In God We Trust

My God, in You I trust.  Let me be not shamed, let my enemies not gloat over me.  Psalm 25:2  Robert Alter translation Trust – Trust in God is more than a motto on the back of a coin.  In fact, we might wonder if biblical “trust” can even be understood apart from Hebrew thought. …

Canceling the Debt

For David.  To You, O LORD, I lift up my heart.  Psalm 25:1  Robert Alter translation To You – Lamentations and Psalms use a form of poetry called acrostic.  In poems of this type, each new line begins with the next letter of the Hebrew alphabet.  In this psalm, every letter is represented except the…

Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware Seminars

Cheryl Durham has provided links for each of the events I will be  conducting between April  4-10. Please plan to attend.  Just click on the link for the information. Pastor’s Breakfast 4/4/14 Village Lutheran https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-hebrew-beatitudes-understanding-the-teaching-of-the-jewish-jesus-tickets-10674434521 Shabbat Dinner- Barnegat Diner 4/4/14 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sabbath-celebration-dinner-with-skip-moen-tickets-10639451887 Sat. Seminar Village Lutheran 4/5/14 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/understanding-the-roman-empire-and-the-formation-of-the-christian-church-tickets-10672111573 Sun. Seminar Stabley’s House 4/6/14 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/becoming-a-people-of-god-progress-toward-righteousness-in-the-hebraic-world-tickets-10648466851 Monday Seminar-…

The God Word

All the paths of the Lord are lovingkindness and truth
to those who keep His covenant and His testimonies.  Psalm 25:10  NASB Lovingkindness – By now you certainly know the difficulties of translating hesed.  And you certainly know just how important this word is.  Hesed is the single most important expression of the character of YHWH. …

A Companion Guide to Guardian Angel

Dr. Cheryl Durham has authored a guide to Guardian Angel.  As a marriage and family therapist, Cheryl uses Guardian Angel in her practice.  Now she has written a self-directed guide to implement the ideas in Guardian Angel in your marriage and family.  If you are interested, you can purchase a copy from Amazon by clicking this link.

Mining for Gold

The Lord God fashioned into a woman the rib which He had taken from the man, and brought her to the man. Genesis 2:22 NASB Brought – “bôʾ, the fourth most frequently occurring verb in the ot, is used 2570 times, for the most part with everyday meanings of “go, arrive, enter a house,” or,…

Recovery

The Lord God fashioned into a woman the rib which He had taken from the man, and brought her to the man. Genesis 2:22 NASB Had taken from – The purpose of marriage is unity.  Genesis 2:24 tells us that we are joined together in order to become one flesh.  But it isn’t just about…

Rain Falls

“and sends rain on the just and the unjust”  Matthew 5:45  I have a hard time understanding God’s battle plan.  If I were running the cosmic war, I would make it as difficult as possible on my enemies and as wonderful as I could for my allies.  I’d be sure that my troops got the…

Functional Equivalence

“and a second is like it:  You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”  Matthew 22:39  ESV Like it – The Greek word homoia is a word about equivalence.  It means “of the same kind” or “belonging equally.”  It is often used in rabbinic teaching in the phrase, “Who is like?”  We need to recognize that…