“Look! I am presenting you today with, on the one hand, life and good; and on the other, death and evil — in that I am ordering you today to love Adonai your God, to follow his ways, and to obey his mitzvot, regulations and rulings ; for if you do, you will live and […]

“For this mitzvah which I am giving you today is not too hard for you, it is not beyond your reach.  It isn’t in the sky, so that you need to ask, ‘Who will go up into the sky for us, bring it to us and make us hear it, so that we can obey […]

In my last post I talked about how God raises up nations to punish Israel for their disobedience and then turns around and punishes those same nations for their acts of cruelty towards Israel (even though God ordained those acts of cruelty). Let’s talk about the Hebrew word for “nations” for a second. It’s the […]

“Adonai your God will put all these curses on your enemies, on those who hated and persecuted you; but you will return and pay attention to what Adonai says and obey all his mitzvot which I am giving you today.”-Deuteronomy 30:7-8 We next encounter a true mystery in terms of how God’s mind and actions operate. […]

“Then Adonai your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your children, so that you will love Adonai your God with all your heart and all your being, and thus you will live.”-Deuteronomy 30:6 In verse 6 of Deuteronomy Chapter 30, we’re told something most folks have been led to believe is only a […]