How to be offended properly by Starbucks as the cups aren’t the real issue. If you honestly ask yourself “what is the key that makes the coffee better than any other coffee?” you would be hard pressed to be exacting as to the specific step of the process as your answer. The majority of people... Continue Reading →
Sabbatical Thoughts…
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 "There is an occasion for everything, and a time for every activity under heaven: a time to give birth and a time to die; a time to plant and a time to uproot; a time to kill and a time to heal; a time to tear down and a time to build; a time to weep and a time... Continue Reading →
Sabbatical
I will be on a mini sabbatical for the next few days... please enjoy some of the prior postings. The series "Namely What" defines many of the names in scripture... The series on "The Bride and the Covenant" details the Hebrew ceremony and the life of Christ. The "Fracturing the Faith" series takes us from... Continue Reading →
Genesis 1:3-5 …Light
3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. 4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. The word “good” in Hebrew is “tov” and it does not simply “pleasant”. It means capable of, presently engaged in the process of, and destined for, completely... Continue Reading →
Genesis 1:1-2 …. Beginning
1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. The word “beginning” or Be-re’shyit contains the Hebrew letters Bet, resh, aleph, shin, yod and tav. These were pictographic letters with each creating their own word. These are similar compound words to our words like “goodhearted” or “soft-spoken” only more complex. The {Bet, resh, aleph,... Continue Reading →
Broken Down Walls
Every human on this big ball of mud is broken in some way or another with the only solution being the cleansing blood of Jesus. Take a look at the book of Nehemiah and see if you can see yourself in the story? A little background, Nehemiah was the cupbearer for Artaxerxes the King. Artaxerxes... Continue Reading →
Messiah and the Feasts
Yeshua is the Lamb of Passover He is the unleavened and sin-free bread in the Feast of Unleavened Bread He is the first fruits from the dead in the Feast of Firstfruits He is the one we wait for during the Counting of the Omer He is YHVH's spirit sent on Shavuot He is the... Continue Reading →
Halloween …. worshipping Satan
Ancient Origins of Halloween Halloween's origins date back to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain (pronounced sow-een). The Celts, who lived 2,000 years ago in the area that is now Ireland, the United Kingdom and northern France, celebrated their new year on November 1. This day marked the end of summer and the harvest and... Continue Reading →
Life of Christian Action
Life of Christian Action..... simply put... Read. Repent. Submit. Pray. Praise. Proclaim.
Mailing it in….
When I was a kid (circa 1977-85) I overheard a variety of telephone conversations, from a variety of people, that went sort of like this: "Hello, yes this is Mr./Mrs. __________" Caller explaining who they were and the intent of their call. "You mean to tell me you haven't received that yet? The caller telling... Continue Reading →