A Divine Command “Kedoshim you shall be, for I [ADONAI your God] am kadosh.” (1 Peter 1:16, Lev. 19:2). On the surface this command to be holy because ADONAI is holy seems a simple command, but it is actually counter intuitive and
Pittsburg: A Violation of Sacred Space
Our Grieving Hearts When I was a child, I feared my parents more than my peers. When I was in college, I feared my peers more than my parents. When I finally recognized self-hatred was destroying my life, I learned
Allowing Love to Entertain Hatred
Like most people reading this article, I was horrified by last Saturday’s shooting in Pittsburgh. Also, like most of you, I have been thinking a lot about the shooting and how someone could be so evil that they could enter
Love With All Your Heart
Love is a popular topic for discussion these days. Our culture, particularly the religious culture, talks about it all the time. Generally, the mainstream sees love as acceptance of everyone and his quirks, even if those quirks and lifestyles run
Living a Faith Filled Life: Nothing is Impossible with God
This week we have several well-known events within Abraham’s life. We start off in Genesis 18 where Abraham is minding his own business, tending to his household while on the journey that ADONAI told him to embark upon, and all of the
Translation Principle 8: Identifying the Nations
Welcome back to our series on the 16 guiding translation principles of the Tree of Life Version. As we keep learning, we reach our eighth principle: Identifying the Nations. When approaching this translation effort, it became evident that we needed