Mark Call
Whose Law is it Anyway?
A year ago I wrote in this column about the “middle” plagues visited by YHVH on Mitzraim (Egypt) in the time of Moses. I tend to refer to them as the “Transition Plagues”, because unlike the first three plagues, where the “magicians of Pharaoh” were at least partly able to mimic the malady (as if [...]
Read moreIn the Name of…
How many times have we heard expressions in various Christian churches about the claim to do any number of things “in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ”? Do we really understand what that phrase means? Yahushua made it clear that He came “in the Name of” His Father, YHVH, and frequently said things like, [...]
Read moreInsisdious Creeping Paganism
Most people who have begun to understand what Revelation 18:4 means — where we are admonished to “come out of her, My people“, so that we do not participate in the sins of a corrupt “Babylonian” system or suffer from her coming plagues — recognize that a return to keeping Sabbath and His “appointed times” [...]
Read moreThe Biggest Lie in Xtianity
Most people who have ever been to a sun-day church have unfortunately heard something like this taught, at one time or another: “NO ONE can possibly EVER keep the Law” (so don’t even try)! After all, “it’s TOO hard!” And then there’s the ever-popular, “Jesus did away with the Law” anyway…when he “nailed it to [...]
Read moreNow see Here!
“Behold! [See! Take a look!] I set before you today a blessing and a curse: the blessing, THAT you obey the commandments of the YHVH your Elohim which I command you today; and the curse, IF you do not obey the commandments of the YHVH your Elohim, but turn aside from the way which I [...]
Read moreMarriage, Divorce, Vows, and Authority
I have long contended that a proper understanding of marriage, and why it is that the western world – or the “greater Babylonian Metropolitan Area” at least – is such an incredible mess, is obvious from any even remotely honest examination of Scripture. We literally call “good”, evil, and “evil”, good. What He clearly calls [...]
Read moreSelf Evident Truths
Every year about this time, I find myself thinking about the miracle of how a bunch of different men, with varied religious backgrounds, and a history of some fairly significant disagreements, managed to come together and “walk in unity” – unanimously, even – in order to literally pledge, and risk, “their lives, their fortunes, and [...]
Read moreThe Curse of Lawlessness
The events of the past few weeks have left an objective observer little choice but to conclude that much of the world is heading into what can reasonably be called “lawlessness”… from wars in northern Africa and the Mideast, to riots in Greece. But it is in the United States where that word may be [...]
Read moreTorah for Teens
I look at the news — from a “Biblical” perspective — almost every day. Sometimes, quite frankly, I find it hard to believe that people could live in the same world I see and not recognize that something is HORRIBLY wrong, and that events are rapidly coming to a “tipping point”. It seems more and [...]
Read moreChoice of Law
One of the most important concepts in Scripture is that of “choice”. We are free to choose to either love our Creator, or reject Him. To obey Him or rebel against Him. And there are consequences, of course, for all of the decisions we make. These, too, are outlined in the Torah. Deuteronomy/Bemidbar 30 says, [...]
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