Feeling inadequate leads people to behave insincerely in order to be - or at least present as - adequate; pad resumes, plastic surgery, bigger muscles, expensive cars, fashionable clothes and sizable homes. In our attempt to be adequate we may also find ourselves...

“A person whose desire rests on you you preserve in perfect peace, because he trusts in you.” (Isaiah 26:3) I think we all can close our eyes and imagine what we consider perfect peace. Maybe it’s a quiet night by the lake with a fire going, or maybe it’s watching the...

“At that time many will be trapped into betraying and hating each other, many false prophets will appear and fool many people; and many people’s love will grow cold because of increased distance from Torah.” (Matthew 24:10-12) “Dear friends, don’t trust every spirit....

Jesus came to this earth as the light of the world. “… “I am the light of the world; whoever follows me will never walk in darkness but will have light which gives life.”” (John 8:12) “But now, quite apart from Torah, God’s way of making people righteous in his sight...

In his letter to the Ephesians, Paul offers a brilliant account of the plan of God. He starts by laying the foundation that through the Messiah Yeshua, God chose us. “Praised be Adonai, Father of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah, who in the Messiah has blessed us with...

Scripture gives direction about living a life that is pleasing to God. “Let no harmful language come from your mouth, only good words that are helpful in meeting the need, words that will benefit those who hear them. Don’t cause grief to God’s Ruach HaKodesh [Holy...

“For that night, I will pass through the land of Egypt and kill all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both men and animals; and I will execute judgment against all the gods of Egypt; I am Adonai.” (Exodus 12:12) Who were ‘all the gods of Egypt?’ They didn’t need to...

It might be tempting to dismiss the prophesy of Nebuchadnezzar as he was not your typical prophet when compared to Isaiah, Jeremiah, Zechariah or Daniel. The vision of Nebuchadnezzar, interpreted by Daniel, is for the latter days (Daniel 2:28), and it therefore seems...

“Then You spoke to Your faithful ones in a vision and said, “I have conferred power upon a warrior; I have exalted one chosen out of the people. I have found David, My servant; anointed him with My sacred oil. My hand shall be constantly with him, and My arm shall...

“Don’t you know? Don’t you hear? Haven’t you been told from the start? Don’t you understand how the earth is set up? He who sits above the circle of the earth – for whom its inhabitants appear like grasshoppers – stretches out the heavens like a curtain, spreads them...

If I haven’t sufficiently made my point in the past, I want to again reiterate that religion is not the way to truth. In fact, it leads away from truth by implementing “man-made rules as if they were doctrines” (Matthew 15:9). When Jesus was asked by a Sadducee which...

“...in them is fulfilled the prophesy of Isaiah which says, ‘You will keep on hearing but never understand, and keep on seeing but never perceive, because the heart of this people has become dull – with their ears they barely hear, and their eyes they have closed, so...

“Dear friends, don’t trust every spirit. On the contrary, test the spirits to see whether they are from God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world.” (I John 4:1) “...do test everything – hold onto what is good, but keep away from every form of...

“For when people have once been enlightened, tasted the heavenly gift, become sharers in the Ruach HaKodesh [Holy Spirit], and tasted the goodness of God’s Word and the powers of the ‘olam haba [the world to come] – and then have fallen away – it is impossible to...

I think everyone can agree that the Bible is not a straightforward account of history or the future. While there is instruction and prophesy included in the Bible, they are somewhat disguised using metaphors, parables, different names and other varied ways of making...

Countless times over the years, being raised going to church and associated with the 'Christian' community, I have heard the statement, “I couldn’t serve a God who ______ (allows child abuse, wars, genocide, hunger, etc.).” In essence, the person making this statement...

“Ordinary folks are merely a breath and important people a sham; if you lay them on a balance-scale, they go up – both together are lighter than nothing.” (Psalms 62:10 (9)) Let’s read that again. “Ordinary folks are merely a breath and important people a sham; if you...

“My advice to you is to buy from me gold refined by fire, so that you may be rich; and white clothing, so that you may be dressed and not have to be ashamed of your nakedness; and eyesalve to rub on your eyes, so that you may see.” (Revelation 3:18) This scripture in...

“Furthermore, we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called in accordance with his purpose; because those whom he knew in advance, he also determined in advance would be conformed to the pattern of his Son, so...

“All of us are like someone unclean, all our righteous deeds like menstrual rags; we wither, all of us, like leaves; and our misdeeds blow us away like the wind.” (Isaiah 64:5 (6), Complete Jewish Bible) This is a pretty telling description of what God thinks of...

Desires are internal traps and snares that await opportunities to cause a person to sin. “...each person is being tempted whenever he is being dragged off and enticed by the bait of his own desire.” (James 1:14, Complete Jewish Bible) While outwardly a person may...

God’s plan of salvation was to have his Son Yeshua, the very image of himself, come to earth as a man to become the sacrifice for the sins of the whole world. He did this in order to give all mankind an opportunity to be reconciled to himself. God previously gave his...

Sometimes I think maybe God is tired of dealing with me. This comes from the enemy of my soul – the Adversary. There are stories in the Old Testament that offer encouragement. When Moses was in the desert tending sheep, God called him to return to Egypt and deliver...

The book of Revelation is appropriately named as it describes the revelation given to John regarding the latter days, more commonly known as the Tribulation. Because of the fantastical events described in Revelation it’s easy to overlook other, and just as relevant,...

At times the King James Version of the Bible interprets the word ‘envy’ for the word ‘jealous.’ It’s important to understand the difference between envy and jealousy. The concordance of my King James Bible defines envy this way: “discontent or resentment because of...