From my Messianic friend Ben at Hebrew Shalom An explanation of the name Jesus. The name Jesus is not a translation of the Hebrew , but rather a transliteration. It is a transliteration into Greek and then into English. So second hand transliteration. If it were translated , then it would be ‘Salvation’. Translation – […]
From Pete Greig Thinking today about faith and the many set-backs we’ve faced along the way. How the simple act of not giving up has somehow made us stronger and maybe a bit wiser too. How the very things you’d expect to make us question everything have actually, ultimately deepened our faith. I guess if […]
From my Messianic friend Benjamin Andreesson This picture is a good simple example of hidden in plain sight which illustrates the messages from God hidden in the Hebrew. Some are limited to just seeing the overall picture and miss entirely the hidden words and messages. There are four methods of Scripture interpretation that are used […]
From my Messianic friend Benjamin Andreessen Some have asked me when was Yeshua born ? Yeshua was born on the 1st day of Sukkot , on Tishrei 15 of 3759. Which would have been September of 3 B.C.E.We are not commanded to celebrate the birthday of Yeshua , but if one wants to do so […]
(With thanks to Mita Frosthagen) To be accountable to someone helps me walk right, it helps sharpens me. Accountability is often used as a means of control. I don’t think control helps us grow and I don’t think anyone is beyond the need of being accountable to someone else. I believe accountability always needs to […]
(from a Facebook post) How beautiful pearls are. Still we must know that they are product of pain. Every Pearl is the consequence of an oyster that has been injured by a grain of sand that has entered inside. An oyster that has not been injured can not produce pearls… In the inner part of […]
…from the pen of Jenny Newman Cleanse me O Lord Redeem my soul Open my eyes So that I may Shine with our Saviour’s love.
A poem by Rachel Gardiner Come away with Me, My child, You whisper. Come with Me and rest awhile And I will lead you by quiet water And lead you by the glistening stream And I will show you where you’re hurting And weep the tears you cannot cry. Come away with Me, My child, […]
From My Utmost for His Highest Classic Edition by Oswald Chambers At that day ye shall ask in My name. JOHN 16:26 We are too much given to thinking of the Cross as something we have to get through; we get through it only in order to get into it. The Cross stands for one […]
From our friends at the World Prayer Centre This really is a new Government with significantly different players, policies and priorities from Theresa May’s. Sometimes it is hard to separate our political views, which will range from Boris is awful to Boris is the answer – from our spiritual call to pray and protect our […]
