“One day, when Elkanah was sacrificing, he gave a portion of the sacrifice to his wife P’ninah and portions to each of her sons and daughters; but to Hannah he gave a double portion, because he loved Hannah, even though Adonai had kept her from having children.”-1 Samuel 1:4-5 I’ve got a quiz question for […]

I wonder if you can relate to this… Whenever something bad happens in your life, do you feel guilty and think your misfortune occurred because of some sin you committed earlier in your life? I dunno about you but whenever some tragedy strikes… For instance, if I come down with some illness… Or a business […]

“One day, when Elkanah was sacrificing, he gave a portion of the sacrifice to his wife P’ninah and portions to each of her sons and daughters; but to Hannah he gave a double portion, because he loved Hannah, even though Adonai had kept her from having children.“-1 Samuel 1:4 So we’re told when Elkanah visited […]

Here’s a neat little Hebrew trick you can blow your friends away with. So yesterday I was expounding on the true meaning of the word TZAVA’OT ADONAI. I also explained that whenever the Scriptures uses the term TZAVA, it functions like an adjective. For instance, if I was to say TZAVA MALACHIM, it simply means […]

“This man went up from his city every year to worship and sacrifice to Adonai-Tzva’ot in Shiloh. The two sons of ‘Eli, Hofni and Pinchas, were cohanim of Adonai there.”-1 Samuel 1:3 We’re told that Elkanah and his family traveled up to Shiloh every year to worship ADONAI-TZVA’OT in Shiloh. Now here’s the thing… This […]