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All audio is in MP3 format.2014/2015 - 5775
- Where Is God?
- A World of Forgiveness
- The Key to Vulnerability
- Overcoming Evil
- Righteous Potential
- Everything's a Story
- Overcoming Trauma
- Divine Appointments
- Praying for Change
- God Is Faithful
- Who Are You Really?
- Steadfast Love
- Hanukkah for the Nations
- Happy Hanukkah from Lord of the Rings
- Beating Bitterness
- Exodus: The Book Is Better
- God's Directives
- Signs and Wonders
- Practically Miraculous
- Never Again What?
- God's Dilemma
- Biblical Continuity
- Purposeful Skills
- Voluntary Giving
- So Many Sacrifices!
- Sacrifices - What Gives?
- Crosshairs
- The Bread of Affliction
- Insanity Plea
- Gender Confusion
- The Sanctity of Life
- Others May, but You May Not
- Give It a Rest!
- Accessibility
- Undeserved Blessing
- God's Trumpets
- Facing Challenges
- Oh Snap!
- Don't Lose It!
- Strength To Fight
- Don't Be Intimidated
- Becoming What You Love
- The Sovereign God
- The Only God
2013/2014 - 5774
- Where Did You Come From?
- The Key to Forgiveness
- Disarmed
- Anything Is Possible
- Reboot
- Confronting the Curse
- When God Sees
- The Folly of Self-Promotion
- Living in the Moment
- God Knows
- Hidden Idols
- Exceptional
- Are You Ready?
- Joseph: The Messiah's Mirror
- Do You Know Your Place?
- Moses Is Good for You
- Rejection Fear
- A Different Kind of Hard
- The Devastating Truth
- A Permanent Choice
- If You Build It, He Will Come
- Get Dressed
- The Pain of Waiting
- Give It All You've Got
- Filled
- Freedom from Guilt
- Hidden Meanings
- Discrimination
- God in All Things
- How Does It Work?
- Sex Rules
- Resurrection Hope
- Love Your Neighbor
- Priests, Really?
- Exiles at Home
- The Deceit of Abundance
- God Is Dangerous
- The Smiling God
- Complaining 101
- Faith Is Not Blind
- God Is Patient
- Idol Confusion
- Brand Confusion
- Expressing Concern
- Don't Ascribe Motive
- Ideological Warfare
- The Bible: Israel's Title Deed
- Back to the Source
- Do You Hate Tests?
- Righteous Judgment
- Ethical Responsibility
- Blessed or Cursed?
- Community Responsibility
2012/2013 - 5773
- Don't Point Fingers
- Forgiveness
- The Writing God
- Sexuality Is Good
- Life Is Valuable
- The Nature of God's Blessing
- Absorbing Values
- The Key to Answered Prayer
- Is God in Control?
- Repentance Makes the Difference
- Bittersweet
- Don't Give In!
- Is God in Control? - Revisited
- Change Is Possible
- Evil Is Real
- God of Promise
- Remedy for Despair
- God Is Complex
- What Is It?
- The Invitation
- Protecting the Preborn
- Living Stones
- Blood: We Can't Live Without It
- Don't Overcomplicate
- The Bible Is Not Fiction
- Towards a Biblical Worldview
- Biblically Based Repentance
- The Restoration of a Nation
- The Greatest Jewish Story Ever Told
- Contaminated
- A Serious Health Advisory
- The Feasts of the Lord
- The Deceit of Desire
- Stand Up and Be Counted!
- The Voice
- Divine Guidance
- Faith Is Not Blind
- Inheriting God
- Trust Matters
- Leveraging Sexuality
- It's Our Turn
- Environmental Disaster
- Judging
- Rules Are Good
- Credit Where Credit Is Due
- Culture Shock
- The Nature of Fear
- What Is Love?
- We Are in This Together
2011/2012 - 5772
- Trusting in the God Who Is
- An Unreasonable Facsimile
- Belonging
- Savior
- Human Greatness
- How Blind Is Your Leap?
- Faith and Works
- Burial vs. Cremation
- It's a Baby!
- God and Human Dysfunction
- Foreign Gods in our Midst
- The Blessing Battle
- Dream Stories
- Roots of Relational Difficulties
- Do You Know God's Name?
- Humility
- When Bad Things Happen to God's People
- Messiah Reigns
- Obligation Is Not Negative
- Don't Feel Obliged
- Intentional Design
- Designed on Purpose
- Preparation
- Cycles of Life
- Just Wait
- God's Story/Our Story/Your Story
- The Power of God's Word
- What Controls Your Tastes?
