First, you ask, “who in the world are Elisheva and Miriam”? Welcome to the Hebrew names of Elizabeth and Mary. These are the names by which they were known. And speaking of names, did you know that we refer to Yochanan the Immerser as John the Baptist? And if you read my blog regularly, you […]
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Is The Torah Still Relevant?
My heart is breaking. Recently I was involved in conversations in the blogosphere regarding Torah and its relevance to Gentiles. Many said it has little to no bearing on us. Several times I shared this with my rabbi at Torah study and was shored in my belief that yes, there is one Torah for all […]
Treasures in the Heart
Did you ever spend time with a loved one and before it’s time to depart, you just can’t help but talking about all you’d done together? I have. When my oldest grandson was a toddler I used to ‘kidnap’ him on the weekends. We’d do all sorts of little things together. The simple things in […]
Repair, Rebuild, Restore
Did you ever have the Word of God jump off the page, land on your face and refuse to let go? That’s what happened to me over six years ago. I was reading through Isaiah 61 when all of a sudden verse 4 flew off the page, grabbed my face, and refused to let go. […]
Save Jax by Jessica Valik
This is Jackson Baldwin’s story for those who don’t already know, per his Mommy, Jessica: Jackson aka Jax was born in Nathan Littauer hospital on August 20, 2011 weighing a healthy 8lbs 4oz. Throughout the entire pregnancy there were no complications and through ultra sounds Jax was deemed a very healthy baby. Delivery took an […]
Time to Stop Talking and Start Doing!
This morning I am setting aside discussions about our journey to our Jewish Messiah and asking all of us to stop talking and start doing. Doing what? Being a disciple. Doing the work of the Kingdom. This first starts with having a heart after God’s own heart. When Yeshua saw the suffering his heart broke […]
The Danger of Living Without Torah
There’s been an ongoing conversation on my friend James Pyles’ blog post “What Am I, Chopped Liver?” I attempted to jump back into the conversation several times, but with over 184 comments (as of Sunday night); I realized it wasn’t going to happen. But it’s been on my heart, and prattling around in my mind […]
What Does Holiness Look Like?
Did you ever wonder what holiness looks like? I mean, God calls us to be holy like He is holy (Lev 11:44, 19:2). Peter echoes this call in 1 Peter 1:13-16. But what exactly does it look like? Oh if Yeshua were standing before us, it would be pretty easy to recognize it. But how […]
Jews and Gentiles – Still a Dilemma
This morning the Lord was speaking to me through two different articles I read on the web. (What, you think He only talks through the bible?) So I was reading the comment section of James Pyles article “What Am I, Chopped Liver?” and thinking about my personal situation – that God has called me to […]
What Does the Sabbath Teach Us?
A few weeks back a group of us discussed Leviticus 25 where God instructed the Israelites to take a Sabbatical year once every 7 years, then every 49 years to take a Jubilee year. We were all thinking how wonderful it would be to take one year off every seven years, then two years off […]