Today’s Word

A Company of One

One ordinance shall be both for you of the congregation, and also for the stranger who sojourns with you, an ordinance forever in your generations; as you are, so shall the stranger be before the Lord.  One Torah and one code shall be for you, and for the stranger who sojourns with you. Numbers 15:15-16 …
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The Severity of God

“Behold, My Servant, whom I uphold; My chosen one in whom My soul delights.  I have put My Spirit upon Him; He will bring forth justice to the nations.” Isaiah 42:1  NASB Justice – I sincerely hope that you do not pray for this prophecy to come true.  There is no doubt that one day…
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Where to Find God

I am the LORD your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, the house of bondage. Exodus 20:2  JPS I am – Before we can look into this verse and this word (anoki), we have to step backward, to the first verse in the twentieth chapter.  Why?  Because there is something unusual…
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Reading Again

There is a time to act for God; set aside the Torah  Psalm 119:126  (Heschel) To act for God – You won’t get this translation in the English Bibles.  Most English Bibles, and a lot of translations of the Jewish Tanakh, read something like, “It is time for the Lord to act, for they have…
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The Missing Ingredient

for there was joy in Israel 1 Chronicles 12:40  (Hebrew World) Joy – “Joy is not a theological category in the teachings of most religions and it is never discussed in handbooks of theology.  Those who are overwhelmed by spiritual solemnity and are unable to forget that faith lives in a constant state of tension…
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The Second Marriage

but Rachel was beautiful and well favored Genesis 29:17  NASB Rachel – We know God doesn’t always choose the first.  Jacob, not Esau.  Abel, not Cain.  Joseph.  David.  God’s choosing often crosses the boundaries of human protocol and expectation.  We hold up these men as examples of God’s selection.  But maybe we should hold up…
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