Podcasts about shema

Sadly Self-Employed I've been thinking a lot lately about greed. That's because in our short break from Song of Songs, we've studied salt covenant in our weekly Zoom classes. Although it's only about eight weeks of material, it's been packed with very practical ideas to improve our spiritual life today.   In particular, what's been weighing in my thoughts is the premise that unsavory salt, the kind that has lost its savor, is at its root, greed. In short, our study has dug into Yeshua's question about salt losing its flavor. How do you make it salty again? The salt had savor at some point, but then lost it.   If you review the last newsletters, Scripture specified that salt is something that comes from within a person. It is a softness and tenderness toward the Word and one's neighbor. It's the best part of our sacrifices for the Kingdom and Covenant that fulfills it, and without the salt, commandment-keeping is lacking:   • Every grain offering of yours, moreover, you shall season with salt, so that the salt of the covenant of your God shall not be lacking from your grain offering; with all your offerings you shall offer salt. (Le 2:13)   We can't put unsalty salt on a sacrifice or work of the Word:   • “Salt is good; but if the salt becomes unsalty, with what will you make it salty again? Have salt in yourselves and be at peace with one another.” (Mk 9:50)   “Have salt in yourselves ? be at peace with one another.”   So if we lose saltiness, we aren't tender any longer.   We can actually keep the letter of the commandments, but when it doesn't come from a tenderness within us, it doesn't create peace. That's salt without savor, and those commandments are not acceptable sacrifices for the Covenant, which must not be lacking salt. Defective salt is like a defective animal. No go. Unaccepted.    • Therefore, if you are presenting your offering at the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your offering there before the altar and go; first be reconciled to your brother, and then come and present your offering. (Mt 5:23-24)   Leave the gift at the altar, go get salty again, make things right with your neighbor, then return, and the gift will be accepted because it came from tenderness toward the Father, which in turn made you tender toward His creation, your brother:   • “If you do well, will not your countenance be lifted up? And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door; and its desire is for you, but you must master it.” (Ge 4:7)   Kain was told to put his happy face on with Abel, and then his gift would be accepted. Kain had short-changed the sacrifice by not bringing his best. He didn't bring first fruits; instead, he brought "of the fruit of the ground." Produce, just not his best. Begrudging, for sure. Instead of repenting of his greed, putting on his happy face, and bringing his best, he simply took out his anger and frustration with Elohim by killing his brother.   Put another way, we can be about the Father's business diligently, keeping His commandments, and because of worry and distraction about our income, we find ourselves self-employed, like Martha, who resented Mary's relationship to Yeshua in receiving the Word. Daily we have to remind ourselves to make an "upper room" in our twenty-four hours to simply sit before the Father's Word and soak up His Presence in study and prayer.   Doing things is important; it is the sacrifice we make for our families and the Body of Messiah. Without the salt from within, however, those works of the Covenant are lacking. The very meaning of sacrifice is "draw near," korban.    Does doing a commandment draw us closer to the Father?   If not, it may have become our business instead of His. That's unsavory salt and greed.    When we salt the mitzvot of the Covenant, we exert ourselves, just as savory salt comes from “within yourselves” to make peace with others. We must exert ourselves commensurate with our “wealth.” While money is the example, the object of our desires is obtained with currency, which can be money, yet we might traffic for influence, power, manipulation, etc. to obtain our desires. Money is simply the currency most commonly used for the transaction to satisfy our greed. Greed is undisciplined and un-discipled desire. Sin. Idolatry of self-serving.   It is easy to construe greed as a desire for money, or mammon, yet the less tangibles are nonetheless greedy: knowledge, esteem, security, attention, pleasure, etc. I have seen believers so drunk on the power of Scriptural knowledge that they habitually beat up their fellow servants with the Word. It is no longer the Father's business; instead, they have become self-employed.    They use His Word not to draw people near the Father, but to enrich themselves. Maybe with donations, maybe with product sales, maybe with just a shot of self-esteem in soliciting invitations to speak or posting controversial statements designed to create a public dust-up for attention.   How can we know when someone is unsavory and self-employed, but they've hung out the shingle of "Kingdom Business"?    It's more important to know when WE'VE done it.    Remember, unsaltiness is an inside problem. You won't always see it on the outside. The sacrifice may look just perfect on the altar.    And Yeshua took donations...a group of women followed him throughout his ministry all the way to the upper room, "ministering to him." They loved him all the way to death (Mt 27:55; Mk 15:41; Lk 23:49,55) Yeshua said controversial things, was a highly-sought-after speaker, and he was definitely in the middle of public dust-ups.   The difference is that Yeshua always did what he did and said what he said on actual Kingdom business. He was drawing people closer to the Father or exposing their self-employment in the commandments. His Spirit will help us to search our own hearts so that we don't become "moneychangers," encroaching on the holy places for our personal enrichment and deceiving people who think we're there to serve and help them draw close to the Presence. Instead, we're self-employed, working on our self-esteem needs or securing donations to fuel the fire of our pleasures.   This is something ministries need to soul-search daily, and it's something a royal priesthood should soul-search daily. That's all of us.    As in my example of the "Nuts" in last week's newsletter, sometimes we have to decide whether we're occupied in interests and ministry we've chosen according to our desire, yet the actual fruit ready to harvest is in a different area. It will be a true sacrifice to do business there, but it's where the Father needs us, not where we want to work. At first.   The phenomenon is that if we will adjust our desire to His, sell out completely to draw near to the Father, our desire will actually change. Really! It will!   This is what Yeshua tried to tell the rich young ruler when he told him he still lacked one thing even though the young man had kept all the commandments since he was a boy. He lacked the savor of salt with his commandment-keeping. The young man did not have enough faith in The Word, Yeshua, that the desire in his heart for his wealth would be changed by selling it:   • "But he was sad at this word, and went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions." (Mk 10:22)   Salt is faith in the Word. It is what prevents us from becoming self-employed in unsavory commandment-keeping. The rich young man would never know the wonder and joy of finding a coin inside a fish's mouth or sharing a simple breakfast on the beach with the resurrected Messiah. A righteous king.   A truly rich man is one who is satisfied with what the Father puts in his hand from above, whether little or much; a truly poor man is one who is never satisfied with what he possesses below, whether little or much.    A truly rich man rejoices in exerting himself and his resources in his Father's business; a truly poor man goes away sad.   Yeshua asks what we are anxious, worried, sad, and distracted about, even in doing the commandments, for they are how we withhold ourselves from him. These things dilute our salt. They may be our desire, but they are not the "best part" that brings peace, the part that we spend at his feet learning, talking to him, lingering in his Presence. This requires us to exert ourselves to bring the lacking salt. Maybe it means selling off some wrong ideas about things that mean a lot to us.   Mary sat at Yeshua's feet. She had to look up to him before she went to work. Martha did it backward. She worked, but because she was self-employed that day, she took out her frustration by blaming Mary and looking down on Yeshua's willingness to "discipline" her sister. She couldn't see he was discipling them both that day. She needed to look up first with joy in his presence.   Start with salt, the best part within. What we do each day is His business.   When we go into the world to give charity, be kind to others, speak peaceably, reconcile the world to their Creator, and shine the light of obeying the commandments, it will not be a labor of convenience. If we have prepared with salt, though, the exertion will be rewarding and change our taste.   Do I mean how we taste to others?   Or how we savor our labor for the King?   Yes.

