Category Archives: Jewish History/Culture

Honor your Father and Mother

Honor your Father and Mother
Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you. Exodus 20:12 God is clear that we are to honor our parents. That’s an easy and natural task for some, but not for everyone. God knows there are parents who have utterly failed and yet He gives no…
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Always Enough: God’s Economy

Always Enough: God’s Economy
The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it.  Psalm 24:1 God is sovereign and He has His own economy that doesn’t always make sense to me. There are no shortages for He owns and rules over all things. The generosity of God is shown in the widow and…
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Rejection of God’s commands: the place of traditions in following God

Rejection of God’s commands: the place of traditions in following God
And He said to them, “You have a fine way of rejecting the commandment of God in order to establish your tradition! Mark 7:9 We looked at creating fences last week, but there are other ways we substitute our own ideas for God’s. That passage above continues: For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother’; and, ‘Whoever reviles…
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Whose Fence?

Whose Fence?
And He said to them, “You have a fine way of rejecting the commandment of God in order to establish your tradition!  Mark 7:9 The Pharisees were known for their righteous rule keeping. In fact, they had made more rules than God. They had decided what righteousness looks like and it was different than what God had…
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