• Mark 12:30-31, “And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.  And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than

  • Haggai 2:4b: “Be strong all you people of the land, saith the Lord, and work for I am with you saith the Lord of Host.”   “Work is love made visible, and if you cannot work with love only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work and sit at the gate

  • Jeremiah 31:3  “The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.”   “Jesus loves me this I know, for the Bible tells me so.”  Karl Barth   Many scholars and theologians have questioned whether the renowned German theologian actually spoke these words.

  • Good Morning Yamon Ki Yesepar and Nevim Arith Hayomim: Deuteronomy 6:5: “And thou shalt love the Lord thy God…” So you read this and you have no problem with it.  Sure we are to love the Lord God.  I mean any self-respecting Christian will not deny he loves God. I remember when I was an

  • Good Morning Yamon Ki Yesepar and Nevim Arith Hayomin: John 8:32: “And you shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free.” I used to love to have arguments –uh, discussions with my Jehovah Witness friends.  Invariably we would approach an impasse such as John 1:1 which they render as “The Word was

  • Good Morning Yamon Ki Yesepar and Nevim Arith Hayomin: Luke 10:20: “Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.” Psalms 69:28: “Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.” The Book

  • Good Morning Yamon Ki Yesepar and Nevim Arith Hayomin: John 14:6: “Jesus said, I am the way the truth and the life, no man comes to the father but by me.” As a 12 year old child I recall attending the Billy Graham Crusade in Chicago.  We attended every night of the crusade and each

  • WORD STUDY – Come Exodus 3:5: “Draw (come) not nigh hither” God said: “Put off thy shoes from thy feet, for the place whereupon thou standest is holy ground.” Come (draw) – Hebrew: Karav – to draw near, to come, approach, heart Practically every Christian commentary I’ve read seems to agree (which is unusual for

  • Good Morning Yamon Ki Yesepar and Nevim Arith Haymon: Exodus 33:14: “And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest.” The other night was a warm, beautiful December evening.  It was late at night and I was in Southern Illinois on my way to Terre Haute, Indiana.  I walked

  • WORD STUDY:  BREAD TO EAT Genesis 28:20-21:  “And Jacob vowed a vowed and saying, If God will be with me and will keep in this way that I go and will give me bread to eat and raiment to put on, so then I come to my father’s house in peace,  then shall the Lord