Jul 30, 2025
IMPORTANT ADVISORY: In Jewish culture, beliefs about the afterlife are personal to the individual; this article is solely about what I have personally come to believe about the afterlife. Whatever may be your own personal beliefs about the afterlife, they should make...
Jul 26, 2025
It is indeed heart-breaking to see pictures of innocent children starving in Gaza. I have lived long enough to remember decades’ worth of such images from every country around the world caught up in war. The fault lies with the far-right Israeli government and with...
Jul 26, 2025
Shabbat shalom, my dearest sisters and brothers, When there are more Sabbaths than there are assigned Torah portions for any given month, we re-read the second half of the previous week’s portion (Ex 34:10-28). I therefore didn’t just want to repeat last week’s...
Jul 24, 2025
Shalom everyone, Talmidaism’s rejection of the Oral Law does not mean that we reject ALL human interpretation outright – after all, there are definitely things in Torah which are unclear and ambiguous, and we would agree with the rabbis in that respect. Yeshua’s...
Jul 20, 2025
Shalom everyone, Is the vocalisation of ‘Yahveh’ or ‘Yehovah’ correct? The answer is: both are correct. I’ll explain more a bit further on. But before I begin, I need to say that I personally LOVE the Holy Name! Christians have a deep and emotional connection with the...
Jul 17, 2025
Shalom everyone, When we make the free choice to become a Follower of the Way, we cannot expect to practise religion in the same way that we perhaps have been doing up until now. The character and personality of the God we now worship should be reflected in the way we...