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Online Biblical Hebrew Classes: What To Look For (and How To Choose)

Online Biblical Hebrew Classes: What To Look For (and How To...

Learning Biblical Hebrew is a deeply inspiring goal that many Bible enthusiasts dream about. We want to open the pages of Scripture and see the words exactly as they were written thousands of years ago. Yet, a lot of learners start strong and hit an unexpected wall within weeks because the unfamiliar alphabet and unique […]

A Famine In The Land: From Double Trouble To The House Of God

A Famine In The Land: From Double Trouble To The House Of God

In my previous post, I wrote: We choose our destiny by the way we respond to God’s call. Terah heard the call and began the journey, but he stopped halfway. Abraham heard the same call, left everything behind, and continued the journey to its end. But every time I read this story, I find myself […]

The Best Way To Start Learning Biblical Hebrew (a Beginner Roadmap)

The Best Way To Start Learning Biblical Hebrew (a Beginner Roadmap)

Imagine holding a letter written by a dear friend, but you can only read a summary written by someone else. You still get the core message, but you miss the unique tone, the subtle wordplay, and the deep emotion of the original voice. For many bible enthusiasts, reading the Old Testament in translation feels exactly […]

Biblical Hebrew Alphabet: Letters, Sounds, And How To Start Reading Scripture

Biblical Hebrew Alphabet: Letters, Sounds, And How To Start Reading...

Learning Biblical Hebrew is a wonderful way to deepen your connection to Scripture. Reading the Bible in its original language can reveal shades of meaning that don’t always come through in translation, helping familiar passages feel new again. If you’ve started looking for a Biblical Hebrew course, you’ve probably noticed there are plenty of options […]

What Is Biblical Studies? (and Where Biblical Hebrew Fits In)

What Is Biblical Studies? (and Where Biblical Hebrew Fits In)

Biblical Studies is an academic field that explores the Bible in its original context, using a range of methods and perspectives instead of relying on any single approach. Most modern readers assume they understand the Bible because they can recognize the words on the page. But reading an English translation is not the same as […]

God Never Says “oops”

God Never Says “oops”

GOD NEVER SAYS “OOPS” As we continue our journey through Genesis, we now arrive at the story of Abraham—the story of my people. Yet before Abraham appears, Scripture first takes us through something else entirely. Before the call of Abraham, before the covenant, before the promises and the blessing, we are invited to watch the […]

Unsealing Noah’s Ark

Unsealing Noah’s Ark

My dear readers, I believe we would all agree that Noah’s Ark stands at the very heart of Noah’s story. And precisely because of that, the Ark itself becomes God’s prophetic message to future generations. In earlier times, people would sometimes throw a bottle containing a message into the sea, not knowing when, where, or […]

When Heaven Crossed The Boundary: The Hidden Story Behind Genesis 6

When Heaven Crossed The Boundary: The Hidden Story Behind Genesis 6

After the long genealogies of chapters 4 and 5, which quietly trace the spread of humanity, we suddenly arrive at one of the most mysterious—and unsettling—passages in the entire Bible. It feels almost abrupt, almost disorienting, as if the text opens a window into something hidden, something we were not expecting to see. The text […]

The Secret Of Finding Grace In His Eyes

The Secret Of Finding Grace In His Eyes

Dear friends, We return once again to our journey through Genesis—and yet, as so often happens in Scripture, what we have just read during Passover does not simply remain behind us, contained within its own portion, but continues to echo, to resonate, to flow almost imperceptibly into what comes next, as though the text itself […]

Seeing From Behind: The Mystery Of God’s Mercy

Seeing From Behind: The Mystery Of God’s Mercy

Passover is a very special feast, not only because of the dramatic story it tells, but also because of the way it is structured, including these intermediate days—Chol HaMoed—when we find ourselves in a kind of “in-between” time: after redemption has already begun, and yet before its meaning has been fully revealed. These are not […]