First I was listening to Marty Goetz and the song Psalm 1, which is from the Hope of Glory album.

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It is a wonderful song. Over at Kineti L’Tziyon, Judah spoke of this song and how the lyrics (which come straight from the Psalm) talk about taking delight in the Law, and he contrasted that to how many today, do just the opposite when it comes to the Law. In a similar vein, what hit me was how the repetition of the idea of taking delight in something was repeated throughout the song. In the song delight is taken in the Law, but I got to thinking what people take delight in today.

I am not speaking of out and out sin and wickedness, but more subtly the things that we do every day in and maybe take delight in. Maybe some of these things can be re-thought. It seems like the Internet is a place so overflowing with negative concepts, negative thoughts. A place of one-upping the other guy in a comment. A place of mocking others. It is like it breeds descent, derision, scorn and bitterness. There are many sites dedicated to mocking and putting down things, whether it be our results of someones labor; differing thoughts, whether political, spiritual or other thoughts and concepts. Even emotions can be paraded and mocked for the whole world to see. I guess we can feel better about ourselves if we can put down, mock or laugh at someone else’s folly and foibles.

Anyway the song got me thinking as to where I sometimes take delight and where I should be taking delight. Should I be more taking delight in the Scriptures as the Psalmist (and Marty Goetz) wrote? Do I take more delight in the negative things of the Internet than I should? Something to think about. Something this song got me thinking about.

The second song is much different in style and intended content. It is not a song that was marketed towards believers, however I felt the lyrics had a pretty valuable spiritual message. The lyrics do use a Bible story as a theme. The song is One Good man from the Rossington Collins Band.

The lyrics tell about the story of Sodom and Gomorrah. Ignoring the accuracy of the lyrics in regard to Scripture, the lyrics ultimately paint a picture of the need for one good man, in the city of Sodom or in someones life, either as parent or husband. Driving along listening to the song, I was taken as to the capacity that G-d has given within us. We have the capacity to change lives, to save lives by our actions. That is a pretty awesome thing. I think that is a capacity that we have most especially when we allow G-d to work through us, when we come yielding our lives and through that humble act, G-d can fill us and He can use that created capacity to do some wonderful things, whether making a family a place of love, nurture and growth, or being a righteous life in a dark and troubled world.

It is such a blessing to be spoken to while driving along, in a sense, hearing from the Almighty. Thank you L-rd for the blessing of music in my life.

(By the way, I chose this YouTube video because I loved the blending of old technology and new. Turntables and LPs are a part of my past and to see it hooked up to a computer and putting music onto YouTube and Internet was a pretty cool combination that I enjoyed seeing. It was good to see a record spin on a turntable again.)

May everyone have a blessed weekend. I get to be a part of a Bat Mitzvah for a special family so I am looking forward to it. Shabbat Shalom.

B”H

• Song for Shabbat (May 4, 2007)
• “We Delight” Chord Sheet
• Song for Shabbat (April 13, 2007)
• Song for Shabbat (June 29, 2007)
• Song For Shabbat (October 12, 2007)

I was thinking about this because for Yom Kippur I decided to read through different sections of Romans. Romans speaks a great deal about sin and sin is a major focus of the High Holidays, so it seemed like a good fit. On the day of Yom Kippur between the morning service and the break the fast, I sat down and decided to go through Romans 8. Reading it I saw what to me, was a very clear picture of the law for the believer.

Now there are lots of differing opinions about what is the law for believers today. I am not going to go there. I personally believe that is something between each of us and our Creator. After all, it is a personal relationship we are involved with. As such, I will not preach as to whether this means you should keep Torah, whether Torah is for Gentiles and Jews or just for Jewish believers or if Torah is only to be kept by those who are over five foot eleven inches tall and have brown eyes and a distinguishing birthmark on their left elbow. I will leave that to other blogs to discuss. For me though, Romans 8 does indicate that we should be following the Law. Lets take a look.

First thing that is brought up in the chapter is that there is no condemnation in Messiah. I have always seen that as a clear meaning that the Law will not condemn you if you are in Messiah. A power to pronounce guilt is not there. Can the Law still correct? I think so, but not condemn. So, in other words, I have always though that even if you follow Torah, failures in doing so will not be used as a means to bring forth eternal judgment. Following that comes a conflict of flesh and Spirit.

