Doesn't each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or donkey from the stall and lead it out to give it water? Then should not this woman, a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has kept bound for eightee… Read More »
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Is God in Paradise?
Is God in paradise right now? That’s a silly question, don’t you think? Isn’t God “our Father in Heaven”? In the traditional Greek dualistic way of looking at the world, God infinitely far a… Read More »
Doing Our Part
…Then [the king] sent for the servants to whom he had given the money, in order to find out what they had gained with it. The first one came and said, “Sir, your mina has earned ten more.” “… Read More »
Standing Stones and Christmas Trees
If you’ve ever taken a study trip to Israel, one of the first sites you most likely saw was Gezer, only a few miles from the airport in Tel Aviv. There you will find a group of ancient standing ston… Read More »
How Could She Miss the Pool of Siloam?
One busy afternoon in the summer of 2004, a bulldozer rumbled onto a lonely side street in Jerusalem and began to push aside mounds of dirt to unearth a broken water main. With a grinding clunk the ma… Read More »
A Precious Goblet
“And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, “The LORD, the LORD, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness, maintaining love to thousands, and forgiv… Read More »
The Flood: From Baby’s Room to Philosopher’s Den
Happy cartoons of arks and rainbows. Fuzzy-faced animals marching two-by-two across the walls of a baby’s room. Most of us read the account of Noah as a cute children’s story. Some people want to … Read More »
Hebraic Thinking is that of an Oral Culture
In Walter Ong’s classic book Orality and Literacy, he shares a fascinating theory about why our modern Western culture thinks so differently than the way the Bible does. Eastern thinking, like what … Read More »
Not Yours to Complete
The task is not yours to complete, but neither are you free to desist from it. Pirke Avot 2:21 In The Book of Jewish Values, Rabbi Joseph Telushkin poses an interesting ethical question. Is it permitt… Read More »
Those who have much will be given more
For everyone who has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him. Matthew 25:29 I’m pretty sure I’ve never heard a sermon base… Read More »
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