- Healthy Skepticism
- Love Your Neighbor
- God's Lenses
- You Can Rest Now
- Don't Fit In?
- What's in a Blessing?
- How Things Work
- Getting on the Right Road
- God-appointed Leadership
- You Don't Have To Do Stupid Things
- Blessed Is Blessed
- God's Wrath
- Profit
- Blame Shifting
- When To Stop Praying
- Those Who Can, Teach
- Situational Absolutes
- A Prophet Like Moses
- God's Determined Love
- Stop and Listen
- Whenever
2010/2011 - 5771
- Shuvah
- Where Does God Live?
- Binding Agreements
- Foundations
- One Race
- The Key to a Biblical Worldview
- The Akedah
- Forget Not the Promise
- Long-Term Picture
- A Biblical View of Life
- Getting a Hold of God
- God Is in Charge
- Waiting
- God Has the Upper Hand
- Misinformed Feelings
- A People in Process
- Noisy Lives
- Don't Refuse God's Commandments
- Presuppositions
- Liability
- The Key to Spiritual Riches
- No MSG
- Avoiding the Philosophical Trap
- You Are an Artist
- The Visibility of God
- The People of God
- What Is Sin?
- When Feeling Bad Is Good
- Giving Birth Is not a Disease
- What Do You Hear?
- The Feel of Clean
- Favor with God
- A Real Solution to a Real Problem
- Blemishes
- Slavery
- You Don't Have To Be Afraid
- God's True Identity
- The Blessing of God's Name
- Delay
- Enter In
- God to God
- Sing About It!
- Requirements
- When You're Right You're Right
- Are You a Deist?
- Changing Times
- Intersections
- Living Right Doesn't Come Naturally
- Half Empty or Half Full?
- The Best Is Yet To Come
2009/2010 - 5770
- Connecting with God's Reality
- God's Sovereignty
- Yom Kippur - God's Provision
- That All Peoples May Know
- Science and the Bible
- The Tower of Babel
- Good News!
- Assurance of Faith
- Rebekah's Blessing
- How Silly We Can Be!
- Acknowledgment vs. Faith
- Don't Let Go
- Enough Is Enough!
- Knowing When To Take a Stand
- Self Punishment
- God's Timing
- Disaster Relief
- Troubles
- There Is Reason to Fear God
- Nevertheless
- Particulars
- When God Changes His Mind
- Impatience Breeds Idolatry
- The Lost Art of Preparation
- Return
- Only Judaism Explains Christianity
- Seeing God
- The Basis of Acceptance
- Worth Investigating
- Love Your Neighbor
- Waiting for Clarity
- Worthless Lies
- Owned by God
- Some Things Only You Can Carry
- Good Complaining
- Don't Fear!
- Perspective
- Death Is Not Our Friend
- Don't Be Fooled by Appearances
- The Search for the Authentic
- Torah is Good for You
- The Torah Controversy
- This Is a Test
- Backwards Logic
- Who Are You?
- The Cursed Messiah
- The Promise Foundation
- God's Secrets
2008/2009 - 5769
- Fighting Fat
- Do You Get It?
- God's Involvement
- Gender Matters
- Beyond Personal Spirituality
- Journey to the Unknown
- At Home
- Temporary Residents
- Birthright
- Choices
- Bringing Evil to Light
- A Wonderful Plan
- Light in the Darkness
- Roots of Relational Difficulties
- Don't Count on Circumstances
- The Foundation of Anti-Semitism
- Self-Disclosure
- Violence
- Cause and Effect
- God Is Who He Is
- God's Rules
- Voluntary Giving
- Putting It On
- Free Will
- The Manifest Presence of God
- Idolatry
- Preparation
- Tell the Story
- Pay Attention to Detail
- We Cannot Contain God
- Pragmatism Doesn't Work
- Holiness Matters
- Are You Well Rooted?
- Guard the Truth
- Depth
- Is God Stirring You?
- Getting Older
- Who Directs Your Life?
- Taking Matters into Our Own Hands
- Confidence
- True Value
- Chosen To Fail
- Discipline
- God's Words
- God's Words - No More, No Less
- Abominable Practices
- Free from Shame
- Only God Can Change Our Hearts
- Bitter Roots
2007/2008 - 5768
- Stay on the Road
- Yom Kippur
- A Most Basic of Basics
- Poetic License
- Does the Bible Embarrass You?
- The God of Abraham
- Adjusting Our Thinking
- How Prayer Works
- What Is a Man?
