The photo associated with this week's blog is a picture of Mount Nebo in Jordan. It is the view that Moses would have seen when he walked up the mountain and looked at the land that G-D had given to Israel, as we read in Numbers 27:12: Then Adonai said to Moses, "Go up this mountain of the Abarim range and look at the land that I have given to Bnei-Yisrael." Every time I think about this verse and the preceding events, my heart breaks for Moses. He had led the Children of Israel from their...

Every now and then I see a meme or a post on social media that presents a concept in such a simple way that I wish I had been the one who thought of it first. Most of the time, however, I end up using hundreds of words and many anecdotes to share whatever notion I am trying to convey. One example is an image I saw on social media showing two men standing on opposite sides of a number painted on the floor. From one man's perspective, the number was a nine, and from the other man's perspective,...

Yes, the headline above could be considered by some to be clickbait or simply a tool to get the attention of a potential reader. Others might read that headline immediately thinking about the horrible, cannibalistic way those who claim to believe the Bible often treat each other. This can resemble the feeding frenzy of sharks, especially after a very public failure or a simple statement of belief on social media. While it is true that, far too often, Bible believers act like cannibals, ready...