In preparation for the Jewish festival of Shavuot (English: Weeks; aka Pentecost), which begins this year the evening of Saturday, June 11, we have been focusing on the topic of boldness. For Yeshua’s followers, boldness is a key theme arising from the fulfillment of the promise given through the Hebrew prophet Joel: And it shall […]
Updated version of a TorahBytes message from December 8, 2001 For the Lord GOD does nothing without revealing his secret to his servants the prophets. The lion has roared; who will not fear? The Lord GOD has spoken; who can but prophesy? (Amos 3:7-8; ESV) One of the more popular misconceptions about God is that he is […]
Last week one of my adult sons forwarded to me and several others an excellent blog post by Tim Challies, entitled The Transgender Conversation You Need to Have With Your Family”. Challies reports the recent experience of a female friend who underwent a pat-down at airport security. Having requested someone of the same sex to […]
There are forces at work today seeking to undermine the kind of boldness that God wants us to have when presenting biblical truth. One of these is the accusation that to disagree with someone is to hate them. This stems from the misguided use of Yeshua’s words, “Judge not, that you be not judged” (Matthew […]
Some time ago there emerged a concept designed to attract more people to church services. Normally termed “seeker sensitive,” it attempted to make worship services more attractive to people who were open to biblical spirituality, but might be turned off by their past experiences and/or current impressions of church. The theory was (and is) by […]
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