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The Whole Package (2)

Jesus, upon seeing this man lying there and knowing that he had already been in that condition for a long time, *said to him, “Do you want to get well?”  John 5:6  NASB Get well – I want to be human.  That means I need to be in conversation with You.  I want to be fulfilled.  That means I need…
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The Whole Package (1)

Jesus, upon seeing this man lying there and knowing that he had already been in that condition for a long time, *said to him, “Do you want to get well?”  John 5:6  NASB Get well – Such an unfortunate translation.  hygiḗs génesthai can be translated this way, as it seems obvious that the crippled man is at the pool of…
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Real Education

To know wisdom and instruction, to discern the sayings of understanding,  Proverbs 1:2  NASB Instruction – Hebrew education?  Well, let’s see.  Rabbi Ishmael’s answer to the question of Ben Damah (Menachoth 99b): “May one such as I who have studied the whole of the Torah learn Greek wisdom?—He thereupon read to him the following verse, ‘This book…
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The Sadducees Return

“For the resurrection of the dead I am on trial before you today!” NASB Acts 24:21b Resurrection of the dead – The Amidah is the daily sacred prayer of Judaism.  It has been so for thousands of years.  In many ways, it is treated like the Tanakh itself, held in highest honor as the best…
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Unconscionable Lightness

“Cry loudly, do not hold back; Raise your voice like a trumpet, and declare to My people their wrongdoing, and to the house of Jacob their sins.”  Isaiah 58:1 NASB Wrongdoing – What do you really want?  What is so important that everything else pales by comparison?  What is the one thing you absolutely must have…
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