Verse two states:

For the law of the Spirit of life in Messiah Yeshua hath made me free from the law of sin and death. (Romans 8:2)

Many see that as describing two different laws, the Torah of the Spirit and the Torah of sin and death, but I see it as two different way to approach the Torah. I especially see that as the following verses speak about keeping the law in the flesh as compared to doing so in the Spirit. It is restated in verse six as a comparison of a carnal mind versus a spiritual mind. So, I see verse two in this light; “For following Torah in the Spirit of life in Messiah Yeshua frees me from following the law in my carnal mind.” Not two laws, but two ways to approach the one law. One way is good, works and leads to life; the other way is not good and will fail and lead to death.

Verse three says that Torah is weak. How is it weak? It is weak through the flesh. This is similar to Hebrews 8:8 saying that G-d found fault with the people as the reason for the need for a New Covenant (and then going on to quote Jeremiah 31:31-34). The Torah itself is fine and good, but sinful man is the issue and the New Covenant through Yeshua gives the capability to do Torah successfully as it removes the problem, the flesh.

So, when I read through Romans chapter eight, I do not come away with a sense of freedom to do whatever we wish. As a matter of fact verse twelve says we have a debt to pay, and it is a debt not to the flesh, not to ourselves, but to the Spirit, to G-d to actually turn from the things of the flesh. It say we need to mortify the deeds of the flesh in order to live. Get rid of just doing whatever one feels like doing and do what the Spirit, what the Word of G-d says to do. That would be following a law.

The chapter ends with some wonderful and hopeful verses.

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love G-d, to them who are the called according to his purpose. (Romans 8:28)

What shall we then say to these things? If G-d be for us, who can be against us? (Romans 8:31)

Who shall separate us from the love of Messiah? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? Romans 8:35)

Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of G-d, which is in Messiah Yeshua our Lord. (Romans 8:37-39)

Such awesome promises. G-d is actively working in our lives, even fixing up mistakes we make. Does G-d let us off scoff free? No, I think there are consequences to pay, however I think if a good parent uses consequences as a tool to teach a lesson and correct and do not use it to be mean and punish for the sake of punishment and as a result of anger, then how much more will our Heavenly Father use consequences in a manner that is for correction and not some sort of acting out of anger. But then in the end He works it all out for our good. A good parent does that for their child and thus I know that G-d does so as well. We can make it through all, we can finish this race because greater is He who is within me that is he who is in the world (1 John 4:4).

It was a wonderful and meaningful Yom Kippur. I hope you had a wonderful season as well. Now that we have gone through a process started at Rosh Hashanah with the blowing of the shofar calling us to pay attention, we can now enter into G-d being with us, which is the heart of the next holiday, Sukkot. Have a wonderful, joyous celebration. Baruch HaShem!

B”H

• Song for Shabbat (September 21, 2007) – Yom Kippur Edition
• Fulfilled, What Does It Mean?
• Did God Leave Sins Unpunished?
• What To Look For When Reading Scripture
• A Look at Ephesians 2:8-10

Enjoy a song to celebrate including yours truly on bass (actually not in the recording, but I play the part of bass player in the video.

B”H

• Song For Shabbat (January 4, 2008)
• My Messianic Reflections on Christmas
• Music for the Weekend
• The Video Game Killed the Baseball Star
• Music for the Weekend (August 14, 2009)

See if you did not know these verses if you would think they are from legalistic person wishing to put one under bondage.

• Respect for the commandments, seeking them and telling others about them (verses 6, 46, 117)
• A desire and commitment to learn, know and keep the Law (verses 8, 12, 40, 45, 55-57, 124)
• To keep them forever and never forget them  (verses 44, 93, 109, 112, 141, 153, 176)
• A pray to keep one focused on the commandments (verses 10, 78)
• And to hide these commandments in one heart to keep me from breaking them (verses 11, 83)
• Rejoicing, delighting and loving the Law (verses 14, 16, 47-48, 77, 92, 113, 119, 143, 159, 163, 165, 167, 174)
• The Law can actually counsel and is good to learn (verses 24, 33-34, 64, 68, 71, 73, 135)
• Wanting power from G-d to be able to keep the Law (verse 29)
• A commitment to keep the Law (verses 32, 115)
• The ways of Torah are better than prosperity (verse 72)
• The Torah is sweeter than honey (verse 103)
• The Law is good and truth (verses 138, 142)