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The Torah reading this week begins the story of Yosef, or Joseph, favored son of Yaakov. Join Mark Call of Shabbat Shalom Mesa fellowship for a two-part look at parsha “Vayeshev,” Genesis chapters 37 through 40, where the story begins, and builds on dreams. The Erev Shabbat reading: https://hebrewnationonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/SSM-12-12-25-Vayeshev-teaching-podcast-xx.mp3 While this parsha contains a number of ‘nuggets’, or memorable elements, images, and component lessons, the midrash suggests that even the structure of the story is all about a ‘long-term’ plan of YHVH. This reading itself is only just the beginning of a series of what might be called “cliff-hangers,” where we see, as do Yosef and his brothers, that structure being put in place for what is to come. In any number of ways… Vayeshev: ‘Two Dreams, Two Witnesses – Who can BUT Prophesy’ https://hebrewnationonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/WT-CooH-12-13-25-Vayeshev-Two-Dreams-Two-witnesses-Who-can-BUT-prophesy-podcast-xxx.mp3 The combined two-part reading and Sabbath midrash:

​1)      I put on a pair of Tefilin early in the day, to recite Shema.I later put on a different pair of Tefilin, for Shacharis. ShouldI recite a brocho when donning the second pair?[1]2)      Does a polyester-fabric shower-curtain present a problem for use on Shabbos (with cold water)?[2]3)      Is it okay to pour boiling water from a parev kettle into a meaty cholent?[3]4)      Is a gluten-free dough eligible for the mitzvah of Challoh?[4]5)      May one peel lip-stain on Shabbos?6)      Why is the word Echod - in the opening verse of Shema – preceded by a vertical line?[5]7)      Breishis 35:22 has a break (פתוחה) in middle of a posuk. When reviewing the Parsha שנים מקרא ואחד תרגום, should one stop at the break to recite the Targum of the first part of the posuk?[6]8)      I accidentally knocked over a bottle of wine in a shop. Am I liable to pay for it?[7] 9)      Several men missed leining at Mincha on Shabbos. May they lein after Mincha?[8]10) Feedback on Sidur interview, re. mention of Ketores in prayer at end of Korbanos:[9]To sponsor a Shiur – to honour a special occasion -contact: dayan@lubavitchuk.com[1] במילואים לסדור רבנו הזקן(ח"ג ע' א'תעח) כתבתי לברך שנית – כשהי' שינוי-מקום בינתים. אבל בפסקי תשובות(סי' כה הע' 168) סבור שלא לברך שנית, על סמך דעת החיי אדם (כלל י"ב) ששינוימקום אינו מפסיק לברכת המצוות, כפי שהביא שם סי' ח אות כ"ו. אגב: מזה חשש שלאלברך על ט"ק בבוקר כשדעתו ללבוש ט"ג אח"כ, כי אולי ברכת הט"קפוטרת הט"ג.[2] ראהפסקי תשובות סי' שב אות כג שראוי להחמיר בבד-אריג בסיבים סינטטיים כעין בד הנעשהמצמר וכותנה וכו'.[3] בשו"ת מנחת שלמה(ח"ב סי' צז) כאשר הזיעה המגיעה עד הקומקום אינה חמה כשיעור יד סולדת בו.וראה פסקים ותשובות יו"ד סי' צב אות כ והע' 246.[4] בס' שבת כהלכה פ"גסוף אות ח מזהיר בזה.  וכן בפסקי תשובות סי' שיח סוף אות לב.[5] סדור ר' שבתי סופר במקומו.[6] רז"ה (שערי תפלה סי'שכח) מבטל לגמרי קריאת עשרת הדברות בטעם העליון. יעב"ץ (לוח ארש סי' תסב)חולק עליו. הוא מחדש שמשה רבינו הנחיל שני סוגי הטעמים. בשוע"ר (סי' תצדס"ח ואילך) מכריע לקרוא ברבים בטעם העליון, היינו החלוקה לפי הפרשיות – כעיןמתן תורה. אבל ביחיד יש לקרוא לפי חלוקת הפסוקים. א"כ ה"ה בנדו"ד.[7] בשו"עחו"מ סי' תיב ס"א פוטר השובר את הכד דרך הילוכו ברה"ר, כי אין דרךבנ"א להתבונן בדרכים. ובשו"ת קנה בשם ח"א סי' קכד פוטר למי שבאלהקיץ את חבירו ודרס על המשקפיים שלו שהיו מונחים על הרצפה. משמע דרה"ר לאודוקא.[8] ראה פסקי תשובות סי' רצב אות ג. וקצת ראי' לזהמזה שיש עושים מנין לקריאה ומפטיר יונה בשעת ההפסקה ביוה"כ, כנזכר בהגהותרעק"א לאו"ח סי' תקנט ס"ד.[9] נוסח תפלה זו מובא בטור סי' מח. אדה"ז הוסיףבה ענין הקטורת. אבל בכמה סדורי אשכנז אינה מופיעה כלל. ולא מצאתי למה.​

