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God draws near the the weak and imperfect

The God of Jacob

Jacob is swindler, a liar and a charlatan. He steals a birthright from his own brother and then cowardly flees the family. And yet God still declares that He is the God of Jacob! Let's take a look at why God makes this choice...

1 year 4 months ago

Faith comes by hearing the Word of God

Hearing the Bible

The Bible is divine language. The words and sounds that God speaks are very important as well as the words that are not there.

1 year 7 months ago

Jesus and Satan

God and Evil

When God makes something and calls it Good, He must know by definition what is not Good. The term Good in of itself has no meaning unless it can be compared to something that is not Good. Somehow they are in relationship.

1 year 11 months ago

Knesset Menorah Shema Inscription

Sh'ma: Hear and Obey

The Sh'ma is an oath of loyalty to the One God, the One King, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. What does it mean for us today? Read Aaron's encouraging words to hear and to obey.

2 years 5 months ago

From the archives

Knesset Menorah Shema Inscription

Sh'ma: Hear and Obey

The Sh'ma is an oath of loyalty to the One God, the One King, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. What does it mean for us today? Read Aaron's encouraging words to hear and to obey.

2 years 5 months ago

Love God

Love the Lord your God

Love, as it has been said, is a many splendid thing. It is something so simple and beautiful we all seek its possession, yet its complexities astound the most able of philosophers.

2 years 6 months ago

God reveals His mysteries like blowing the clouds to reveal a blue sky

The Mystery of the Trinity

The ancient Hebrew mind is content to dwell on the mystery and the Bible will often allow a mystery to pan out over thousands of years before it can be explained. But how does this differ from the Greek mindset, and how should we deal with it?

2 years 6 months ago

Name of Messiah

What’s in a Name? Salvation!

Jesus, Yeshua, Messiah, Lord, Saviour. Can we call him Jesus or must we use His Hebrew name Yeshua?

2 years 8 months ago

Easter Controversy

Easter, Passover, Ishtar and Myths

How does Death and Resurrection, Passover, Deliverance and Redemption go hand in hand with bunnies and eggs? Well obviously they don’t. There is no connection between Passover and rabbits and there is also no connection betwwen Easter and pagan ritual.

2 years 9 months ago

World in hands

In the Beginning… God so loved the World

There are a few verses in the Bible that we all know by heart. When someone says, ‘In the Beginning …’ most of us knows to immediately finish the sentence, ‘… God made the Heavens and the Earth.’ There is so much, and more, in that first verse of Genesis

2 years 9 months ago

Human Pride, Majestic Pride

Human Pride, Majestic Pride

Pride goes before a fall, right? At least, that's what the Bible says in Proverbs. And yet God Himself is said to be clothed in "majesty" (literally, "pride"). This study looks at the difference between the two and helps us understand who we are, and who

2 years 10 months ago

A barbed crown of thorns on an open page of the Bible

Shalom, Peace

Nothing in the Bible is there by mistake - and no word or sound is superfluous. Take a look at one such case - the word "Shalom", Peace, and how it's used on one occasion by Jesus.

2 years 11 months ago

A Jewish man praying at the Western Wall, Jerusalem

God Lives With Us

What makes Israel, and the people of God, different from so many others. Is it their clothes, their food, their attitude, their ability to survive... what is it that truly sets them apart from all other nations?

2 years 11 months ago

Wrestling takes effort, and so does wrestling with the Bible

Wrestling With The Scriptures

Is reading the Bible easy? If we're honest, no, not always, but the very nature of the Bible demands that we delve deeper to look for more meaning and to search every possible corner of the text for extra details and information.

An open Bible, but with an open mind?

What Is Written, And How Do You Read It?

What can the often-overlooked words of Jesus in the parable of the Good Samaritan teach us about how we read what is written in Scripture, and how that influences the life-decisions we make as a result?

Praying hands can bring light to the world

Prayer is Reflexive

What is prayer really all about? Does God need our prayers, or perhaps we need them more than ever in this generation? Take a look at the language of the Bible and the light it sheds on our understanding of prayer.