Let’s continue our discussion on the scriptural viewpoint of mankind and sin that we began yesterday. Recall I concluded our study by pointing out there are two categories of choice-making available to humans. One category deals with moral choices (right and wrong as defined by God in the Bible) and the other category deals with […]

Alright folks, out of necessity, at this point in our Torah studies, I need to engage you in a bit of a philosophical dialogue concerning the Scriptural viewpoint of mankind and sin. Let’s start with basic foundations. First, every human being without exception, you, me and your next door neighbor, everyone is born with two […]

“You are not to eat anything disgusting.”-Deuteronomy 14:3 Verse 3 of Deuteronomy Chapter 14 begins a fairly long section dealing with the required holiness of the Israelite diet. What is key here is distinguishing between acceptable versus forbidden foods… …or to put it Scripturally… …clean versus unclean foods. Here’s an important point you need to […]

Today we begin Deuteronomy Chapter Fourteen. For the Complete Jewish Bible, click here. For the King James version, click here. “You are the people of Adonai your God. You are not to gash yourselves or shave the hair above your foreheads in mourning for the dead, because you are a people set apart as holy […]

“Heap all its spoils in an open space, and burn the city with its spoils to the ground for Adonai your God; it will remain a tel forever and not be built again — none of what has been set apart for destruction is to stay in your hands. Then Adonai will turn from his […]