How can the ancient Hebrew language unlock a deeper way of listening to Christ with our whole heart, soul, and might?In this week's episode of Latter-Day Lights, Scott Brandley and guest co-host Emily Hemmert sit down with Dr. Trina Boice—university professor, longtime author, avid scripture educator, and Hebrew enthusiast—to explore the “Via Dolorosa,” more commonly known as the sorrowful path Christ walked from condemnation to crucifixion. Dr. Trina shares what it's like to trace the traditional stations through Jerusalem, why this journey can reframe the Atonement as more than a single moment, and how sacred spaces (even outside our own faith tradition) can invite powerful spiritual reflection. Together, these experiences point to a discipleship that is not only believed, but lived through both body and spirit.And, as we look ahead to the 2026 "Come, Follow Me" study of the Old Testament, Trina introduces a foundational Hebrew word, “Shema,” and how its layers of meaning (to hear, to hearken, to obey) can transform the way we approach scripture study and prayer. Along the way, she shares moving experiences from the Western Wall, insights into Jewish worship and devotion, and a renewed invitation to find Jesus Christ woven throughout the Old Testament.Ultimately, this conversation invites us to move beyond simply reading the scriptures to truly living them. Through language, history, and lived experience, Dr. Trina reminds us that discipleship is not passive, but a wholehearted response to the Savior's voice in every season of our lives.*** Please SHARE Dr. Trina's story and help us spread hope and light to others. ***To WATCH this episode on YouTube, visit: https://youtu.be/ZsmC_RzdGeg-----To LEARN MORE about Dr. Trina, visit: https://www.TrinaBoice.comTo LEARN MORE about Dr. Trina's author coaching services, visit: https://www.frombook2business.com/To READ Dr. Trina's book, "The Language of Heaven," visit: https://a.co/d/4j5b4kXTo READ Dr. Trina's book, "Via Dolorosa," visit: https://www.cedarfort.com/products/via-dolorosa-christs-path-to-the-cross?srsltid=AfmBOoriQlGGDu7ngEuLrfu0GN38cg1FUe-z7ovPv7bYXO6i-NCc9pD6To LISTEN to Dr. Trina's podcast, "Daily Inspirational Quote," visit: https://open.spotify.com/show/17RPUlzByZQVu4zmqktoZ0?si=86c6033495a048f1To WATCH Dr. Trina's movie reviews, visit: https://www.youtube.com/c/MovieReviewMom To READ Scott's new book “Faith to Stay” for free, visit: https://www.faithtostay.com/-----Keep updated with us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/latter.day.lights/Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/latterdaylightsAlso, if you have a faith-promoting or inspiring story, or know someone who does, please let us know by going to https://www.latterdaylights.com and reaching out to us.

Hi Adik-adik, selamat merenungkan Firman Tuhan ya! Doa kami, Adik-adik semakin dekat dengan Yesus, Tuhan dan Juruselamat pribadi kita. Tetap terus terhubung dengan Tuhan Yesus ya melalui doa dan saat teduh setiap hari, seperti carang yang melekat pada Sang Pokok.Renungan Audio ini dibuat untuk anak-anak layan GKI Kebayoran Baru. Pada edisi Desember 2025, renungan masih didasari oleh Saat Teduh Anak Raja (STAR) terbitan Binawarga.............................................................Edisi 15 Desember 2025Pembaca Renungan : Melva HutapeaMusik : Andreas TakdareProduksi : Tim Shema - Podcast Anak GKIKBPenanggung jawab : Komisi Anak GKI Kebayoran Baru

Hi Adik-adik, selamat merenungkan Firman Tuhan ya! Doa kami, Adik-adik semakin dekat dengan Yesus, Tuhan dan Juruselamat pribadi kita. Tetap terus terhubung dengan Tuhan Yesus ya melalui doa dan saat teduh setiap hari, seperti carang yang melekat pada Sang Pokok.Renungan Audio ini dibuat untuk anak-anak layan GKI Kebayoran Baru. Pada edisi Desember 2025, renungan masih didasari oleh Saat Teduh Anak Raja (STAR) terbitan Binawarga.............................................................Edisi 14 Desember 2025Pembaca Renungan : Jelita RumondangMusik : Andreas TakdareProduksi : Tim Shema - Podcast Anak GKIKBPenanggung jawab : Komisi Anak GKI Kebayoran Baru

News and commentary from host Mark Call, for the week ending December 13th, 2025. The war by the Deep State, with direction from Venezuela and other communists, with the Constitutional Republic continues. But the battle has been joined, and more of the treachery is being revealed daily. What will AmeriKans put up with? And are they paying attention to the tell-tale signs of dollar meltdown as well?

This week’s discussion between co-hosts David Justice and Mark Call merits a title, given the depths of deception being revealed: Tina Peters, Seditious Conspiracies against Rights, War on Americans, and other Criminal Acts continually being revealed

This week Mark welcomes Canadian (Alberta) attorney Abraham Kilian, who brings an interesting perspective on international law — some of it based on English common law, but certainly not all, and not so much any more — to the “Come out of her,” discussion. He is also an author and Bible scholar, who understands the foundations of law, and the Torah of YHVH, and has seen some of the usurpations first-hand over his own life. His website is at www.MaximaPotentia.com NOTE: This is the pre-recorded show which was supposed to have run Thursday evening, but did not, due to a technical problem.

Hi Adik-adik, selamat merenungkan Firman Tuhan ya! Doa kami, Adik-adik semakin dekat dengan Yesus, Tuhan dan Juruselamat pribadi kita. Tetap terus terhubung dengan Tuhan Yesus ya melalui doa dan saat teduh setiap hari, seperti carang yang melekat pada Sang Pokok.Renungan Audio ini dibuat untuk anak-anak layan GKI Kebayoran Baru. Pada edisi Desember 2025, renungan masih didasari oleh Saat Teduh Anak Raja (STAR) terbitan Binawarga.............................................................Edisi 13 Desember 2025Pembaca Renungan : Melva HutapeaMusik : Andreas TakdareProduksi : Tim Shema - Podcast Anak GKIKBPenanggung jawab : Komisi Anak GKI Kebayoran Baru

Hi Adik-adik, selamat merenungkan Firman Tuhan ya! Doa kami, Adik-adik semakin dekat dengan Yesus, Tuhan dan Juruselamat pribadi kita. Tetap terus terhubung dengan Tuhan Yesus ya melalui doa dan saat teduh setiap hari, seperti carang yang melekat pada Sang Pokok.Renungan Audio ini dibuat untuk anak-anak layan GKI Kebayoran Baru. Pada edisi Desember 2025, renungan masih didasari oleh Saat Teduh Anak Raja (STAR) terbitan Binawarga.............................................................Edisi 12 Desember 2025Pembaca Renungan : Melva HutapeaMusik : Andreas TakdareProduksi : Tim Shema - Podcast Anak GKIKBPenanggung jawab : Komisi Anak GKI Kebayoran Baru

