Torah Takes: What Is Good? by Torah Talk

In a second part of a two-part series on Deitrich Bonhoeffer, Kathy and Gary discuss the concept of "cheap grace." Bonhoeffer wrote: "Cheap grace is the deadly enemy of the church...Having laid hold of cheap grace, they ae barred forever from the knowledge of costly grace. Deceived and weakened, men felt that they were strong now that they are in possession of cheap grace-whereas they had in fact lost the power to live the life of discipleship and obedience." Kathy and Gary also show how the modern concept of the "seeker-friendly church' is an extension of Bonhoeffer's idea of cheap grace.

A short Hebraic and scientific word study of "light."

(Genesis 1:3)

Nikola Tesla once said: “If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency, and vibration. Kathy uses a basic scientific understanding of energy, frequency and vibration to help explain the power of God's word.

In the late 1930's and early 1940's, there was very little opposition from the German church against Hitler and the rise of Nazism. Going against the tide, Deitrich Bonhoeffer preached it was not enough to follow Christ by preaching and praying. He unapologetically called for Christian action and, if need be, self-sacrifice in order to stop the atrocities against the Jews. Believing that Christian self-righteousness and complacency set the stage for the rise of Nazism, Bonhoeffer died trying to right the wrongs. In this episode, Kathy and Gary discuss the state of the Christian church in Nazi Germany, Bonhoeffer's willingness to stand up to the church's apathy, and the consequences of anti-Judaism in Christian theology.

Gary and Kathy dive into the "Original Sin"-- the sin of pride, which was at the root of Satan's rebellion against God and virtually all other sin. According to Biblical patterns, pride can sometimes be a good thing, but more often, pride is man's way of saying "I know better than God."

A short study of the Hebrew word for "water."

A short study of the Hebrew word for "darkness."

A word study of the text of Genesis 1, verses 1 and 2 reveals an intriguing dilemma. (5:34 minutes)

Many Christians have been taught that Pentecost is the holiday that celebrates the birth of "The Church," not realizing that this holiday was actually the ancient Biblical festival of Shavuot. With this erroneous belief, the church was born in divorce of its Biblical Hebraic foundations and opened itself up to adopting much pagan culture. Kathy and Gary discuss what really happened on the special day when God's people were filled with his Holy Spirit and how God feels about this mingling of His true worship with the ways of the world.