What would be the react if you walked up to many believers and exclaimed “I love the Law!”? I would guess that there would be some that would want to sit with you, talk to you and pray for you. I guess they would try and explain to you how you have been freed from this prison and that you should escape from the Law. Some might tell you that the Law is dead and gone, a hopeless relic that has passed away. They might also tell you that these words were great and true for when they were written but now Yeshua has come so that we can have freedom and not have to walk in those commandments (or even desire to). They might say that Yeshua came, walked in them perfectly and did so for the express purpose so you would not need to. They might even have WWJD somewhere his person while they tell you this. Most likely though, they would not quote this Scripture:

Whoever says “I know him” but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him, but whoever keeps his word, in him truly the love of God is perfected. By this we may know that we are in him: whoever says he abides in him ought to walk in the same way in which he walked. (1 John 2:4-6)

So how did Yeshua walk? Would one consider the things of Psalm 119 the things that He did? If so, maybe might it merit more attention than one has given it lately?

Now why did I title this post with the line from a well know (and often covered song)? There are some other things that stood out to me about this Psalm. Reading through I did not see one that was confident in themself and their ability to keep the commandments. Far from it. I did not see someone who saw their salvation coming from a keeping of Torah. Far from it. I saw:

• A whole heart desire for these things, not just a simple keeping them by effort (verses 10, 58, 80)
• Knowledge that keeping them would not bring salvation, that salvation only comes from G-d (verses 17, 41, 124)
• That one is fleshly and that the Law of G-d can be difficult, especially in one’s own strength (verses 36-37)

and the final verse:

Verse 176 – I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.

Look at that final verse once again. It is not like a legal system of I keep the Law, I will not get into trouble; it is even though I keep the Law I still go astray of it and need G-d and His mercy. Wow! That is not self righteousness or legalism or anything else but a humble heart. Sounds like someone who fought the Law and G-d won. A humble hearted Law keeper, now that is a goal worthy of attainment.

B”H

• What To Look For When Reading Scripture
• Obsolete and Dying
• Song for Shabbat (March 30, 2007)
• Promises
• Grace Does Not Mean Getting Away With Sin

Over the years the subject of the Sabbath is a very charged subject, so much so that certain faiths are named because of it (Seventh Day Adventists, etc.). Some hold hard and fast to the Scriptural-based seventh day, while others claim the day has been moved. There are lots of reasons why some put forth the opinion that the Sabbath was moved from the seventh day to the first day. None of those reasons includes a Biblical command. Some say that because the believers met on the first day of the week, that tradition is the reason Sunday has become the day of worship/rest. Some might say it is because the Church has the authority to make the change even if it supersedes Scripture.

Regardless of ones opinion on the subject, to me as a Jewish believer I always find it a bit jarring to see Sunday being inferred as the Sabbath. The post even argues that having Friday and Saturday, encompassing the entire Sabbath time frame, is better used as a time of doing chores, errants and other non-employment based activities so that there would be more time for Sunday to be a day of rest.

To me, I am not arguing against the post of Think Christian, just stating that for me it (and the terminology used) really stood out. I think it is for each to make their own decision about the Sabbath based upon their reflection on Scripture and their personal relationship with G-d. For me, I as a Jew, believe that the Sabbath is part of a covenant that I belong to. I do my best to make the Sabbath a time away from work, chores and errants.I actually find Sunday is my day to do laundry, to do some honey-do item or go run some errants.

I do not have the animosity against those that hold Sunday as special that some do. To me, the seventh day is the Sabbath and if some choose to worship on Sunday that is their choice and I am OK with that. They can even consider it the Sabbath if they like, although calling it that sounds odd and forced to me.

So where do you stand on the issue of the Sabbath – has it been moved to Sunday, kept for the seventh day and if so, is it something to be mindful of? Does a Sunday Sabbath equal the Mark of the Beast? Sin? Just a personal choice? Let me know what you think in the comments and the poll below.

