Acharei Mot, After the Death Vayiqra (Leviticus) 16:1 – 18:30 Ezekiel 22:1-19 Romans 3:19-28; 9:30 – 10:13 Galatians 3:10-14 The Torah forbids the uncovering of nakedness outside of the undefiled marriage bed. Yet where in the world do people uncover nakedness more than any other? 43% of all internet users view pornographic material online 75%…
Category: Klug’s Korner
Matza Musings
Exodus 33:12 – 34:26; Numbers 28:16-31 Ezekiel 36:37 – 37:14 1 Corinthians 5:1-8 Whenever you have kept the festival of unleavened bread or are now keeping it, what did you think of when you ate matzah? What does it mean to digest, to internalize unleavened bread? As the tzi-tzi reminds us to obey the commandments…
Power in the Blood?
Metzora, Cleansing the Leper Vayiqra (Leviticus) 14:1 – 15:33 Melekim Bet (II Kings) 7:3-20 MattitYahu (Matthew) 9:20-26, 11:2-6; Mark 5:21-34; Luke 5:24-34; 8:42-48; 9:51 – 10:42; Kefa Alef (Peter) 1:13-16; Romans 5:6-21, 6:17-23; Ivriym (Hebrews) 13:1-5 A Hebrew Roots leader once told me he did not believe that there is ‘power in the blood.’ He…
A Radical Change
The disease was killing me. It wasn’t a virus that ran its course, nor was it an infection that antibiotics could kill. There was no natural cure. No doctor on earth had a remedy. It was destroying me. It was destroying my ability to think straight and talk coherently. It was robbing me of ambition,…
What is True Freedom?
Tsav – Command Leviticus 6:8 – 8:36 Jeremiah 7:21 – 8:3; 9:22 – 23; Malachi 3:4 – 4:6 Hebrews 9:11 – 10:18; Romans 12:1-2; 1 Corinthians 10:14-23 What does it mean to live free? Some say the Law is bondage. If you want to be free, I’m told not to live under the ‘Old Testament,’ live…
The Dove Sacrifice
VaYiqra: And He Called Leviticus 1:1 – 6:7 Isaiah 43:21 – 44:23 Matthew 5:23-30; Hebrews 9:1 – 10:28; 13:10-16 Romans 8:1-13 Most of you wouldn’t give a chocolate Easter bunny to a loved one. But would you give that special someone Dove chocolates? Okay, so their ingredients are not so healthy. I am not advertising…
Fear of the Fire, Fear of the River
Pequdei – Accounts, Oversight Shemot (Exodus) 38:21 – 40:38 Melekim Alef (I Kings) 7:40 – 8:21 Revelation 15:5-8 No one was allowed on the other side of the fireline where the fire was burning. Of all my duties with the Forest Service, fighting forest fires meant meeting the strictest protocols under the most authoritative regime…
The Waves of Revival
Vayaq’hel – And he assembled Shemot (Exodus) 35:1 – 38:20 Melekim Alef (I Kings) 7:13-51; 2 Corinthians 9:1-15; Revelation 11:1-13 Leslie and I love to walk a sandy beach together as close to the waves as we can. The Pacific Ocean was named for its generally pacifying nature. There’s something about the cycle of waves…
Washed by Living Water
Ki Tisa, When You Elevate, Take up Shemot (Exodus) 30:11 – 34:35 Melekim Alef (I Kings) 18:1–39 Matthew 9:35 – 11:1; Luke 11:14-20; Acts 7:35 – 8:1; 1 Corinthians 10:1-13; 2 Corinthians 3:1-18 Surveying streams in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon often made me hot and thirsty in the summer. Mapping a stream up to…
Who is Your Go-To Guy?
Tetzaveh, You Shall Command Shemot (Exodus) 27:20 – 30:10 Yechezkel (Ezekiel) 43:10-27 Mark 4:35 – 5:43; Philippians 4:10-20 Everybody loves a go-to guy. He comes through for you like no one else can when you’re in a pinch. He’s Mr. Clutch – always right on time with just what you need! When no one else…