalms 25
1 Unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul. 2 O my God, I trust in thee let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me. 3 Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed let them be ashamed which transgress wi...
Parashat Vayechi, Love, Praise, Worship, and Passion for God
In this week’s Parashah, Parashat Vayechi, Yisrael (Yaakov/Jacob) is dying and Yoseph (Joseph) brings
his two children to Yisrael so that he could bless them before he dies. In the narrative Yisrael
adopts Yoseph’s...
Parashat Vayigash, Holding onto God in the midst of our suffering.
One of the most memorable moments in the Story of Yoseph (Joseph), in this week’s Parsha, Parashat
Vayigash, is when Yoseph wept over his brothers forgiving them of their sin against him.
Bereshit / Genesis 45:2 He...
Parashat Miketz, Remaining Faithful.
Parashat Miketz meaning “at the end” is the second word and the first distinctive word of the Parashah of the
tenth weekly Torah portion in the annual cycle of the Torah reading. The Triennial Cycle portion,
Beresh...
Parashat Vayeshev, The gifts God gives us.
In Parashat Vayeshev, Bereshit / Genesis 37:1-37:36, we read
37:3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons, because he was the son of
his old age; and he made him a varicolored tunic. 37:4 His brothers saw that their fat...
Parashat Vayishlach, Testing our faith
Times of hardship can test the faith and convictions of all of us. God’s Word in
Parashat Vayishlach recognizes the challenge of testing in Yaakov’s (Jacob’s) life, whether it comes
from fear that resulted fr...
Parashat Vayetze: Yeshua is our ladder to Heaven
In the reading for this week, Parashat Vayetze (“and he went out”),
from Bereshit / Genesis 28:10-22, God gave Yaakov a vision of angels
ascending and descending upon a ladder at a place that is called Luz. Reading...
Parashat Toldot: Birthright, knowledge, and grace.
Bereshit / Genesis 25:29 When Jacob had cooked stew, Esau came in from the field and he
was famished; 25:30 and Esau said to Jacob, ‘Please let me have a swallow of that red stuff there, for I am famished.’
Therefore his...
Parashat Chayei Sarah: Being Honest by Remembering God’s Covenant
In this week’s reading from the Triennial cycle (Bereshit / Genesis 23:1-24:9)
in Parashat Chayei Sarah (life of Sarah), there are two very important observations on the life of Avraham, (i) Avraham’s
dealing with the Hi...
Yeshua’s healing power.
Recently, while reading through my Bible about the story of the woman with the issue of blood that Yeshua healed, in Luke 8:34-48, there was something about the Hebrew text that caught my attention. Luke 8:43 says th...
Parashat Vayera, The One whom Avraham is speaking to.
Bereshit / Genesis 18:1 Now the Lord appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre, while he
was sitting at the tent door in the heat of the day. 18:2 When he lifted up his eyes and looked, behold, three
men were standing opposite him;...
Parashat Lekh Lekha, Avraham was led by faith.
Bereshit / Genesis 12:4 So Abram went forth as the Lord had spoken to him; and Lot went with him. Now Abram was
seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran. 12:5 Abram took Sarai his wife and Lot his nephew, and all thei...
Lucifer (Satan) and Judaism
Below is a discussion email response I gave a while back on the topic of "Lucifer (Satan) and Judaism." A lot of times there appear to be a disconnection between what we have accepted traditionally as doctrine such as that in discussions wi...
Muhammad or Jesus of Nazareth?
I have heard it said that a Muslim submits himself to Allah out of love, but does a Muslim submit himself to Allah and to Islam because he loves Allah? According to the encyclopedia Britannica, in the religion of Islam, the tradition or coll...
Is Isaiah 53 the only prophecy in the Bible for the...
Rabbinic Judaism teaches that the Messiah has not come. Some sects of Judaism even have their own messiah. Regardless of Judaism's questions on who the Messiah is we know for certain because the Bible prophetically revealed Yeshua as the Me...
Should a Believer practice Yoga?
Whether or not it is ok for Christ's believers to be involved in Yoga is a topic that many believers disagree about. The purpose for this study is to analyze the origins of Yoga and to examine what the scriptures reveal about the subject. I...
Parashat Noach, Having trouble hearing the Lord?
Bereshit / Genesis 6:22 Thus Noah did; according to all that God had commanded him, so he did. 7:1
Then the Lord said to Noah, ‘Enter the ark, you and all your household, for you alone I have seen to be righteous
before ...
Parashat Bereshit, In the Begining God created …
This week's reading from the Triennial Cycle (Bereshit / Genesis 1:1-2:3) gives the account of the creation week when God made the heavens and the earth. Did you know that the entire Bible (all of scripture) rests upon these first few verse...
Can Christians participate in worldly activities such as going to Bars?
"...if any man who is called a brother ..." 1 Corinthians 5:11 the apostle Paul is talking about a brother in the faith and not referring to befriending unbelievers for the purpose of witnessing/living ones life for Christ amongst the lost...
Some Food for Thought…
After the death, burial, and bodily resurrection of Yeshua, the disciples became disheartened, and turned back to their previous occupation fishing. While fishing Yeshua stood upon the sea shore, Peter realizing that it was the Lord, jumped i...