- Spiritual Encounters
- True Spirituality
- True Spirituality - Part 2
- A Violent Struggle
- The Power of Hunger
- God's Compass
- The Bible - Life's Mirror
- Hold On
- Complex Truth
- Unconditional Obedience
- God's Government
- Is the Torah for Today? - Part 1
- Is the Torah for Today? - Part 2
- Religion Can Get in the Way of God
- Are You Trouble?
- Mirrors
- Kevod
- The Essence of Man-Made Religion
- Taking a Lesson from Purim
- Risk
- Some Things Are Just No Big Deal
- Defiled No More!
- Strange, but True
- Self Love
- Israel: 60 Years
- A Great Way To Start the Day
- God Our Refuge
- Getting Right with the Environment
- You Began at Conception
- The Great Harvest
- Where Faith Begins
- Empty Things
- Learning from Moses
- Lethal Connections
- Knowing God in the Darkest Times
- You Can Do It!
- The Stages of Life
- Commandments
- God's Highway
- Real Living
- Secure in Threatening Times
- Fragmented Existence
- Consistent Standards
- God's Reflectors
- Good Question
2006/2007 - 5767
- Isaac and Ishmael
- Turning from Idols
- Facing the Future
- Many Holidays
- Image Bearers
- Positive Perspective
- Avram
- Giving Up our Isaacs
- Real Life
- Follow Your Dreams?
- Facing the Impossible
- Enough Is Enough!
- Appearances Can Be Deceiving
- Facing Reality
- Extreme Forgiveness
- Change
- Whatever It Takes
- Knowing God
- Feeling Hopeless
- God Is Calling
- Legalism
- Mind the Detail
- Mordecai
- Nothing Like an Idol
- An Ancient Book
- I Have Redeemed You
- Fearing God
- Modern Slavery
- Avoiding Disaster
- Healthy Skepticism
- God's Standards for All
- Spiritual Cleansing
- Author's Intent
- God's True Identity
- Our Lives Affect Others
- Healthy Community
- The Fear Is Real
- Do We Dare Dream?
- You Don't Have To Do Stupid Things
- The Spiritual Roots of Illicit Behavior
- Life Isn't Just Fun and Games
- Household Responsibility
- Telling It Like It Is
- Addition and Subtraction
- It Isn't Working
- How Does it Work?
- How Does it Work? - Part 2
- Silence Is not an Option
2005/2006 - 5766
- Can You Hear It?
- Getting Our Bearings
- Halfway Is Not Good Enough
- A Faith Journey
- Abraham's Challenge
- Human Comfort
- Getting on God's Good Side
- A Biblical View of Life
- The Tension of Faith
- Joseph, Aslan, and Hidden Messages
- True Unity
- God's Place
2004/2005 - 5765
Note: * denotes a previous release
- God Is Perfect and Just
- How Well Do You Know God?
- Something from Nothing
- Catastrophes
- The Risk of Faith
- The Impossible Hope
- Go with the Miracle
- Where Do You Get Your Water?
- Testing God
- Holding On
- The Bible Is Not Always Easy To Understand
- Compromise
- Don't Disregard God
- A Father's Blessing
- Secret Identity
- Obstacles to Freedom
- What Will it Take?
- True Freedom
- The First Step to Freedom
- The Essence of True Freedom
- Worship
- The Order of Things
- A Close Encounter, Torah Style
- A Great Invitation
- Reality Invasion
- Restoration of Truth
- Are You an Esther?
- Why Does God Love Us
- Equal, But Different
- The Danger of Doubt
- Anticipation
- Moving Forward
- The Danger of Denial
- Harsh
- No Limits
- Self Reliance
- An Intense Love
- A Public Display
- God-directed Freedom
- Avoiding Fear
- Buried Alive
- God's Methodology
- God's Covert Operation
- The Other Dimension
- Obvious and Self-evident
- Judgment Is Coming
- Biblical Contradictions
- Divine Encounters
- Higher Matters
- Progress
- No Exceptions
- Peace in the Midst of the Storm
- Belonging
- Don't Take God for Granted
- Learning from Mistakes
2003/2004 - 5764
During this year, additional weekly articles were written under the name "Truah". The Truah Archive is available here.
