Jun 19, 2021 | All Posts, On This Day |
It was on this day in 586 B.C. that Nebuchadnezzar and his army breached the walls of Jerusalem and then entered into the city (Jeremiah 39:2). The fascinating part of this story is that God allowed it. “In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah,...
Jun 19, 2021 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
Good Morning. Then the Lord appeared to him by the terebinth trees of Mamre, as he was sitting in the tent door in the heat of the day. So he lifted his eyes and looked, and behold, three men were standing by him; and when he saw them, he ran from the tent door to...
Jun 18, 2021 | All Posts, On This Day |
It was on this day in 1834 that Queen Maria Christina of Spain, once and for all, abolished the Spanish Inquisition. The Inquisition is a dark stain on European history. Thousands of Jews and others, as well, were forced to convert to Catholicism or be burned at the...
Jun 18, 2021 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
Good Morning. And Abraham said to God, “Oh, that Ishmael might live before You!”Then God said: “No, Sarah your wife shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac; I will establish My covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his descendants...
Jun 17, 2021 | All Posts, On This Day |
It was on this day in 1938 that President Franklin D. Roosevelt called for an international conference at Evian, France, for the purpose of considering what to do with “displaced persons,” meaning Jews. The negligible results at this particular conference accentuated...
Jun 17, 2021 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
Good Morning. Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed, and said in his heart, “Shall a child be born to a man who is one hundred years old? And shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?” (Genesis 17:17) The Hebrew word translated as “and laughed” is ויצחק...
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