HARLOT OF REVELATION THAT SITS ON 7 MOUNTAINS & WILL BE BURNED WITH FIRE BY THE SOON COMING 10 KINGS? 7 Mountain Mandate, NAR, Dominionist Theology, Mystery Occult Religions & MORE! Y’shua said, “Many will come in MY NAME saying I (Y’shua/Jesus) AM the Messiah and will decieve many.” Are we watching the fulfillment of this prophecy in real time?  Not only in main stream Christianity but also possibly within the Torah Observant/Sabbath Keeping/Hebrew Roots movements? (We’ll focus mostly on Christianity this week and then more on the latter next week.)  This message is full of facts and scripture for you to prayerfully consider.  MORE MESSAGES LIKE THIS ONE www.HisWordHeals.com

News and commentary for Wednesday, 10 December, 2025.

Hi Adik-adik, selamat merenungkan Firman Tuhan ya! Doa kami, Adik-adik semakin dekat dengan Yesus, Tuhan dan Juruselamat pribadi kita. Tetap terus terhubung dengan Tuhan Yesus ya melalui doa dan saat teduh setiap hari, seperti carang yang melekat pada Sang Pokok.Renungan Audio ini dibuat untuk anak-anak layan GKI Kebayoran Baru. Pada edisi Desember 2025, renungan masih didasari oleh Saat Teduh Anak Raja (STAR) terbitan Binawarga.............................................................Edisi 11 Desember 2025Pembaca Renungan : Jelita RumondangMusik : Andreas TakdareProduksi : Tim Shema - Podcast Anak GKIKBPenanggung jawab : Komisi Anak GKI Kebayoran Baru

News and commentary for Monday, 8 December, 2025.

Hi Adik-adik, selamat merenungkan Firman Tuhan ya! Doa kami, Adik-adik semakin dekat dengan Yesus, Tuhan dan Juruselamat pribadi kita. Tetap terus terhubung dengan Tuhan Yesus ya melalui doa dan saat teduh setiap hari, seperti carang yang melekat pada Sang Pokok.Renungan Audio ini dibuat untuk anak-anak layan GKI Kebayoran Baru. Pada edisi Desember 2025, renungan masih didasari oleh Saat Teduh Anak Raja (STAR) terbitan Binawarga.............................................................Edisi 9 Desember 2025Pembaca Renungan : Deasy SiahaanMusik : Andreas TakdareProduksi : Tim Shema - Podcast Anak GKIKBPenanggung jawab : Komisi Anak GKI Kebayoran Baru

Hi Adik-adik, selamat merenungkan Firman Tuhan ya! Doa kami, Adik-adik semakin dekat dengan Yesus, Tuhan dan Juruselamat pribadi kita. Tetap terus terhubung dengan Tuhan Yesus ya melalui doa dan saat teduh setiap hari, seperti carang yang melekat pada Sang Pokok.Renungan Audio ini dibuat untuk anak-anak layan GKI Kebayoran Baru. Pada edisi Desember 2025, renungan masih didasari oleh Saat Teduh Anak Raja (STAR) terbitan Binawarga.............................................................Edisi 10 Desember 2025Pembaca Renungan : Jelita RumondangMusik : Andreas TakdareProduksi : Tim Shema - Podcast Anak GKIKBPenanggung jawab : Komisi Anak GKI Kebayoran Baru

Love and Torah – what's love got to do with it? This study series is based on the “Two Great Commands” – love Yahweh and love your neighbor. Some of the topics covered in this teaching: • John 14:12 – Messiah Yeshua says, “He who believes in Me will also do the works that I do, and even greater works he shall do because I go to my Father.” What “works” is Messiah referring to? • John 14:13 – Can someone ask for something ‘in His Name (authority)' if that one is outside the authority of Messiah? • John 14:16-17 – Do you understand correctly what this “Helper” and the “Spirit of Truth” are? Is it another being? • How does the Christian organization “Mock Messiah” without actually intending to? • What is the one thing that defines those who are part of the Body of Messiah? Rabbi Berkson once again analyzes the words in these passages to help you gain a deeper understanding of what Yah expects from you so that you can obey and receive the blessings. Visit our website, https://mtoi.org, to learn more about MTOI. https://www.facebook.com/mtoiworldwide https://www.instagram.com/mtoi_worldwide You can reach MTOI by emailing us at admin@mtoi.org or calling 423-250-3020. Join us for Shabbat Services and Torah Study LIVE, streamed on our website, mtoi.org, YouTube, and Rumble every Saturday at 1:15 p.m., and every Friday at 7:30 p.m. Eastern time for Torah Study Live Stream.

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Join Mark Call of Shabbat Shalom Mesa fellowship for a two-part look at parsha “Vayishlach,” Genesis 32:4 through chapter 36) the story of Yakov/Jacob as he finally returns to Beit El, and a ‘reunion’ with his estranged brother, Esau. The Erev Shabbat reading: https://hebrewnationonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/SSM-12-5-25-Vayishlach-teaching-podcast-xxx.mp3 That story has lessons enough, but there is an extended genealogy of Esau’s side of the family that might seem out of place, given the reminder that “Yakov I have loved, Esau I have hated,” says YHVH. And there are certainly a number of prophecies – arguably yet to be fulfilled – about the ultimate demise of the descendants of that line. So who, or what, is Esau? As Mark Call of Shabbat Shalom Mesa documents in the midrash, there are no shortages of opinions on that score. But we have certainly been warned. Vayishlach: ‘The Long Genealogy of Esau – and Two Houses’ https://hebrewnationonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/WT-CooH-12-6-25-Vayishlach-Two-houses-and-Edom-podcast-xxx.mp3 The combined two-part reading and Sabbath midrash:

News and commentary from host Mark Call, for the first week of December, 2025. Are AmeriKans really as clueless as the Far Left and their Fake News want you to believe? Evidently is is “Democracy” that is at war with the Constitutional Republic.

News and commentary for Thursday, 4 December, 2025.

