Did you ever have something leap off the page, land on your face, toss you back and forth, screaming, “PAY ATTENTION!”? This week I was casually searching the internet for the surname, Bocchimuzzo. (I occasionally dabble in family history.) As I was scanning a document from a Catholic church looking for this surname, words–having nothing […]
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Is Gehenna Purgatory?
This morning I was reading Matthew 5, when suddenly some things Yeshua said struck me with a totally different meaning. and whoever says, ‘You fool!’ shall be subject to fiery Gehenna – verse 22 And if your right eye causes you to stumble, gouge it out and throw it away! It is better for you that […]
Torah Keeps Our Love Alive
“God’s Torah is His Spirit and His heart in writing. When we walk in Torah, we are walking in Him.” – Rabbi Matthew Salathe. Yesterday was Yom Kippur, the High Holy Day, the Shabbat of Shabbats. And I was struggling to enter into God’s rest on this most holy day of the year. You see, […]
Same God, Same Commandment, But?
This week I attended a bible study where the discussion centered on loving as God loved. One of the participants said it wasn’t possible to love as God loves. Another piped up that it is possible, because Jesus told us to do it. She kept insisting that it was simply a matter of obedience to […]