Well it happened again. I had a dream about the moon. I was with my family and at some point, TAK Connections (who, of course, is also my family). We were in a battle with evil forces (think Mission Impossible). We finally defeated the bad guys and made it home. We were celebrating our victory […]
Does the Grace Gospel Keep Us In Sin?
These days, we hear a lot about grace. There is a gospel circulating within Christendom that says, ‘God is love, come as you are.’ While this is true, God is love and calls us to come as we are, He loves us to much to let us stay that way. You see, sin separates us […]
Now I Get It!
The word of God is amazing! I know you’re thinking, “Duh!”, but a fresh revelation of God’s amazing word is necessary in our life to keep us from growing cold. This week I had just such a revelation. Over the last month I asked my fellow travelers (on this journey to Messiah) to complete a few studies […]
Warning: After Redemption – Sin
Have you ever noticed that after we are redeemed, temptation comes in like a flood? Think about it. I used to smoke. I smoked over a pack of cigarettes a day. I made the decision to quit several times. It amazed me that as soon as I simply made the decision to quit, the hankering […]
Marinate On This
Did you ever have God smack you upside the head with truth? It happens to me all the time. Today I was reading a short post by my friend Pete Rambo. One of his visitors insisted that we are not under the law, to which Pete responded with a quote from Isaiah 66. It is […]
Is There a Connection between Miriam’s Well and Moses’ Exile?
I have said it before and I will say it again: when we look through the eyes of Jewish scholars, the scriptures make so much sense. Take the account of Miriam’s death, for instance. In Numbers 20 Miriam dies, the people complain (again), and Moses is banned from entering the Promised Land. Moses, the guy […]
Looking at the Whole Picture
Did you ever read scripture and suddenly understand more than what you thought was there? I was reading Matthew 23 and it occurred to me that Yeshua was addressing something specific to his time. But we have distorted and lost its meaning, building whole theologies on a piece of the truth. In Matthew 23:8-9, Yeshua […]
Does God’s Choice Make You Mad?
I had a conversation the other day with a friend. He recently started delving into Messianic Judaism, but seems to have a problem with the Jewish people. I think a lot of us who are not Jewish, fall into that trap. Why? Because we want to be the apple of God’s eye, the only one that […]
Are You Repelling the Presence of God?
Did you know that you are in control of whether or not you enter the presence God? Yes, you heard that right. You are in control. Now before you start ranting that I have lost my mind, or that I am a heretic, let’s examine the scriptures. In Isaiah 59 we read, “Adonai’s arm is […]
Does God Care About You?
The burning question on everyone’s mind, at one time or another, is, “Does God care about me?” Seriously, how can we know that He does? Oh, we know He sacrificed His Son for the world, but how do you know that, if you were the only person on earth, that God would do that for you? […]