There are a couple dozen mentions of Jesus touching people when he healed them.  The healing Jesus did was personal, one-on-one. 

God's law offered protection to anyone who had harmed another and feared that an aggrieved family member (an avenger of blood) might take revenge for his loss.

We are pleased to announce that Treasure in Paradise by Anna Tikvah is now available to order on Amazon in both paperback and e-book formats.

Is it only nice days that the Lord has made?

Sharing a few thoughts on the different ways to say, "I love you".

Presiding is perhaps the most important duty on Sunday morning—even more important to the memorial meeting, as a whole, than exhorting.

There she was in bed, dying, and the next thing she knows, she is here. 

Many of us are familiar with archaic English only from reading the King James Version of the Bible, such as "thou" and "thee" instead of "you," and all the strange verb forms ending with "eth" or “est.” Where did such words come from? Why did they disappear? And is there any reason to perpetuate them today?

Often the mention of publicans comes as part of a set:  “publicans and sinners”.  What is so bad about running a public house, that it becomes almost synonymous with being a sinner?

None of the four accounts of Jesus's last 24 hours gives us the complete picture.  We have to do some assembly, and even then we find there are some gaps and some details that take a bit of work to reconcile.  Why make it hard?  Well, maybe to make us think through, think beyond.

So, what is an "evil eye?" 

First, you'll have to understand what it was like when my mother was growing up in the depths of the Great Depression.