As more and more people realize that the 2020 election really WAS stolen, that the senile imposter WAS ‘non compos mentis,’ and his handlers knew that when the overthrew the Republic, and that elections in the US have been stolen for YEARS, the reason for the attempt to undermine military order and discipline by the ‘Seditious Six,’ and the transparent attempt to drive Secretary of War Pete Hegseth out of office, so that the intended coup can be completed, becomes undeniable. Still, too many people are utterly clueless about The Coming Battle. We’re there. So, it’s time for another Thought Experiment: Rudderless AmeriKans and the Coming WAR

David Justice and Mark Call review the major news of the first week in December, and what is now: “War on Every Front”

Send us a textThe Apostle John in his first letter writes some intriguing words, "Beloved, I am writing you no new commandment, but an old commandment that you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word that you have heard. At the same time, it is a new commandment that I am writing to you, which is true in him and in you." The old commandment he is referring to is the "Shema," the confession of faith in the one true God to whom we owe full allegiance and devotion. In answer to a scribe's question in Mark 12:28-33 as to what is the greatest commandment, Jesus answers, "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength. He  also relates the second greatest commandment: "Love your neighbor as yourself." (This latter commandment is a phrase attached to a list of various laws in Leviticus 19.)The new component is Jesus' own love for his disciples. He loves us so much that he laid down his life for us on the cross. John 13:1-5, 34f records John's own experience of the love of Jesus shown by his washing their feet. In this context he gives the new commandment, “A new command I give you: Love one another as I have loved you, so you must love one another.  By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”Bible Insights with Wayne ConradContact: 8441 Hunnicut Rd Dallas, Texas 75228email: Att. Bible Insights Wayne Conradgsccdallas@gmail.com (Good Shepherd Church) Donation https://gsccdallas.orghttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJTZX6qasIrPmC1wQpben9ghttps://www.facebook.com/waconrad or gscchttps://www.sermonaudio.com/gsccSpirit, Truth and Grace MinistriesPhone # 214-324-9915 leave message with number for call backPsalms 119:105 Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.

Vlada je aktivirala shemo skrajšanega delovnega časa. Gre za državno pomoč, ki jo bodo lahko izkoristila podjetja v krizi in tako obdržala zaposlene. Določili so devet panog, ki bodo lahko izkoristila državno subvencijo. Shema bo veljala od jutri do začetka marca, nato bodo preučili, ali jo je treba podaljšati. Druge teme: - Koalicija naj bi se do ponedeljka vendarle uskladila glede imenovanja treh ustavnih sodnikov. - Ruski predsednik Vladimir Putin napoveduje zavzetje celotnega Donbasa. Ameriška delegacija na Floridi vnovič pričakuje ukrajinsko. - Vipavski gasilci ustavili uhajanje amonijaka, zaradi katerega so evakuirali učence iz osnovne šole Draga Bajca. Pouk jutri bo.

News and commentary for Wednesday, 3 December, 2025.

The Apostle John in his first letter writes some intriguing words, "Beloved, I am writing you no new commandment, but an old commandment that you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word that you have heard. At the same time, it is a new commandment that I am writing to you, which is true in him and in you." The old commandment he is referring to is the "Shema," the confession of faith in the one true God to whom we owe full allegiance and devotion. In answer to a scribe's question in Mark 12:28-33 as to what is the greatest commandment, Jesus answers, "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength. He also relates the second greatest commandment: "Love your neighbor as yourself." (This latter commandment is a phrase attached to a list of various laws in Leviticus 19.) The new component is Jesus' own love for his disciples. He loves us so much that he laid down his life for us on the cross. John 13:1-5, 34f records John's own experience of the love of Jesus shown by his washing their feet. In this context he gives the new commandment, "A new command I give you: Love one another as I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another."

News and commentary for Monday, 1December, 2025.

Love and Torah – what's love got to do with it? This series explores the “Two Great Commands’: love Yahweh and love your neighbor. Key topics include: • How does Messiah's statement, ‘I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life,’ relate to Torah observance? • What role does ‘to know' play in your relationship with the Creator and others? • What truly defines being a disciple? Is it merely a student/teacher dynamic? • Does Messiah align with your expectations? Does Yeshua fit your paradigm of Messiah? Is the Creator what you think He should be? And what about the Holy Spirit, your leadership, or teachers? Do your preconceptions influence how you perceive their interaction with you and humanity? • Has current worldly life disturbed your shalom/peace? Have you studied your Bible to understand what lies ahead in challenging times? When you entered into a covenant with the Creator, did you understand what that entailed? • What does it mean when someone says, ‘He knows my heart…’ about the Creator? Rabbi Berkson shares his pet peeve to shed light on this. Rabbi Berkson revisits these passages to help deepen your understanding of Yah's expectations, guiding you to fulfill them and receive His blessings. Visit our website, https://mtoi.org, to learn more about MTOI. https://www.facebook.com/mtoiworldwide https://www.instagram.com/mtoi_worldwide You can reach MTOI by emailing us at admin@mtoi.org or calling 423-250-3020. Join us for Shabbat Services and Torah Study LIVE, streamed on our website, mtoi.org, YouTube, and Rumble every Saturday at 1:15 p.m., and every Friday at 7:30 p.m. Eastern time for Torah Study Live Stream.

This teaching is at River of Life Tabernacle. Part A this week will be an introduction to the Salt Covenant covering the following: The requirement of salt on all gifts and sacrifices Why salt must also accompany the commandments How the salt covenant relates to other types of covenant The essential element of human salt as seasoning The relationship between salt and light The salted Bread of Faces Please SUBSCRIBE to our newsletter to get new teachings.

