Category Archives: Jewish History/Culture

Passion Week: His Walk Alone

Passion Week: His Walk Alone
With the world in various levels of isolation today, a meaningful thread of Passion Week can be seen as Jesus makes a walk into aloneness. His week started out surrounded by crowds calling for His coronation and singing His praises. And the crowds that went before Him and that followed Him were shouting, “Hosanna to the Son…
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El Elyon, God Most High

El Elyon, God Most High
I tend to feel in control and self-reliant - until I’m not. Yes, I give mental assent to God being in control of all things but it is amazing how often I don’t live like it. I like the feeling of being in control. Right now, many are being faced with the reality that, in…
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Kingdoms at War

Kingdoms at War
What happens when you bring the gospel of a NEW kingdom to a culture that already has a king? Friction, clashes, and confrontations are inevitable – all forcing people to choose sides. That’s what Paul and the early church faced as they began to spread the good news. The Kingdom of God was reclaiming territory,…
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Dust of Forbidden Speech

Dust of Forbidden Speech
Dishing out negative information, even if true, is forbidden in the Jewish law of Lashon Hora. God wants us to love our neighbor and to treat everyone with dignity, even when – and especially when - it’s difficult. So we hold our tongue. But our fallen human nature tends to find a way. We become…
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