Shalom everyone, Yesterday at sunset began the day which rabbinic Judaism knows as ‘Simchat Torah‘ (‘Rejoicing of the Torah‘), but which the Torah itself refers to as Yom Shmini ha-Atzéret (Eighth Day of Closed Assembly) – you will soon find out that they are not...

Introduction Quite a few ex-Christian teachers and theologians approach this question starting from the Christian Gospel and working backwards. However, that’s not how I am going to approach it. If we ever want to understand what ‘gospel’ / ‘good news’ means in its...

For former religious fundamentalists, their greatest sticking point to having a closer relationship with God, is often the Bible itself. I had the same problem, even though I was never a fundamentalist. I had to completely change the way I saw the Bible, because it...

Shalom everyone, Over the years, I have listened to various people who have severe and extreme difficulty in forgiving, because of the nature of what they have suffered and had to endure. I have also taken note of the rabbinic Jewish attitude to forgiveness, along...

The Golden Age of Yahwism, and what it teaches us about what is important For me, the Golden Age of the Israelite faith was the time of David and Solomon. The richest fruits of that time are most of the Psalms, and the Book of Proverbs. What you glean from reading...

Shalom everyone, Yeshua said, “Be as cunning as snakes, and as innocent as doves” (Mt 10:16). There is a tendency among people who are inherently good, to subconsciously refuse to admit that evil even exists, and as a result, bad people succeed in taking advantage of...

Shalom everyone, This is one of those articles that is of central importance, in order to gain a true knowledge of who and what YHVH is. Unless you have specifically studied Israelite theology yourself, or been through the Talmidaism course, I can almost guarantee...

Shalom everyone, In my personal ministry, I have always felt that we need to break free of the oppressive and cumulative mistakes that religion has made over the centuries, and which have given God a bad reputation. If religion is to survive in an ever-increasingly...

Shalom everyone, Have you ever wondered why the first leader of our ancient community, James, was titled, ‘James the Just’? The story behind his nickname might actually be the reason why early Christianity tried to paint him out of history; what the ancient community...

Shalom everyone, You get this statement a lot from atheists – that biblical customs actually come from pagan religions, as if saying this invalidates them and destroys our faith. In ancient times, and still very much so in non-western cultures, one’s culture, customs...