Join Mark Call of Shabbat Shalom Mesa fellowship for a two-part look at parsha “Vayetzi,” Genesis 28:10-32:3) the story of Yakov/Jacob as he journeys to the land of his father’s family, is told first-hand of his birthright and the promises, and acquires his own wives and family. The Erev Shabbat reading: https://hebrewnationonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/SSM-11-28-25-Vayetzi-teaching-podcast-xx.mp3 Mark’s Sabbath Day midrash probably raises more questions than it answers. Most of which are, at best, ambiguous from what we are told in the story. But these are human beings, of course — flawed people, who make mistakes — and thus more interesting and even relevant to where we find ourselves today. Yakov married daughters of Laban. While certainly not Canaanites, Laban himself is hardly a saint. And why did Raqel/Rachel steal his teraphim, fake gods? There is a lot of setup here: The man who is forced to leave home to escape his own brother’s wrath soon comes to a place he’s almost certainly HEARD about, but suddenly – He sees first hand and KNOWS about those promises. What was hypothetical is Real. And yet there are still struggles ahead, and the man who asked for, and received, the place of the firstborn is deceived himself, because “it is not done so here,” to put the younger in place of the first-born. Ultimately, Laban seems to take advantage of his son-in-law. There is animosity. He is, after all is said and done, still a pagan. And that, too, is just as relevant now as ever. Vayetzi: ‘Flawed people and Hard Questions: Do you Love Messiah more than Bacon?’ https://hebrewnationonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/WT-CooH-11-29-25-Vayetzi-Labanite-xtians-do-you-love-Yahushua-more-than-bacon-podcast-x.mp3 The combined two-part reading and Sabbath midrash:

Here's the story of a young man who found his Jewish Messiah. Dave Wisotsky is a Jewish believer in Jesus who grew up in a Reform Jewish household in New Jersey. After encountering the Lord in 2023, he left a career in finance in NYC to become an evangelist. Also enjoy music  from Jonathan Settel, Ted Pearce, Beckah Shae, Paul Wilbur, Marty and Misha Goetz and John Waller.

News and commentary from host Mark Call, for Thanksgiving Week of 2025, where the War on the Republic went from high gear, thanks to the Seditious Six, to outright “Warp Drive.”

David Justice and Mark Call review the major news from a busy Thanksgiving week, and the escalation of the War on the Republic. We’ve moved from sedition to shots being fired.

News and commentary for Wednesday, 26 November, 2025.

Mark 12 (ESV)Andrew and Edwin discuss what we can learn from a scribe who seemed to be asking Jesus an honest question and recognizing a wise answer.Read the written devo that goes along with this episode by clicking here.    Let us know what you are learning or any questions you have. Email us at TextTalk@ChristiansMeetHere.org.    Join the Facebook community and join the conversation by clicking here. We'd love to meet you. Be a guest among the Christians who meet on Livingston Avenue. Click here to find out more. Michael Eldridge sang all four parts of our theme song. Find more from him by clicking here.   Thanks for talking about the text with us today.________________________________________________If the hyperlinks do not work, copy the following addresses and paste them into the URL bar of your web browser: Daily Written Devo: https://readthebiblemakedisciples.wordpress.com/?p=23517The Christians Who Meet on Livingston Avenue: http://www.christiansmeethere.org/Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/TalkAboutTheTextFacebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/texttalkMichael Eldridge: https://acapeldridge.com/ 

News and commentary for Tuesday, 25 November, 2025.

We are shattering the stereotype that church is supposed to be boring. We are defiantly opposed to a form of religion that is exhausting. We are creating a culture where we understand the father heart of God, where we have childlike faith, think fun is fun, a middle laugh till it hurts, adventure into the unknown, rest well, become cheerful givers and see it as the great joy of our life.Many of us have this view that God is angry and just wants us to be sad and read our Bibles, but this could not be further from the truth. God is the happiest being in the universe. Jesus personifies joy. Jesus was a known partier. That's why oftentimes he is accused of being a glutton, a drunkard, and a sinner because he's constantly hanging out in these environments.The vision that Jesus has for what's on the other side of abiding with Him is joy.And all the people gathered as one man into the square before the Water Gate. And they told Ezra the scribe to bring the Book of the Law of Moses that the Lord had commanded Israel. 2 So Ezra the priest brought the Law before the assembly, both men and women and all who could understand what they heard, on the first day of the seventh month. 3 And he read from it facing the square before the Water Gate from early morning until midday, in the presence of the men and the women and those who could understand. And the ears of all the people were attentive to the Book of the Law. 4 And Ezra the scribe stood on a wooden platform that they had made for the purpose. And beside him stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah on his right hand, and Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchijah, Hashum, Hashbaddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam on his left hand. 5 And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people, for he was above all the people, and as he opened it all the people stood. 6 And Ezra blessed the Lord, the great God, and all the people answered, “Amen, Amen,” lifting up their hands. And they bowed their heads and worshiped the Lord with their faces to the ground. 7 Also Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, the Levites, helped the people to understand the Law, while the people remained in their places. 8 They read from the book, from the Law of God, clearly, and they gave the sense, so that the people understood the reading.This Day Is Holy9 And Nehemiah, who was the governor, and Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who taught the people said to all the people, “This day is holy to the Lord your God; do not mourn or weep.” For all the people wept as they heard the words of the Law. 10 Then he said to them, “Go your way. Eat the fat and drink sweet wine and send portions to anyone who has nothing ready, for this day is holy to our Lord. And do not be grieved, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.” 11 So the Levites calmed all the people, saying, “Be quiet, for this day is holy; do not be grieved.” 12 And all the people went their way to eat and drink and to send portions and to make great rejoicing, because they had understood the words that were declared to them.Nehemiah 8:1-12We'd love for you to subscribe to our channel and turn on notifications to get updates on our latest content and resources that will help more people know Jesus and people know Jesus more.GIVE : We believe that generosity is golden. Freely we have received and so freely we give back to God. If you would like to give to support the work Jesus is doing here please visit: https://www.elevatecc.church/give.Elevate City Church is a Jesus Over Everything Church that launched in the Atlanta Perimeter area on October 4th, 2020.Jesus Over Everything.Give us a follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elevatecity.church/Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/elevatecc.church

News and commentary for Monday, 24 November, 2025. The REALLY big story from late over the weekend probably isn’t what you think. But it is about war, already in progress. We’ve just been lied to about it. The references Mark makes during the news include: President Trump’s “Truth Social” comment: https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115600167812342707 Lara Logan’s “Going Rogue” Show STOLEN ELECTIONS with Gary Berntsen & Ralph Pezzullo | Ep 45 https://bit.ly/goingrogue-ep45 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gA9OCusr64A And Ralph Pezzullo’s book is, “Stolen Elections…”

