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Over 60% of Americans struggle with loneliness, reporting “feeling like they are left out, poorly understood, and lacking companionship.” Anyone can feel alone at times, but a lasting, pervasive sense of isolation can be deeply painful, and such is the case for many people. Loneliness is a serious issue that has ramifications for one’s physical […]
Our children are our most precious possessions, yet they can completely frustrate and worry us sometimes. One moment they can be hugging us, laughing uncontrollably, and playing nicely with others, and the next moment they can be throwing tantrums, refusing to do homework, or staying out late doing things they should not be doing. Every […]
To read Part I of this series, click here. In this second article on Messiah in the Hebrew Scriptures, I am going to introduce you to a concept that I believe is the key to finding Yeshua throughout Israel’s experience in the Old Testament. No One Can See God and Live In Exodus 33, Moses […]
According to the New Testament, the resurrected Yeshua was walking on the road with two of his disciples on Resurrection Sunday (Easter), and they didn’t recognize him. They were depressed that their rabbi had just been executed. So Yeshua replied to them: “‘O foolish men and slow of heart to believe in all that the […]
All you have to do is flip through the latest news to see that all is not right in the world. The nature of news, of course, exaggerates the negative side of life to boost ratings. But this exaggeration cannot hide how corrupt this world has become. As we work to make the world a […]
The great Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky wrote that “a beast can never be so cruel as a man, so artistically cruel.” Whatever one’s religious convictions, it would be difficult to deny that people are capable of unspeakable cruelty. There are crimes so appalling that they simply must be deemed “evil.” We abhor such crimes because, […]
At a funeral I attended a while ago, the minister was commenting on the deceased and said that his life was “a life well lived.” That idea stuck with me. God has given us life, and that life provides us with an opportunity to live it well, not-so-well, or even poorly. But it’s not always […]
For multiple years in a row, Finland has won the title “World’s Happiest Country.” Journalists across the globe flock to this California-sized country and ask the one-million-dollar question: What makes Finland so happy? The answers given throughout the years are often boiled down to three major points: economic stability, an excellent work-life balance, and personal […]
In the modern world, we are unaccustomed to talking about Hell as a real place, and if we speak about Heaven, we often assume that it is the default destiny of all human beings. However, if you do any kind of reading or studying of the Bible for long enough, the subjects of Heaven and […]
A Shabbat dinner in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil may be an odd place to start for this article, but that is where my wife and I recently met a new Israeli friend. Mutual friends connected us since we were both backpacking in South America and happened to be in Rio at the same time. We […]