• II Corinthians 5:8: “We are confident I say and willing rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord.”   I had a friend who was a retired Greek professor and Greek Orthodox.  I was a retired Hebrew teacher and Baptist.  We would get together once a week for a

  • I Corinthians 12:24: “And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.  After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood…”  

  • WORD STUDY – STRONG DONKEY Genesis 49:14: “Issachar is a strong donkey, crouched down between two burdens.” Strong Donkey – Chamor Garem – Idiomatic expression for a bitter medicine that cures through cleansing the body. There is a sort of play on words here. Issachar comes from the root word “shacar” which means reward, gift,

  • Good Morning Yamon Ki Yesepar and Nevim Arith Hayomim; Psalms 36:12: “Let not the foot of pride overtake me.”  “I am very proud to be called a pig.  It stands for pride, integrity and guts.”  Ronald Reagan One reason why so many people liked Ronald Reagan was that he could be intelligent without being an

  • Good Morning Yamon Ki Yesepar and Nevim Arith Hayomim: Genesis 2:7: “And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground; and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living soul.” I remember attending a rather boisterous prayer meeting where everyone was praying at once and out loud.