Dealing with Difficult Moral Issues

Introduction In life, every one of us will encounter situations which will challenge how we view the world, and how we deal with the difficult moral issues that will inevitably face us. In such situations, our consciences will ask themselves, ‘Do I resolve this by...

Commentary on the Sefer Yeshua passage 3: The Beatitudes

The third passage of the Sefer Yeshua is based on Mt 5:2-12, Lk 6:20-23, and Th 54:1, 68:1, 69:1-2. This week’s passage from the Sefer Yeshua is perhaps the most well-known, and most well-loved of all the sets of Yeshua’s sayings, because of the hope it gives us in a...

Commentary on the Sefer Yeshua passage 2: The Great Wedding Banquet

The second passage of the Sefer Yeshua is based on Mt 22:2-10, Lk 14:16-24, and Th 64:1-12. 2.   1Yeshua` said, ‘To what shall I compare the kingdom of God? It’s like a great wedding feast a certain king ordered to be prepared. And when it was ready, he sent...

Commentary on Passage 1 of the Sefer Yeshua

Shalom everyone, Midweek, whenever I can, I’m going to try and say a little bit about each of the 173 passages of the Sefer Yeshua. The Sefer Yeshua is drawn from all the Jewish, Yahwist passages of the 3 synoptic gospels (Mark, Matthew & Luke), plus the Gospel of...