Some people find the word blessing to be vague. However, the word could be translated enrichment, a gift that brings benefit. I wrote a book entitled Mutual Blessing, to argue that the whole universe is arranged in an order of …
Is God a Narcissist
One of the objections I periodically get from people who question biblical faith is that it appears to them that the God of the Bible is a narcissist. The Bible is filled with exhortations that we are to love God, …
The Exchanged Life
In 1978, I became the leader of Beth Messiah Synagogue outside of Washington, D. C. A young couple in the congregation soon became friends, Jerry and Jo Miller, who had met and married during the days of my predecessor Manny …
Jewish Ministry: Why all Should Care
Two very large megachurches have made Israel and joining together in support of Messianic Jews a key foundation of their ministries. Some of their megachurch leadership friends think that they have gone overboard in their emphasis. They do not have …
Policy Positions List
My Facebook friends are in the thick of the political debate. My son and daughter have spoken their concern to me to not be too politically involved. However, so many of the Facebook posts I receive are responding to the …
Israel, the Church and the Last Days
In the 1980s it seemed that I was growing in understanding the Bible in new and more accurate ways. One of those understandings had to do with the Bible’s teaching on the Last Days or Eschatology. When I finished Wheaton …
The Book of Revelation in Our Times
The Book of Revelation provides us with some of the most controversial debates on the interpretation of the Bible. Yet we are told that we are blessed if we read the book and it is so important that there are …
Is Donald Trump a Narcissist?
Some of my Trump-supporting friends concede that President Trump is a narcissist. Just about all of my anti-Trump friends argue that he is a dangerous narcissist. And that is the issue of issues for them. This presses me to Scripture …
The Case for What We Believe: The Biblical World View, an Apologetic
Some of my followers know that from the age of 19-22 ½ for 3 ½ years, I want through a very difficult time of skepticism. I sometimes called myself an agnostic, but was an agnostic looking for a positive faith, …
Barna and Discipleship
Some of my readers are familiar with the Barna Group founded by George Barna and the important work they do by surveys that tell us where the Church and its members are. One of those areas of the survey is …