Custom Mary I wish I had a dollar for every time I've heard someone say, "It's just man's tradition. It's just a custom." At its worst misunderstanding, the tradition or custom is seen adversarial to Torah obedience and as evil. As a simply uninformed understanding, it's a lack of research or direction into how Yeshua taught and lived customs and traditions...of men.   For instance, the letter of the Torah does not say to go to a synagogue every Shabbat. But how should one "hear" the Word, which is a commandment? Synagogues were an answer to that question. The Torah was read every Shabbat, so Scripture tells us that Yeshua went to synagogue every Shabbat:   • And He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up; and as was His custom, He entered the synagogue on the Sabbath, and stood up to read. (Lk 4:16)   Yeshua wouldn't do something evil, so this was a good custom even if the Torah does not say, "Thou shalt enter the synagogue every Sabbath." How to differentiate among the direct mitzvah (commandment), the custom or tradition that helps one to do the mitzvah, and an outright tare? The answer comes from knowing that the Word is the seed from which we grow fruit and that the heart's intent is a vital indicator of the fruit grown from it. My offer to help with a Biblically sound way to look at customs and traditions for believers was to write the booklet: Truth, Tradition, or Tare: Growing in the Word.   This brings us back to our topic of hospitality over the last several weeks. Hospitality is how we invite the very Presence of Adonai into our homes, towns, and gatherings. In the following account of hospitality, the hostess is a woman named Martha, and she had a sister named Mary (Miriam). Custom dictated that a host or hostess like Abraham and Sarah provide a safe refuge, water for washing, and food and drink for their guests. It was customary. Traditional. Martha busied herself providing these customary things for Yeshua and his disciples, but Mary was more, well, I'm going to say it...not Custom Mary:   • Now as they were traveling along, He entered a village; and a woman named Martha welcomed Him into her home. She had a sister called Mary, who was seated at the Lord's feet, listening to His word. But Martha was distracted with all her preparations; and she came up to Him and said, “Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to do all the serving alone? Then tell her to help me.” But the Lord answered and said to her, “Martha, Martha, you are worried and bothered about so many things; but only one thing is necessary, for Mary has chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from her.” (Lk 10:38-42)   Martha was missing something in her hospitality, just as we can miss it in any custom or tradition we practice: why do we do it? To strengthen our relationship to the Holy One and His Word? Or to earn righteousness or the esteem of others through our own efforts?   Yeshua gently pointed out to Martha the important aspect of customary hospitality: it is to strengthen the relationship between the ministry of the Word and the recipients of the Word. To make it come alive. In this case, the Word was literally alive in Martha's home!   In fact, Yeshua would have greeted the home with peace when he entered, just as he instructed his disciples to do. Instead of receiving the peace, Martha remained in a state of worry and bother. She did not receive the blessing. Mary, however, was eating and drinking it in, getting to know what the Living Word should be in her life. The custom of hospitality is to enable Kingdom ministry, to provide a temporary little Temple sanctuary for the minister.   Martha was not wrong if she wanted to continue preparing food to serve the disciples, but she was wrong if it became contentious and destroyed the very relationships she should be strengthening with other believers. Yeshua was well able to perform a miracle of bread, oil, wine, fish, or any other meal she was serving. He'd certainly done it for others who offered what little they had, and so had Elijah. And I'm sure he was prepared to wait if her meal took longer. After all, he was there to grace her with his Presence, not to grade or promote her on culinary skills. He wanted her to drink him in!   To Martha, however, the customary, traditional way a woman of the First Century was viewed as valuable was in her domestic skills. To Yeshua, his custom was to invite all to sit and learn at his feet. Male, female, Jew, non-Jew, slave, free...all could learn and grow in the ministry of the Word. It was the better part of hospitality. It didn't negate the need to feed and house the visiting ministers, the other part, but it was the better part of the whole equation. Perhaps, Yeshua is saying, the point of the serving is forging peace with people and Heaven. Hospitality is the designated vehicle for it.   Yeshua didn't pick Martha's home so she could become righteous through serving; he picked her because she believed in him; she already was righteous. She just needed some extra training like he had to correct his other disciples on things like fighting over higher positions, water-walking, and poor demon management.   A righteous guest seeks a righteous home for hospitality, and he/she has the authority to bless that sanctuary home with peace:   • “Do not acquire gold, or silver, or copper for your money belts, or a bag for your journey, or even two coats, or sandals, or a staff; for the worker is worthy of his support. And whatever city or village you enter, inquire who is worthy in it, and stay at his house until you leave that city. As you enter the house, give it your greeting. If the house* is worthy, give it your blessing of peace. But if it is not worthy, take back your blessing of peace. Whoever does not receive you, nor heed your words, as you go out of that house or that city, shake the dust off your feet.” (Mt 10:9-15)      *”The House” is a euphemism for The Temple    Yeshua clarified hospitality: it is receiving by 1) providing refuge, food and drink, and water for washing as well as 2) receiving his Word. Yeshua had to remind Martha to receive the Word, too. The heart of the Temple was in the hidden place of the ark, the Word of the Torah emplaced between the two cheruvim where the Voice would speak. Out loud.   Hospitality is how the average person enters the holy Sanctuary to experience the Voice and Presence of Adonai through His designated ministers of the Word.   • “You shall keep My sabbaths and revere My sanctuary; I am the LORD.” (Le 19:30)   What did First Century Jews understand about this commandment? And why did Yeshua instruct his disciples so specifically about hospitality as they ministered in his name and authority?   Rashi explains it in his comments to Vayikra (Leviticus) 19:30:   • “'And revere my Sanctuary.' He should not enter the grounds of the Temple neither with his staff, nor with shoes on his feet, nor with his moneybelt, nor with the dust that is on his feet, i.e., he should not enter with dirty feet. And although I enjoin you to have reverence with regard to the Beit HaMikdash [Temple], nonetheless, ‘you shall observe my Sabbaths; the construction of the Beit HaMikdash does not override the Sabbath.”    Contextually, Rashi's point is that Sabbath will occur in every place for all time, and so commandments specific to the Temple services will be overridden by commands specific to Shabbat. As Yeshua understood about the magificent Temple, it would not long endure. Instead, the righteous of the earth would have to function as little sanctuaries in the nations where they lived and were sent. He would continue to build the Temple through them and to send the Presence, the Ruach HaKodesh.   In practice, Yeshua sent his disciples to continue his work; in order to do that work, they would need holy homes to provide Temple hospitality. For this, the home would need to be a “worthy” one. The family would need to conduct its daily life toward the preservation of holiness of Shabbat.    Such a family was fit for Kingdom ministers, and those minister-guests were obligated to treat it with the same courtesies as they would enter the Temple itself. Yeshua's requirements were identical to the customary Temple protocols for entry. A home that provided water to wash the feet was a prepared holy temple. As the repentant sinful woman washed Yeshua's feet with her tears, receiving his forgiveness, so a righteous home signaled receiving the guest with physical water as well as receiving the Word of shalom he or she brought to the house...and House.   The reverence of Shabbat is linked to entering the Temple itself, placing that home in a very high spiritual status, worthy of blessing for its hospitality.   The disciples would bless the homes of Custom Marys the same as they would proclaim blessings in the Temple, for the host was standing in to bless them as the priests would bless the tribes coming up to worship, and all, even those "night watcher" servants of exile from among the nations, offered blessings to YHVH.

