Discuss and Connect
One perceived contradiction between Torah and science is the age of the universe. Is there a way to reconcile these two views?
Bible & Text
53:10: “If he would offer himself as a guilt-offering” The suffering servant as a guilt-offering Following the initial declaration that it was ...
In this question and answer article, we find out if God is trying to tell you something through His actions. Read on to know more.
Continued from Part 8 Paul’s Jesus: A savior but not God The New Testament authors make a definite distinction between the one-and-only God a...
Trinitarians cite this passage as further evidence of their allegation that the term “angel of the Lord” refers to part of a triune deity.
(Jeremiah 31:31-34) Jeremiah declares: Behold, the days come, says the Lord, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with ...
Faith & Family
A Jew's passion is for God. The first and most basic statement of the Jewish faith proclaims our love and faith in One God, and our commitment and ...
Rabbi David Aaron*, in his most provocative book, Seeing God, relates the following dialogue with his son:"My three-year-old son was watching me pr...
Other
Do you have to be Jewish to be OK with God? Here is a look at some Jewish sources:
Should we be religious, should we be spiritual? There are people in both categories but who is doing God's will right? Let's find out.
David Hazony’s recent book The Ten Commandments reveals that while most people feel strongly about the commandments, few are actually able to enume...
Christians sometimes quote passages in scripture that speak of God in anthropomorphic terms. These passage may refer to God’s hands or feet, they m...
4. Historical objections – the Torah scroll of Josiah Another objection put forward by Christians in support of their rejection of the Jewish nati...
Continued from Part 15 The New Testament Jesus: A distinct supernatural agent Despite the distinctiveness with which God and Jesus are regarded...
Continued from Part 23 The trinitarian argument that the second theos in John 1:1 does not require the article to be considered definite can only ...
Satan’s temptation If Jesus is God as well as man how could Satan expect to tempt him? Mark simply states that Jesus was tempted by Satan (1:13) b...
Continued from Part 33 Leaving out reference to the holy sprit In the opening salutation of Paul’s letters to various churches (Romans through ...
Continued from Part 34 Is the Trinity Doctrine a New Testament teaching? Paul, speaking of Jesus says, “for in him all the fullness of deity dw...
Continued from Chapter 1 Chapter 2 US AND OUR (Genesis 1:26, 11:7) God said: “Let us make man in our image, in our likeness” (Genesis 1:2...
Continued from Chapter 11b And while I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my suppl...
(Psalm 22) Finding the Jesus who never was The early church used the Jewish Scriptures to augment the little they knew of the circumstances sur...
53:1: “Who would have believed our report [literally, “what we have heard”]?” Find out more as we enter chapter 53 of Isaiah
53:12: “because he had poured out his soul to death” Many have poured out their soul to death “Because he has poured out (‘arah) his soul to de...
(Jeremiah 23:5-6) In their effort to substantiate the belief in a triune deity, Christians have alleged that a prophecy given by Jeremiah suppor...
Psalms 2:7 The concept of physical sonship with God the Father is not found in biblical theology or in first century Judaism.
Psalms 45:7-8 reads: “Your throne, God [’Elohim], is for ever and ever; a scepter of equity is the scepter of your kingdom. You have loved righteou...
(Proverbs 30:4) Christians argue that Proverbs 30:4 is a prooftext for the divine origin of Jesus. But, who says this passage is messianic and w...
Rabbi Michael Skobac, Director of Education of Jews for Judaism presents Part 1 of JUDAISM 101, an entry level seminar series for Jews to explore t...
Continued from Chapter 4 (Genesis 3:15, 17:8) God made two significant promises to Abraham concerning the everlasting possession of ’Eretz Yi...
I have a lot of trouble praying. I sit in synagogue and as soon as I start to read the words, my mind wanders. Even when I read the English I find ...
What is Neshama? How can you connect with the Supreme? What is this in Judaism?
We are reading about the new movie “The Passion” from Mel Gibson ad nauseum. The movie raises problems for us because Jews are portrayed as the vil...
Plural Terminology An5 category of verses that Christians quote in an attempt to justify their theology are those passages in which God is spoken ...
The Christian belief is that one cannot achieve a personal relationship directly with God by the performance of Mitzvot anymore. What does Judaism ...
THE MEANING OF ’ELOHIM Genesis 1:1, states: “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” Here the word for God is ’Elohim, having a p...
Why doesn't G-d take away all the yucky people?