by Jeremy | Jan 10, 2020 | Sabbath Thoughts
Most of us look at change as the giant leap from where we are now to where we want to be—a transformation we make at full tilt, hurling ourselves over that gap and either sticking the landing or crashing and burning. Usually it’s too big of a gap. It’s too...
by Jeremy | Dec 27, 2019 | Sabbath Thoughts
I’m not a Greek scholar. I should probably start with that before I get too far into writing a blog about ancient Greek verb constructs. I don’t speak Greek, I can’t read Greek, and I don’t pretend to have the foggiest idea of the proper way to...
by Jeremy | Dec 20, 2019 | Sabbath Thoughts
Standing before the burning bush, commissioned by God to bring the children of Israel out of their oppressive servitude in the land of Egypt, Moses had a question: Who do I say sent me? “Then Moses said to God, ‘Indeed, when I come to the children of...
by Jeremy | Nov 22, 2019 | Sabbath Thoughts
The Feast of Tabernacles is a time to rejoice. For the Jews of the first century, there was no bigger celebration than Simchat Beit Hashoeivah—literally, “the rejoicing of the place of the water-drawing.” The Talmud goes so far as to say, “He who has...
by Jeremy | Oct 4, 2019 | Sabbath Thoughts
Guys, being a Christian is hard. I mean, maybe that’s just me. But I don’t think so. I think we’re all on the same page here. It is hard to consistently do the right thing. It is hard to consistently keep ourselves away from the wrong things. I was...