B”H

• What Goes Around…
• Must We Keep Shabbat?
• Changing of The Day of Shabbat
• Holiness, It Is For You
• Song for Shabbat (May 4, 2007)

I have had this theory that goes from politics to religion to life in general. I am not sure what the answer to the problem is and I have seen various strategies to try and combat the problem, some successful, some not. I do not know the ultimate answer to the problem however. What is the problem and what is it all about? The problem is big. I see big as generally causing more problems than advantages being big can have.

What I am speaking to is that I think as groups become larger, a loss of relationship is natural and with that loss of relationship comes a host of bad things. For instance, a big, large corporation has no problem letting hundreds to thousands of employees go at a time, if there is a good financial reason for doing so. A small company, might agonize over that choice and try to find another way to cut cost. The reason for this difference, as I see it, is relationship. To the board of directors of Giantcorp, the employee is nothing more than a number on a page. Thousands of numbers actually. To the small company, the employee is most likely known, their name is known and probably other personal information, like their family and even their own personal events (likes, dislikes, medical history, etc.). To that boss, it is more likely a challenge to let the employee go then it is for the head of the large company (or th board of directors who might mandate the cuts), and that is because of relationship (or lack thereof). I can see the same thing within a large congregation. I can not get over how massive the crowd is when you see Joel Osteen at his congregational home (a former basketball arena). When I walk out of my services and the Rabbi knows me and my kids by name, and knows whether I have been missing services more lately, or if I am behind in my tithes, or conversely, knows that I have been serving more lately and that I have been donating more time, money and energy to the congregation and related ministries. Walking out of the basketball arena, even if I happened onto the leader, it is more likely that he would not know, me, my family, whether this is my first time or anything else. How much easier it is to slip through the cracks of accountability there. Once again, I can also see the same dynamic play out with big government.

I see other ways that big can be problematic. I think when it comes to innovation and making things happen, smaller companies do better. I have no statistics or large reports to link to to prove this, but from my observations and experiences it seems like especially in the tech world, innovation comes from a small company, that then gets bought by a large company so they can then own that innovation. And then, quite often the large company can ruin that innovation through the corporate processes and studies they do. Not always, but it does happen.

The other thing with big, is that it has to please so many people. Making a dish for a family or a small group, one can add certain ingredients that may be popular with this small group, but to do so for a large group might mean a sacrifice and the end result can often be a more bland dish. I think this is something that can be commonly seen with many of the corporate chains. Their food, while maybe not terrible, is not great either. The menu is designed to appeal to the most mouths possible and that means less experiments with spices and techniques. Basically the innovation argument again, but this time it is because they are trying to please too many, while in the general business world I think it may be caused by the need to match quarterly results and please stock holders, etc.

So, where does all this fit in with a spiritual life. I mentioned the big congregation versus the small congregation, but is there a Biblical teaching on this that indicates that big can become problematic? I searched through Scripture a bit and here is what I came up with:

• When G-d chose Israel, He specifically pointed out their size, or lack thereof (Deuteronomy 7:7)
• Reading through Scripture it seems like more often than not, G-d is parring down the ranks, always keeping a remnant. I found the word remnant 91 times in the KJV.

I thought a bit about how G-d set up the government of the nation of Israel. In some ways I guess you can say it had a centralized big government, however He also broke the nation up into 12 groups, based upon families. I will leave to others to do a deeper evaluation as to the parallels between the G-dly government set down by G-d in Torah and the similarities and differences to other governments, both big and small.

What I do see though, is that there something in Scripture that is big. It is G-d. G-d is the perfect big. Perfect big government, perfect big company, perfect big congregation. However, His creation in comparison is small and even in His bigness, He still develops and cultivates a unique relationship with each and every one of us. While a big business or big government might try to develop a sense of unity and closeness, it is more a facade to get greater productivity, however with G-d, He truly desires what is best for each one individually. He will not lay off you to cut costs, he will not remove blessing to lower expenses. He will not take blessing from you to give to someone else that seemingly is less blessed. He has enough love for each of us. He is actually bigger than the biggest company or the biggest government for His resources are infinite.

So the problem with big I guess is more a problem with man and man’s ways. Our ways do not lend themselves to big, however G-d can pull off big like no one else and does so with no problem. G-d is truly holy. So, may we come together and relate with one another, love one another and do some small great things to bring glory and praise to our big G-d.

