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3. שָׁלוֹם SHALOM Maybe you saw shalom on this page and thought: “Great, I know this one already!” But the biblical concept of shalom involves much more than our

The nature of language and culture means connotations and meanings of a word can shift and evolve. For example, nowadays rarely does a person mean

Sitting on the platform as a visiting speaker, I feel as if I have entered a time warp from the late 1950s. I look out

I clearly remember the first time I visited ‘the Garden Tomb’ in Jerusalem and read the caption over the entrance, ‘He is not here for

“It is the worst and best of all human deaths. For on this tree he bears our sins in his body (1 Peter 2:24), “the

“The crucifixion must always remain enough of a scandalous enigma that it invites us to take a second and third look.” Easter is approaching, but

My name is Tamara. The Hebrew origin for my name translates to “palm tree” or “palm branch.” My parents reminded me of the meaning each