The Evil One, cursed be he, has one central way of attack. First, it is to tempt a person to sin, and then once he or she sins, is to push that individual deep into depression and sadness. If the Evil One gets us to commit sin, he then wants us to feel so terrible […]

In Proverbs chapter 3, we read this powerful truth: “Do not let kindness and truth leave you; Bind them around your neck, Write them on the tablet of your heart.” King Solomon is writing about the extreme importance of kindness, too. This simple command to bind truth and kindness to our necks and write the […]

Each one of us has experienced difficult times in our lives, and some of us may be going through a painful time right now. But God himself hears our cries for help and he knows and understands our weaknesses. In Isaiah 54, the Lord says, “It is I who created the blacksmith who fans the […]

A voice of one calling: “In the wilderness prepare the way for the LORD; make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley shall be raised up, every mountain and hill made low; the rough ground shall become level, the rugged places a plain.” — Isaiah 40:3–4 The book of Isaiah is […]

Deuteronomy chapter 31 and verse 19 reads: “Now therefore write ye this song for you, and teach it the children of Israel: put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel.” This verse picks up the story of the Children of Israel after they have […]

“Everybody line-up!” I can still hear the PE teacher yell that early spring morning, as all of us kids scrambled to line up along the kickball field base line. “Today we are playing kickball.” “Tim; Aaron, you are the team captains, you get to select the players.” You quickly look down the baseline as everybody […]

Everybody goes through tough times in their lives.  Circumstances that are beyond our control impact each one of us, and in the chaos we find ourself in a deep, dark valley.  Some people through their own choices bring trials into their lives, but many times difficulties cross our pathway that was completely outside of our […]

The Bible goes into great detail concerning how the Tabernacle should be built. In very fine detail it explains each specific vessel that should be constructed and sanctified for service. The details are so precise that here in Jerusalem at the Temple Institute there are scholars that have begun to reconstruct the vessels of the […]

One of the teachers of Torah came to Jesus while he was discussing the text and noticed that Jesus was giving great answers, he asked him, “Of all the commandments, which is the most important?” The most important one,” said Jesus, “is this:  ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord is our God, the Lord alone.  Love […]

One of the great experiences as a father is to take your kids on a tremendous mountain hike.  To be able to stand at the base of a mountain and to look up at the peak that seems so far away and insurmountable, and have your kids wonder how they will ever make it to […]