B”H

• My Own Personal Dilemma (Part 2)
• Corporate Mezuzah and Tzitzit
• A Church That Loves Israel
• Spiritual Nutrition
• Attacks and Trials – Blessed and Approved Of

Our walk with G-d is full of ups and downs. It has said that we come to a crossroads, a place to make a decision and if we chose the wrong path, it is once more around the mountain until we get back to that crossroads again. I think we all have these crossroads and we make some good choices where we continue up the mountain and have other choices that are more a struggle and we go around the mountain once again. This gives us times that we feel like we are doing well in our walk and other times that we feel like complete and total failures. In our walk with G-d we are called on to get rid of the old sinful nature (kill the old man) and it is through G-d that we accomplish that. He also heals us, so it is G-d who kills us and heals us at the same time.

This song speaks to these things and it is one that I often find myself rocking out to both in my down times (when I feel like a monster) and my up times (when I feel like a saint).

Wanting, watching, debating, on which way to run to,
Haunted, voices, craving, someone to run to

I haven’t lost myself in a long time,
I never tried to care when I wanted to,
I just want to be part of something,
I just want to be real like you

Sometimes, I feel like a monster,
And times, I feel like a saint,
I’m on my knees, you’re my favorite disease,

Silent, warnings, tell me, that I’ve let things come undone,
Show me, teach me, the way to heaven, ‘cause no other way can

I haven’t lost myself in a long time,
I never tried to care when I wanted to,
I just wanted to be part of something,
I just wanted be real like you

Sometimes, I feel like a monster,
And times, I feel like a saint,
I’m on my knees, you’re my favorite disease,

Closer, closer, closer to You,
I need to be closer, have closure, and get closer to You,
Every step I take…..

Sometimes, I feel like a monster,
At times, I feel like a saint,
I’m on my knees, you’re my favorite disease,
And I love the way you kill me,
Love the way you heal me
I Love the way you kill me,
Love the way you heal me
I love the way you kill me,
Love the way you heal me

Have a great weekend. B”H

• Equipping With the Right Piece for the Right Job
• Song for Shabbat (May 18, 2007)
• Attacks and Trials – Blessed and Approved Of
• New Poll
• Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction

The first thing I look for is consistency. Without a consistent flow, G-d loses all sense of security. G-d is described in Scripture as a strong tower (Psalm 61:3). For this to be true, G-d must remain consistent. He cannot change. Here is what I see as a logic statement. Hebrews 13:8 says Yeshua is the same yesterday, today and forever. If Yeshua and the Father are one (John 10:30), then by extension G-d the father is the same yesterday, today and forever. Therefore even Scripture claims this to be the case. The G-d that was with Abraham, Issac and Jacob is the same G-d that is with you and I today. The G-d  claims love for Israel (Deuteronomy 7:6-8) is the same G-d that loves you and I today. The G-d that claims this love to be an everlasting love (Jeremiah 31:3) is the same G-d that loves Israel today. If this is the case, then anything that maybe taught or interpreted based on Scripture that somehow has G-d doing a 360 seems to me that it would be a teaching that would need to be seriously evaluated and is most likely an erroneous teaching.

There was a post on an excellent Messianic blog that I frequently read, Kineti L’Tziyon about replacement theology and I had this comment that basically said that replacement theology turns G-d into a rather untrustworthy character. And this goes back to my point about consistency. If G-d changes His love, changes His promises, then what are those promises worth to you today. If He told Moses face to face something that for centuries was clearly believed to be meant for the descendants of Abraham, Issac and Jacob and yet He all along meant these things for another, then He was being deceptive. That is not the G-d I have put my trust into, for that is not a strong tower. That is a tower of jello.

It just seems to make sense that if G-d told the children of Israel that keeping the commandments were a good thing to do, and that now He is telling His children that keeping them is somehow wrong, bordering on sin itself, that does not ring with any sort of consistency. And that leads into the second thing I look for when I read through Scripture – where is the conflict.

The big conflict of Scripture is between the ways of man and the ways of G-d. It is the traditions of man vs. the law of G-d. Oftentimes some like to put other conflicts in there and these conflicts don’t really seem to make sense, for they end up pitting G-d and His ways against G-d and His ways. If Yeshua is the Word made flesh and the Word is the Word of G-d and the Torah is the Word of G-d then how can the Word made flesh do away with the actual Word. It is a crazy conflict. When I read through Scriptures that seem at first pass to be saying that the Torah is dead, I take a second look with the though of the conflict between the ways of G-d and the ways of man, and usually it becomes more clear what Scripture is speaking of.

