This blog is inspired by comment on a thread made in a facebook group that I am involved in. I want to make a few facts known at the beginning here. Some people I talk with in some groups I am in do not believe that I understand Christianity; they make comments in this direction …
Tag: sin
Returning to G-d
I recently began a journey through Tehillim/Psalms. Along the way I decided that I would journal the words and passages that spoke to me. Helping me in this journey is the 2 vol set of Tehillim part of the Artscroll Tanach Series which is full of information and commentary throughout the ages from the Sages …
Read The Fine Print
I have been pondering this for a few days now and have decided to write on this issue. Just the other day while standing in the checkout line in a local craft store I saw standing on the top of a shelf there by the register a Christian cross standing about a foot tall with …
Got Your Ears On?
“Got your ears on?” is CB/Citizens Band Radio slang for, “Are you listening?” Today the world seems to be in turmoil, there is devastation and harsh violence all around us. Just recent in the USA alone there has been hurricanes slamming into areas where it is not normal; crazed people with guns shooting up schools, …
Lesson From The Kiddush Cup
A Kiddush cup is a special cup that is set aside for a specific purpose. Israel is commanded by G-d to be holy as He is holy. The word holy in Hebrew is, kadosh, it means to be set apart – not for common use. The kiddush cup is a holy vessel. It is used …
Whack – A – Negative Trait
Have you ever played the arcade game Whack – A – Mole? It is a game where these little moles head pop up out of a hole at random intervals and speeds and you have to whack them with a hammer. Here recently I have taken on working on a particular negative trait and …
His Name is Emes
One of the Names of G-d is Emes/Truth, by taking a closer look at this wonderful name we can gain a deeper understanding in how we communicate with out Creator. Tehillim 145:18 Near is the Eternal to all that call upon Him, to all that call upon Him in truth. We are told here that …
Avodah Zarah
Avodah Zarah is the Hebrew term that is translated as, ‘idolatry’ in the English; it literal translation is. ‘Strange worship’ or ‘strange service’ Most people associate idol worship with ancient pagans bowing down before a wood or stone object. Today many in this modern world especially in Christian America would not consider pagan idolatry to …
Set Yourself Free
The trap of sadness Sadness and despair of our past traps us. When we fail G-d the worst thing we can do is to tear ourselves down. The Yetzer Hara or Evil Inclination comes to us in the time of our fall and begins to work on us to keep us enslaved in our fall …
Does God Change You?
When talking to people when they believe they have come to God that He has changed their lives. They confess that they were this or that or that they used to do this or that and now God changed them and they are not the same person. Does God change you or do you change …
Emuna Trek 