Category: Rollyn’s Reads

Have you ever been afraid to move forward?  Maybe some obstacles seemed too big in moving towards a new job, home, or opportunity and you decide to stay put.  Maybe you have been called by Yah to disciple or evangelize to someone, but you fear being rejected and doing nothing.  The Bible is filled with…

“In your going up” of daily living, have you ever considered the “laws” listed in the New Testament?  Believe it or not, the gospel of grace comes with a few laws–well over a thousand.  But no worries, I’m thinking we should only review a small list – the ones that keep us from dying in…

What would you do if a dust-throwing, coat-tearing, violent crowd accused you falsely . . . calling for your death?  Would you remain strong? How do we remain strong in YHWH?  I believe our strength is found in knowing our identity.  According to Scripture, we were made in the image of Yah. We are to…

Did you know that one cubic millimeter of brain tissue contains one petabyte of data?  What’s a petabyte?  It’s 1000 times larger than a terabyte, which is one quadrillion bytes. The average brain is 1,195,000 cubic millimeters in its size. This means the average human brain can hold 298,750 petabytes of data.  And you thought your recently purchased computer…

Have you ever had someone get upset with you because you asked a question about a Biblical text?  Maybe the verse or chapter you questioned wasn’t black and white or a “thus sayeth the Lord” moment, but the person responds anyway with something like, “that’s what the text says and if you don’t believe it,…

Last week, a good friend was sharing with me on Hebrew Nation Radio, how certain Torah concepts seem hard to understand for casual readers.  This of course got us thinking.  What if Torah passages were met with a question such as, “Where is Messiah in the particular passage?”  We both agreed that this approach allows…

We are told that Biblical commands give us life and are not too hard to follow (Deuteronomy 30:11) But when it comes to faith or belief, there is no mention of these being comfortable.  Faith requires a heart and soul commitment, which does not come easy from our sin-filled flesh.  So how do the stories…

I don’t know very many people who enjoy being evaluated. It seems we all enjoy a bit of privacy.  The first time I met my vocal coach, he asked me all kinds of questions during his assessment to find out if he wanted me as a student.  I was confident he would accept me on…

Over the years, there have been many discussions on how to honor these “Set Apart Days.”  How to celebrate, when to celebrate, and whether we should celebrate at all, are topics that have been around for thousands of years.  Moshe Gold wrote an article for Jewishawareness.org in 2013 that addressed the history surrounding the early…

What is a cult? Typically, when someone says, “you belong to a cult” they are referring to a group that is controlled by a powerful personality and who submit to teachings or rules that seek to brainwash.  But in actuality, a cult by its simplest definition implies a sect or group of people that trend…