JONAH AND THE GOD OF SECOND CHANCES
“Then the word of the Lord came to Jonah the second time, saying, 2 “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it the message that I tell you.” 3 So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city,[a] three days’ […]
FULLY REAL AND FULLY SUPERNATURAL
On the Shroud of Turin, the bodily image is created in a different way than the blood stains. The cloth presents two distinct “layers” of data: natural blood evidence and a non-natural image, yet the two are in perfect anatomical registration. The human forensics pair to the supernatural image. The forensics testify to the man’s […]
JONAH PRAYED THE PSALMS
Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the belly of the fish Below are verses from Sefer Jonah, chapter 2. I have spent many meditative moments in the Book of Jonah. In a sense, I have put myself in Jonah’s shoes. I have been in the fish. Below are the verses from Jonah when […]
SEDUCTION: The Power and Peril that Frames the Bible’s Story
Lamentations 3:22-23—Steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. The Scriptures open with a seduction in a garden and close with a seduction in a global city. Between those bookends, story after story shows how seduction targets even “good” people—and […]
THE MOST CONSEQUENTIAL WORDS EVER SAID
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר אֱלֹהִ֖ים יְהִי־א֑וֹר וַֽיְהִי־אֽוֹר Above are the most consequential Hebrew words ever said. They translate to: ‘And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.” Yehi” (יְהִי) is Hebrew for “let there be.” Ohr (אוֹר) is the Hebrew word for “light.” So Yehi Ohr (יְהִי־א֑וֹר) is translated as “let there be light.” Let’s […]
WHAT DOES A NAZARITE KNOW?
Numbers 6:2—Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, When either a man or a woman makes a special vow, the vow of a Nazirite, to separate himself to the Lord, The other day in Naples Florida I met a man named Aaron (אהרן). I automatically thought of Moses’s brother Aaron who blesses […]
22 REVEALS
When Hebrew uses letters as numbers (dates, chapters, verses, page numbers, etc.), 22 is written as: כב. Kaf Bet is commonly used as an abbreviation for the word for Honor/Honorable, Kavod. Kavod also means Glory. Kaf (20) + Bet (2) Because there are 22 letters in the Hebrew alphabet, in Jewish and biblical numerology, 22 is often associated with […]
BREAKING DOWN THE TUCKER–HUCKABEE INTERVIEW
Tucker Carlson’s recent interview with Mike Huckabee on Israel is powerful, emotionally charged, and raises issues that deserve serious attention. At the same time, his arguments often rely on exaggeration, selective evidence, and sweeping inferences that don’t withstand careful scrutiny. In what follows, I want to (1) summarize the key claims Carlson makes, (2) show […]