For example, lets take a look at Colossians 2:13-15. Reading through these verses it is easy to read it as meaning through Messiah the Torah and its regulations have been done away with. Not only that, but the NIV says G-d made a “public spectacle” of doing away with the Torah, which makes it sound like His goal here was to humiliate His own Law. That is why I then look back and try to see how it can fit into a conflict between the traditions of man and the ways of G-d. Certainly the principalities and powers that were spoiled in these verses are not of G-d, so they must be of man. So when I read through it with the proper source of conflict in mind, it becomes more what man might have against us, rather than what the Torah holds against us. With man there is nothing but limitations, with G-d all things are possible, including being righteous before G-d. So, what man holds up as impossible and can even make more difficult with his own traditions that he adds onto G-ds way, G-d can with grace provide the power and ability to walk righteously. G-d changes our heart, not excuses lawlessness.

There are many passages, verses, even entire books that through the years have been taught as a conflict between G-d and Himself. I think by reading these passages, verses and books anew, keeping in mind the great conflict of Scripture is between the ways of man and the ways of G-d and not that of Law versus grace. Also by seeing Scripture in this light we see a greater consistency to G-d and thus both things that I look for in Scripture go hand in hand.

May your readings be blessed. B”H.

• Postmissionary Messianic Judaism – Part II
• What is Dogma?
• Not Too Difficult Or Beyond Reach
• Promises
• Getting Noticed in The Land

A busy weekend is in store. I get to play bass at services tonight, tomorrow is a Paul Wilbur concert and Sunday there will be a workshop for the musicians at the congregation with Paul Wilbur, so it should be an awesome weekend! I also have a sleep study thrown in the middle, but nevertheless, I am very much looking forward to it all.

I have a few things I am trying to get the time to write about, hopefully next week I will have time to put down my thoughts. I wanted to write about what I look for when I am reading Scriptures. But that is for another time.

For now some music and a song we will be playing at services tonight. It is a great song that can really get into your head and carry you through the day. It is from Sue Samuel. We play it a little more upbeat as a praise song, but either way it is a great song. It is called Zeh Hayom. Enjoy and be blessed.

Chorus:
Zeh Hayom asah Ad-nai nagila V’nis m’cha vo
Zeh Hayom asah Ad-nai nagila V’nis m’cha vo
This is the day that the L-rd has made
Let us rejoice and be glad!
Zeh Hayom asah Ad-nai nagila V’nis m’cha vo

Verse 1:
G-d has ordained all our days for us
May we number them aright
And with the morning His mercy renews
Like dew that falls in the night (Chorus)

Verse 2:
Like living Manna from heaven
In Yeshua, we are fed
We’ll never hunger or thirst again
The L-rd supplies our daily bread (Chorus)

B”H

• Music for the Weekend (March 13, 2009)
• Song For Shabbat (December 14, 2007)
• All Good People
• Song For Shabbat
• “We Delight” Chord Sheet

One section stood out to me that I wanted to talk about briefly was Deuteronomy 30:11-14. These verses seems so at odds with what I think is a usual Christian interpretation of the Law. It seems like a typical teaching on the Law would be that it is too difficult for anyone to do and that it’s sole intent is to show us how we cannot do it. However these verse seem to say that it is not too hard nor beyond reach. I found this very interesting.

Am I saying that I think that we always walk perfect in the ways of G-d? No, I understand that this is the goal to which we should be pressing forward towards. However it seems that these chapters in Deuteronomy are speaking more about the hearts than of the actions. It seems to me if we have a heart for G-d and for the things of G-d, then these things will be in our mouths and in our hearts and with that we will be more able to do these things.

For me, rather than the quick rejection of the Law as too difficult and thus making it easy to discard, this helps me with confidence that as I grow with G-d that I can better walk fully in His ways, which without a doubt includes the ways of Torah. I am built up knowing that the Torah is not too difficult or beyond reach. May you be encouraged as well.

• Psalm 119: I Fought the Law and the Law Won
• What To Look For When Reading Scripture
• Obsolete and Dying
• Song For Shabbat (May 11, 2007)
• A Good Example of the Sin Nature