Category Archives: Jewish History/Culture

The Kingdom of Heaven

The Kingdom of Heaven
He told them another parable. “The Kingdom of Heaven is like … Matthew 13:33 Jesus repeatedly points to the Kingdom of Heaven but there is some debate about what exactly it is. The term doesn’t appear in the Hebrew Bible yet the Jewish sages refer to it in their writings. Jesus spoke of it as something…
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Moving Mountains

Moving Mountains
With even the smallest grain of faith rightly placed, Jesus said we could move mountains. Did He mean that literally? If not, what was He talking about? Overcoming huge obstacles This is the most obvious and maybe the most common understanding. In fact, we still use this idiom today. The picture of doing something so…
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Faith and the Mustard Seed

Faith and the Mustard Seed
Then the disciples came to Jesus in private and asked, “Why couldn’t we drive it out?” He said to them, “Because of your little faith. For truly, I say to you, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move, and nothing will be…
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El Hanne’eman, the Faithful God

El Hanne’eman, the Faithful God
What or who do you rely on? It can be easy for me to put trust in my own planning and abilities or even in friends and family. But however good those things are, ultimately they will let me down. They are not perfect. Not so with God. One of His names is El Hanne’eman,…
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