The World Is Not Enough (2)

“I do not ask You to take them out of the world, but to keep them from the evil one.” John 17:15 NASB Take them out – “Judaism is God’s perennial question-mark against the condition of the world.”[1] God has invited us to be His partners in redeeming the world. That means we must question…

The World Is Not Enough (1)

“I do not ask You to take them out of the world, but to keep them from the evil one.” John 17:15 NASB   Take them out – Hedonism, cynicism and stoicism: the lethal combination of worldviews that defines our culture.   Hedonism—the pursuit of personal pleasure coupled with the belief that happiness is the…

AMAZING! for Amanda

I LOVE THIS COMMUNITY!!  I am so proud to see you work.  At God’s Table might offer daily “thinking” bread, but the real meal is the compassion you show for each other.  As a result of your decisions to involve yourselves in the lives of this community, we have helped Amanda in significant ways.  YOU…

Seeing God

“You shall not hate your brother in your heart, but you shall reason frankly with your neighbor, lest you incur sin because of him.  You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the sons of your own people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord.” Leviticus 19:17-18 ESV…

Who Is God?

Declare the things that are going to come afterward, that we may know that you are gods; Indeed, do good or evil, that we may anxiously look about us and fear together. Isaiah 41:23 NASB Going to come afterward – God challenges pretenders to His throne. “Tell us what is going to come afterward.” If…

Why We Are Here

If you are a reader of the blog posts, then you saw this one.  If you aren’t, then I want to call your attention to it. Amanda Youngblood wrote this post.  I have known Amanda for some time.  She lives here in central Florida.  She has been a faithful supporter for many years.  I once…

Not Quite

“My beloved extended his hand through the opening, and my feelings were aroused for him.” Songs of Songs 5:4 NASB Through the opening – There’s a reason why Song of Songs is treated as allegory by both the Christian and Jewish worlds. That reason could be summarized in this verse; a verse that quite literally…

ISRAEL TOUR #2 OCTOBER 2015

To all prospective Israel Tour #2 participants (October 2015). We are just two people short of making the trip in October (there is a minimum number for booking groups into the hotels).  I hope that this will soon be corrected and we will all be off the Israel in the cooler weather. So, if you were…

Sins of the City (2)

You have despised My holy things and profaned My sabbaths.  Slanderous men have been in you for the purpose of shedding blood, and in you they have eaten at the mountain shrines. In your midst they have committed acts of lewdness.In you they have uncovered their fathers’ nakedness; in you they have humbled her who…