This morning I found myself doing some more research on The Name.
It is Strong’s number 8034, if you are interested, and that is used all over the Old Testament beginning with Gen 2:4 where the name of the second river is Gihon;
The real name of God seems to be centered around 4 Hebrew letters, YHWH, and is pronounced Yahweh, which is probably wrong.
It is also where we get an English word for God. Continue reading →

I don’t know how I ended up at a Jewish website this morning but I began to read about keeping the Sabbath and how to keep a Passover that falls on the Sabbath.
It was all very tediously executed and for once I may understand what Jesus said to the religious leaders of His day, “For they bind heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.” Matt 23:4 Continue reading →

After the Feast of Firstfruits, that is, Resurrection Sunday, He also presented Himself alive after His suffering by many infallible proofs, being seen by them during forty days and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God. Acts 1:3
The next Jewish Holy Day is Shavuot, the Feast of Weeks or Pentecost. Continue reading →

So Jesus would be crucified on Wednesday afternoon, with Passover beginning at 6pm, Feast of Unleavened Bread the next evening at 6pm, then the Sabbath the next evening at 6pm, and finally the first day of the week (Sunday) the next evening at 6pm. Continue reading →

For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. Matt 12:40
It’s Good Friday!
I grew up believing this was the day Jesus was crucified but have since grown up, matured, and done a bit of studying rather than just believing the traditions of men.
Was this the day Jesus died? Continue reading →

Have we condemned ourselves before God or are we setting ourselves up for a great revival?
The President said in Turkey, “One of the great strengths of the United States is we have a very large Christian population — we do not consider ourselves a Christian nation or a Jewish nation or a Muslim nation. We consider ourselves a nation of citizens who are bound by ideals and a set of values.”
Perhaps he is right! Continue reading →

Linda and I have been dealing with a bout of food poisoning since Sunday evening.

We are suspicious of the tuna fish sandwiches we ate; perhaps it was the eggs.

Regardless of what it was, it made me sick as a dog. Continue reading →

Linda and I parked and exited the van to go into Wal-mart.

About the same time a woman exited her car and walked just in front of us.

Suddenly she stopped right in the middle of the path. Continue reading →

Here in the south there are at least two things we hold dear to our heart – God and guns.

Those of us that know Jesus as Savior take our faith most seriously.

Whether saved or not, all of us take our guns seriously. Continue reading →

I saw where the CEO of GM, the one being forced to resign by the Administration, will part with a hefty pension plan of $25 Million.

Now that’s a lot of money for you and me. Continue reading →