What Does the Framework Agreement with Iran Look Like?

Details of the framework agreement with Iran have been released and you can see those details here.  Much has been made of the deal.  While Obama-backers assure us that this deal is good for Israel, the US and the world, Israel-supporters tend to be a bit less convinced that Iran will hold to its obligations, …

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A Closer Look at Passover, Unleavened Bread and First Fruits

For Christians, we have just celebrated the most important day of the year: Resurrection Sunday.  Christ is risen, and if that were not true, Christianity would crumble.  We base our celebration on the Biblical accounts of Jesus’s death, burial and resurrection, which is succinctly wrapped up in this passage: For I delivered to you as of first …

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He is Risen Indeed!

Now after the Sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to look at the grave. And behold, a severe earthquake had occurred, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled away the stone and sat upon it. And his appearance was like lightning, and his …

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What is the most controversial prophecy in the Hebrew Bible, and why read it at Passover?

Here is a thought-provoking post by Joel Rosenberg. How would you answer the questions he poses at the end?