Giving Up and Giving In

“If you do well, shall you not be accepted?  And if you do not well, sin lies at the door.  And to you shall be its desire, and yet you may rule over it.”  Genesis 4:7 Sin – The first time we read the Hebrew word hatat (sin) is here in the story of Cain. …

Present Reality

and he said, “I heard your voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.”  Genesis 3:10 I Was Naked – Adam doesn’t say, “I was naked.”  Oh, I know.  That’s the way the text is translated because in order to make the verbs agree within the sentence,…

The Beginning of Wisdom

and he said, “I heard your voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.”  Genesis 3:10 Afraid – We know this word.  We just don’t know it in this context.  It is yare, the verb that means “to fear, to respect, to reverence and to be afraid.” …

The File Library

Over the next few weeks I will be posting articles that were once in the file library of the old At God’s Table website.  There may be several a day, so don’t think I wrote all these the day before.  I want to get them into the new website so that you can search them…

The First Shema

and he said, “I heard your voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.”  Genesis 3:10 Heard – “Sh’ma, O Israel” is the center of the faith.  Every day Israel is called to listen and obey.  The word shema means both – listen and obey.  But the…

Wealth Redistribution

“Beware of practicing your righteousness before men to be noticed by them, otherwise you have no reward with your Father in heaven.”  Matthew 6:1 Righteousness – Yeshua proclaims Kingdom principles.  He announces how the citizens of His Father’s Kingdom act in ways that compete with the kingdoms of this world.  He is not talking about…

As By One Man

and when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit, and ate, and gave also to her husband with her; and he ate  Genesis 3:6 With Her – “Why, oh,…

Kingdom Politics

Only conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ  Philippians 1:27  Conduct Yourselves – What is the Kingdom of God on earth?  If you listen to most teaching and preaching, you soon discover that the Kingdom is “within you,” that is, it is an internal religious attitude that should, but doesn’t always,…

A Declaration of Dependence

A Declaration of Dependence   I believe that God is the sovereign ruler of all creation. I believe that God is a God of order, not confusion or chaos. I believe that God is compassionate beyond measure, faithful to a fault, merciful and forgiving. I believe that I am lost and hopelessly ruined without His…