Will There Be A Palestinian State? There is much talk going on in the world at the present about the creation of a Palestinian State next to Israel in the area of the eastern Mediterranean. Whereas it was looked on as nigh improbable a mere thirty years ago or so that such a “State” could […]

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Returning To An Objective Morality Part 2 Welcome back to Returning to an Objective Morality. This is the second part of this 2-part series. After Germany lost WWII, the German Nazi leaders were put on trial at Nuremberg. Recently I visited that very courtroom; it was quite moving. The trial was unprecedented, and so a […]

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Returning To An Objective Morality Part 1 Over 30 years ago, in 1992, the renowned syndicated columnist Cal Thomas wrote these opening words to his article entitled “Too many Americans adrift without a moral compass”: On ABC’s “Good Morning America” one-day last week, there was a discussion on “family values”. One guest said he thought […]

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12 Key Prophecies About Israel Sometimes the most important matters of our times don’t appear in news headlines, or are they the subjects of Sunday TV talk shows. They are the smaller, less popularly noticed things that when linked together identify a troubling trend or portend a gathering storm that is about to break, and […]

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Paul, The Law and The Jewish People Matthew chapter 5 begins this way: CJB Matt. 5:1-16 Seeing the crowds, Yeshua walked up the hill. After he sat down, his talmidim came to him, 2 and he began to speak. This is what he taught them: 3 "How blessed are the poor in spirit! for the […]

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BIBLICAL PROPHETS The Office and The Purpose Over the past year or more we have been studying the Minor Prophets (and we’ll continue to do so). But, today I want to talk with you about Prophets and the biblical office of Prophet in general. I have noticed that the term and understanding of its meaning […]

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The Real Meaning Of Kosher For Believers of all ilks and labels, next to Sabbath, probably the dietary laws are the most controversial and puzzling aspects of the Law of Moses and of Judaism in general. I have probably had more questions than any other about kosher eating and whether that is really still intended […]

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Paul and The Two Diasporas There are reasons that things happen as they do, whether in the Bible or in our everyday modern lives. When we can discover the reasons that some of our greatest Bible characters made the choices they did, it removes them from the world of myth and legend and places them […]

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The Book of Ruth Lesson 8 – Chapter 4 (End of Book) We have great deal to cover today, so I’m not going to review our previous lesson. Since our Ruth study is only 8 lessons long (counting today’s) I think if you want to go over it again it’s not too long of a […]

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The Book of Ruth Lesson 7 – Chapters 3 and 4 We ended last week in Ruth chapter 3 with the startled (but pleasantly surprised) Boaz awaking in the middle of the night to find the find the lovely and perfumed form of Ruth lying beside his legs. And we dealt with acknowledging that while […]

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