The Narrow Path Ministries

Not always heavy-hitting, but sometimes, yes.

Also, for what it's worth, my postings might not always telegraph what I myself believe, nor should they always be taken to represent common Jewish ideas.

kaufmannphillips wrote: (a) How's about Luke 12:13-21? RND wrote: Wealth metaphors always relate to the truth/word of God. "A certain rich man" always refers to the nation of Israel and in the days of Jesus the nation of Judah. If you think about it metaphorically the, "So [is] he that layeth up tr...

RND wrote:
Do Moses or any of the other prophets count? They were "technically" Christian.

<< cough cough >>

Thank you, Karen. At last there's a post in the "Judaism" section !

I used to be active on the old forum. Some or all of those files have transferred over here, listed under _kaufmannphillips.

RND wrote: Didn't Kevin Garnett yell, "Anything's possible?" I had to Google it, but apparently yes. RND wrote: There is only one type of wealth that was entrusted to the nation of Israel, the word of God. In the sense of Jesus' parables this is the only type of wealth Jesus alludes to. (a) How's a...

Sundry inklings: (1) The Herrell article is plainly anti-Semitic; you can google the author's name for further insight on the author's objectivity. My favorite part of the article is where it claims that Jews twisted the Hebrew text of Isaiah in order to combat Christianity. If so, it seems that th...

kaufmannphillips wrote: These things are matters of taste. But some people may "scratch the surface" until they have engraved an extraneous meaning into a text. RND wrote: Considering the absolute wealth of knowledge and beauty that the scriptures contain I doubt this is even possible. Would we dis...

Hi, Steve, I don’t know how to get around the past tense in Hosea apart from wondering if Hosea presents a synthesis of his understanding of both the Exodus 4 passage merged with the Numbers 24:8 oracle. The verse from Numbers is using a participle, so (unless I’m mistaken) the tense might better be...

RND wrote: And I think your view regarding Luke 16:19-31 is rather flaccid considering the absolutely rich and colorful descriptions used in the parable. ... Materialism and scoffing? That doesn't even begin to scratch the surface. These things are matters of taste. But some people may "scratch the...

kaufmannphillips wrote: You might want to check the context of Jesus' comment again. It is not about the patriarchs having been alive at one time. darinhouston wrote: You're quite right there -- clearly, I wasn't thinking. However, after now re-reading, I recall that it is still taken out of contex...