“If, as you are walking along, you happen to see a bird’s nest in a tree or on the ground with chicks or eggs, and the mother bird is sitting on the chicks or the eggs, you are not to take the mother with the chicks.  You must let the mother go, but you may […]

“A woman is not to wear men’s clothing, and a man is not to put on women’s clothing, for whoever does these things is detestable to Adonai your God.”-Deuteronomy 22:5 Yesterday we began discussing that one singular verse in Torah that outright bans transvestism in God’s Kingdom. What’s really interesting is when we do a […]

“A woman is not to wear men’s clothing, and a man is not to put on women’s clothing, for whoever does these things is detestable to Adonai your God.”-Deuteronomy 22:5 As clear and simple as Deuteronomy 22:5 is, this verse has caused a helluva a lot debate over the years. In this verse, God commands […]

“You are not to watch your brother’s ox or sheep straying and behave as if you hadn’t seen it; you must bring them back to your brother. If your brother is not close by, or you don’t know who the owner is, you are to bring it home to your house; and it will remain […]

The first five verses of Deuteronomy are all about what the New Testament calls true or pure religion. Where exactly in the New Testament is that phrase to be found? It was echoed by James, the brother of Yeshua in the Epistle named after him.  “Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is […]