Ever-Increasing Light Sabbaths, Feasts, and More Marking Jewish Themes with Distinction “When those who were carrying the ark of the Lord had taken six steps, he sacrificed a bull and a fattened calf. (2 Samuel 6:13). Tears streamed down my face, and my legs shook as I listened to her story, describing the death —…
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Like No Other
Ever-Increasing Light Jewish Sabbaths, Feasts, and More Marking Jewish Themes with Distinction “If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy” (Ps. 137:5-6). Wayne and I…
That Raw Egg Staring Me in the Face
Ever-Increasing Light Sabbaths, Feasts, and More Marking Jewish Themes with Devotion “If you try to hang on to your life, you will lose it. But if you give up your life for my sake, you will save it” (Matthew 16:5). The first Messianic Jewish Bible Institute began in a small, fishing village about 50 kilometers outside…
They Cried, “Diana!”
Ever-Increasing Light Marking Jewish Themes with Devotion Sabbaths, Feasts, and More “…the possibility that the temple of the great goddess Diana will lose its influence, and that Diana—this magnificent goddess worshiped not only throughout this part of Turkey but all around the world—will be forgotten!” (Acts 19:27b NLT). I blinked my eyes in disbelief as…
No Cell Phone for 24 Hours?
Ever-Increasing Light Marking Jewish Themes with Devotion Sabbaths, Feasts, and More “My beloved is to me a pouch of myrrh which lies all night between my breasts” (Song of Songs 3:13). Recently, I relished a conversation with a young man. Preparing to travel the world to share the Good News, his face lit up when…
Please, Pass the Bread!
Ever-Increasing Light Marking Jewish Themes with Devotion Sabbaths, Feasts, and More Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty” (John 6:35). I love bread. That is why it is on the top of the list when I need…
Blessing the Jewish People, Part II
Ever-Increasing Light Marking Jewish Themes with Devotion Sabbath, Feasts, and More “I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you” (Genesis 12:3) You will find in my last blog entry an introduction to why the Bible exhorts us to bless…
Tastes like Cake
Ever-Increasing Light A Messianic Daily Devotional “…Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden…
On an Irish Cliff
Ever-Increasing Light A Messianic Daily Devotional “It is too small a thing for you to be my servant to restore the tribes of Jacob and bring back those of Israel I have kept. I will also make you a light for the Gentiles, that my salvation may reach to the ends of the earth” (Isaiah…
Justice and the Holocaust
Ever-Increasing Light A Messianic Daily Devotional “All his ways are just; a God of faithfulness and without iniquity, just and right is he” (Deuteronomy 32:4). Holocaust survivor and Nobel Peace Prize winning author, the late Elie Wiesel wrestled with questions of God’s justice in his book, Night: Some talked of God, of his mysterious ways,…
Bonnie Saul Wilks 