Essay The Nature of the Messianic Kingdom 14 Mar 202216 Mar 2022 I was discussing recently with a friend the phenomenon of the development of the idea of the Messiah as a consciousness contra the older understanding of the Messiah as a…
Essay Pilgrim to Israel 21 Feb 201931 Dec 2021 So having moved to Israel, I keep getting asked the same questions about how I got here and what I am doing here. Therefore, I have decided to put something…
Essay Attributes of God 7 Feb 201931 Dec 2021 In talking with people, I’ve found myself very often having the same conversation about the attributes of God, so I thought it prudent to just write the things out that…
Essay The Solution of Evil 26 Jul 201731 Dec 2021 Okay, it’s just time to thump out some text on the problem of evil. As I write, I confess freely that this essay, much like the last one, is reactionary.…
Essay The Remnant 2 Jun 201731 Dec 2021 The last bit of writing I was working on before taking a break to work on some other things was an essay on the Problem of Evil. I ended up…
Essay The Word of God 3 Sep 201631 Dec 2021 This essay follows one that I wrote recently where I advocated an interest in typology as an approach to reading scripture. In that essay, I defined types as being not…
Essay Symbol in History 5 Aug 201631 Dec 2021 The rabbis of the Talmud, and even before in the Messiah's day, mentioned four methods of interpreting scripture: pshat, drash, sod, and remez. Pshat is the literal grammatical meaning. According…