Love and Torah – what's love got to do with it? This study series is based on the “Two Great Commands” – love Yahweh and love your neighbor. How does the Creator define our relationship with Him? Continuing in John chapter 15, Rabbi Steve Berkson explores the ‘Love/Hate' aspects of our walk. Rabbi Berkson points to verse 18, where the Messiah, out of love, tells His disciples and us that if He was hated and rejected by the world, then we would be hated and rejected too. Why would “the world” hate you? What or who is “the world”? What does the movie, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, have to do with us and “the world”? Then, moving into John chapter 14, Rabbi Berkson clarifies what Yeshua meant when He said, “I go to prepare a place for you…” You should be very excited when you hear what Rabbi Berkson has to say about that. Once again, Rabbi Berkson breaks down these passages to help you gain a deeper understanding of what Yah expects of you, so you can do it and receive the blessings. Visit our website, https://mtoi.org, to learn more about MTOI. https://www.facebook.com/mtoiworldwide https://www.instagram.com/mtoi_worldwide You can reach MTOI by emailing us at admin@mtoi.org or calling 423-250-3020. Join us for Shabbat Services and Torah Study LIVE, streamed on our website, mtoi.org, YouTube, and Rumble every Saturday at 1:15 p.m., and every Friday at 7:30 p.m. Eastern time for Torah Study Live Stream.

SOCIAL MOVEMENTS FROM 1800's THROUGH TODAY… By the end of my ‘conversation' with the Brave search engine AI browser search assistant IT finally admits the truth about marriage and YHWH's biblical design for families after first giving politically correct talking points (over and over again) AGAINST ‘traditional' families and IN FAVOR OF progressive social movements that are supposedly good and “expand” family inclusion rather than destroying families as they have been Western Society for over 100 years. Listen all the way to the end to gain valuable insights on just how this technology works and the danger it poses to young people even beyond the dangers of the regular internet.  VISIT WWW.HISWORDHEALS.COM FOR MORE MESSAGES LIKE THIS ONE AND TO JOIN OUR EMAIL NOTIFICATION LIST.  ALSO PLEASE CHECK OUT OUR FREE DOWNLOADS OF OUR HEALING SCRIPTURES CD AND DIGITAL BOOKS.

Join Mark Call of Shabbat Shalom Mesa fellowship for a two-part look at parsha “Toldot,” Genesis 25:19-28:9)… The Erev Shabbat reading – and thus the title of the parsha – begins with “These are to ‘toldot’, or generations, of Isaac…” …but it is really the beginning of the story of Yakov, or Jacob, and the father of the nations, Israel: https://hebrewnationonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/SSM-11-21-25-Toldot-teaching-podcast-xx.mp3 Mark’s Sabbath Day midrash is a deeper look at what has been called “enigmatic.” There are certainly elements, of this story in particular, that have been regarded as “problematic,” even, in terms of things done by characters we might be inclined to emulate. For example, why does Rivkah (Rebeccah) decide to deceive her husband? Why does Yiztak/Isaac apparently FALL for it? Or even merit possibly BEING deceived? And, why is Yakov accused to being a ‘supplanter,’ or even “stealing” the birthright? Some of those questions are certainly easier with the benefit of hindsight. But there are others that, even in being asked, give us a greater insight into what is REALLY happening than we might otherwise imagine. “Toldot: What’s With Isaac? https://hebrewnationonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/WT-CooH-11-22-25-Toldot-Whats-with-Isaac-Enigmatic-until-hindsight-podcast-xxx.mp3 The combined two-part reading and Sabbath midrash:

It's not that the news is particularly bleak this week, although the attempt to turn the festering 'Civil War 2.0' bloody is hitting new seditious lows. But host Mark Call suggests that it is time to realize 'the gloves have come off.' We have long known the Waste-Stream Media is lying, and that what happened in 2020 was nothing short of a totalitarian coup. But it's time now to address: What's REALLY Going On?

David Justice and Mark Call discuss the major news of the week and what it means now, as the attempt to reverse the totalitarian coup in 2020 has been followed by open sedition intended to foment violence.

News and commentary for Thursday, 20 November, 2025.

The confrontations continue as the Sadducees, who deny the resurrection, pose a ridiculous question about a woman with seven husbands. Jesus silences them, proving the resurrection from the books of Moses (the only Scripture they obey). A lawyer then tests Jesus, asking for the "greatest commandment." Jesus responds with the Shema and the command to "love your neighbor as yourself." Finally, Jesus turns the tables, asking the Pharisees how David's Son can also be David's Lord, which pressures them into considering His own divine identity. The Rev. William Cwirla, pastor emeritus and president emeritus of Higher Things, joins the Rev. Dr. Phil Booe to study Matthew 22:23-46.  The Gospel of Matthew bridges Old and New Testaments, presenting Jesus as the promised Messiah who fulfills the Law we could never keep and establishes His kingdom of grace for all nations. Written by a tax collector transformed by pure grace, Matthew reveals Christ as the true Son of David and Emmanuel (God with us) who challenges us with the crushing demands of the Law in His Sermon on the Mount to the sweet comfort of the Gospel in His death and resurrection. From royal genealogy to glorious resurrection, this verse-by-verse study proclaims the One who conquered sin, death, and the devil for us, now delivering forgiveness, life, and salvation through Word and Sacrament as He remains with His church always, even to the end of the age.  Thy Strong Word, hosted by Rev. Dr. Phil Booe, pastor of St. John Lutheran Church of Luverne, MN, reveals the light of our salvation in Christ through study of God's Word, breaking our darkness with His redeeming light. Each weekday, two pastors fix our eyes on Jesus by considering Holy Scripture, verse by verse, in order to be strengthened in the Word and be equipped to faithfully serve in our daily vocations. Submit comments or questions to: thystrongword@kfuo.org.