Shabbat Shalom and Happy Gregorian New Year! This passage is directed as an encouragement—for Israel. Still, we can also be encouraged…
Daily Word: What’s His Name? Matthew 1:21
Shabbat Shalom! If you’ve been following my devotional blogs, you’ve seen that I use Jesus and Yeshua interchangeably. Jesus and the full…
Daily Word: May God Fill You with Joy! Romans 15:13
It is the eve of the holiday where millions—perhaps billions—of Christians celebrate the birth of the Messiah. Scholars differ on the actual…
Daily Word: A Different Perspective? Psalm 95:6
Some scholars believe Psalm 95 is part of a series of psalms (93, 95-99) called “enthronement psalms.” Written around the Babylonian exile…
Daily Word: The Greatest Gift. Ephesians 2:8-9
Whether you celebrate Christmas or Hanukkah—or both—there are probably a few gifts in your future. Gifts we give. Gifts we receive. But one…
Daily Word: Or Olam—Eternal Light! Hanukkah! John 1:5
Happy Hanukkah! Don’t you just love the imagery and beauty of this first chapter of John. The last of the Gospels to be written (around…
Happy Hanukkah—A History and Celebration! Colossians 1:13
“The kingdom of the Son whom He loves.” Don’t you just love that? The Father gave His Son a kingdom. And only the Father’s redeemed children…
Daily Word: An Unexpected Purpose? 1 Peter 1:3
Context. Today we hear from Peter. He writes to the Jewish believers outside Israel in and around Asia and Turkey.“To be born again.”…
Daily Word: Perfect Peace? Really? Isaiah 26:3
The book of Isaiah holds many prophecies. Some of them are scary. But chapter twenty-six is a song. A song of triumph. Isaiah is prophesying…
