Today’s FFOZ

First Fruits of Zion teaches Torah to the Body of Messiah. Apparently, some folks are wondering if this is still true. I can assure you that it is!
Boaz Michael, the founder of FFOZ, is a cherished friend and we regularly engage in heartfelt, passionate conversations, that I hope he values as much as I do. [...]

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I’m a Grown-Up, Daddyo

Tekoa turned 3 this past October. Tonight as I put training toothpaste on her and Elorah’s toothbrushes, Tekoa pulled out some Colgate that Ethan and Alethea use and said,
This is grown-up toothpaste. I’m a Grown-Up, Daddyo.
Thank goodness this is regarding toothpaste, but I was struck by the presumption that we all have. “I’m big enough [...]

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Jesus’ Baptism

The Gospel of Mark tells us that John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness “proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.” Yet a few verses later we’re told, “In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan.”
Why, I wonder, did a sinless Jesus come [...]

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Double-speak

He didn’t use these words, but I just heard President Obama say,

We got into this mess by failing to be fiscally prudent; we’re going to fix this mess by postponing being prudent till the mid or long term.

Wow, what kind of day do we live in that anyone would believe that is going to work?!

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