Rosh Hashanah

L'Shanah Tova! Happy (Jewish) New Year! Yes, I'm late. Also, a bit lazy, so here's a repost to tide everyone over. As many of you already know, we are entering into the fall High Holy Days, comprised of the Feasts of Trumpets, Atonement, and Tabernacles. Just as the spring Feastdays celebrate the First Coming of …

Hall of Shame? Or Hall of Shem?

My apologies to my readers for such a long absence. I've recently started a freelance researcher position and the simple fact of the matter is that by the end of the day, I'm usually all written out. What writing energy I do have left has been going to a book tentatively titled The End of …

Spirit, Mind, Ideas and Psychology

To frame my thoughts on the full ramifications of Yeshua's sacrifice, I need to start by rambling philosophical on the nature of "spirit." If we don't understand what a "spirit" is or what we mean when we talk about a "spiritual realm," how can we understand what the Bible means when it uses spiritual terminology. …

Searching For Forgiveness

One of the better books that I've read recently is Robert J. Hutcheson's Searching For Jesus. It's a look at the more recent turns in scholarship in regards to the life, death, and resurrection of Yeshua of Nazareth. It was published in 2015, so the information is pretty up-to-date, so for that reason alone it …

The Real Story Behind Job

God's presentation in Job rubs a lot of people wrong. Christians look at the book as an inspiring story of a man's faith, but there's a real problem that Hashem's followers need to address: Here is this perfectly nice, righteous, family man, and God lets Satan ruin his life--and murder his children--over a bet. To …

Choose Your Own Afterlife

An old friend of mine posted a thought experiment recently: Basically, pick your afterlife ala a Choose Your Own Adventure scenario. He wanted people to choose what they most probably considered to be the truth from a number of options, one of which was, "People who exhibit sufficient good in life go to a heaven of some …

Shavuot, Torah, Spirit, and Unity (Revised)

Shavuot is a Feast that is de-emphasized in the traditional Jewish community (due to two thousand years of being forbidden to own farmland) and largely misunderstood in Christendom. Yet it is one of the three pilgrimage Feasts, in which all the men of Israel were commanded to present themselves before the Holy One. It turns […]

A Thank-You To My First Patrons

I've gotten my first support on Patreon, so I wanted to both thank my supporters publicly and give them something in return. I'm therefore posting the first chapter of my new book on eschatology for all supporters who are donating at least $3/month. Unlike my previous book, When the Stars Fall, which left a lot of …

Prophecy in the NT – 6th Principle: A Light in Galilee

The existence of a spiritual metaphor does not necessarily negate a literal fulfillment. Other principles discovered in this series: That which has been fulfilled in spirit may be fulfilled again in both spirit and letter in the Messiah. The context of a prophecy may be thematic rather than chronological. Prophecies which apply to Israel apply …

I Have a Patreon Page!

As my long-time readers and those who have met me know, I've run a tent-making ministry from the very beginning. While I agree that those who teach the Gospel should receive support for it (1Co. 9:14), I've always held down a full-time job, only occasionally drawing a secondary income from book sales or speaking gigs. …