Note: * denotes a previous release
- God Will Provide*
- True Repentance*
- Thanksgiving Is Not Enough*
- Stay Awhile*
- The Promise - Part 1 *
- The Promise - Part 2 *
- The Promise - Part 3 *
- The Defeat of Death *
- He Leads Us*
- Old Wells*
- The Gate of Heaven*
- Struggling with Destiny*
- From the Dungeon to the Palace*
- Dedication*
- That's Funny, You Don't Look Jewish!*
- Expect the Unexpected*
- What Language Does God Speak?*
- Pride*
- God Does Whatever He Wants To*
- God Knows Our Limitations Better than We Do*
- A Broken Contract*
- Truly Impartial*
- God's Pattern*
- God's Grief *
- For Such a Time as This*
- Worship Changes You*
- The Effect of Idols*
- Turning Our Hearts Toward Each Other*
- Follow the Instructions*
- Everything Will Be O.K.*
- We Need to Hear God's Promises*
- Being Different*
- Thriving in Hard Times*
- Finding Place*
- Sometimes It's Up to Us*
- Unpredictable*
- Healthy Fear*
- Go to God*
- God's Determination*
- Responsibility*
- Point of Reference*
- Keep the Commandments*
- Hungry?*
- Tolerance?*
- A Time for Wisdom*
- Forgetting the Shame*
- It's Time To Shine*
- Fear and Discouragement*
2002/2003 - 5763
- Desperation
- Weep for Israel
- Vulnerability
- Do You Kneel?
- Cooperation, Not Competition
- God Doesn't Forget
- To Boldly Go Where No Man Has Gone Before
- No More Chances
- It Sometimes Takes a Tragedy
- Inquiring of God
- Unconditional Promises
- Struggling with Destiny
- How Bright Are You?
- Dedication
- Do You See Yourself as You Really Are?
- Expect the Unexpected
- We Too Were Slaves
- Are You a Slave?
- Sometimes It's a Process
- Beyond Our Own Resources
- Don't Be Afraid! Fear God
- Truly Impartial
- Behind the Curtain
- Eternal Light
- What's a Life Worth?
- Giving
- Divine Guidance
- Learning from the Sacrifices
- It's Both-And
- Why Be Holy?
- You Got To Do Something About It
- Drastic Measures
- Tragic Solutions
- Setting Standards
- Honesty
- Being Different
- Jubilee
- Unreasonable Fear
- Finding Place
- Sometimes It's Up to Us
- Unpredictable
- When it’s Wrong To Do the Right Thing
- A Simple Solution
- Avoid the Reckless Path
- Get Involved
- Communal Responsibility
- Taking Possession
- God Is Not a Vending Machine
- Unnoticed Miracles
- Tolerance
- A Time for Wisdom
- Parental Responsibility
- Are You Blessed or Crused?
- Fear and Discouragement
2001/2002 - 5762
2000/2001 - 5761
- God Will Provide
- Who Is Your Leader?
- Thanksgiving Is Not Enough
- Stay Awhile
- The Promise - Part 1
- The Promise - Part 2
- The Promise - Part 3
- It Just Takes a Few
- He Leads Us
- Old Wells
- The Gate of Heaven
- Is God Your God?
- From the Dungeon to the Palace
- Only God Can
- That's Funny, You Don't Look Jewish!
- Better, Not Bitter
- The Blessing of Egypt
- The Basis of Israel’s Right to Exist
- God Does Whatever He Wants To
- God Knows Our Limitations Better than We Do
- A Broken Contract
- Little by Little
- God's Pattern
- Acceptable
- God Made You Creative
- Stop! Shabbat Ahead
- God's Pleasure
- Just Do It!
- You Have To Do it
- God Is a Consuming Fire
- Don't Jump to Conclusions
- You've Got To Actually Do It
- The Blessings of Leftovers
- God Among Us
- You Count
- The Enduring Word of God
- Confidence
- Go to God
- No Excuse
- The Road to Depravity
- Keeping Perspective
- Responsibility
- Point of Reference
- Keep the Commandments
- Hungry?
- Worship Reflects Who We Think God Is
- Don't Imitate!
- Guard Rails
- God's Ways
- When the Heart Gets it
1999/2000 - 5760
- Desires
- True Repentance
- God Is Coming!
- Do You Kneel?
- The Lord God Made Them All
- Human Greatness
- Will the Real Abraham Please Stand Up
- What Kind of God Is He Anyway?
- Is The Bible True?
- God Answers Prayer
- Dreams
- The Blessing of Pain
- Oppression
- Great Leaders
- Accepting Blame
- Don't Get Attached to Blessings
- God Has Come Down
- God Can Be Really Harsh Sometimes
- Judgement Is Coming
- Facing Obstacles
- God Did It
- Rules
- God's Pattern
- Wisdom Is a Skill
- A Matter of the Heart
- Start Stopping
- When God Shows Up
- So Many Sacrifices!
- Sacrifices - What gives?
- What's the Difference Anymore?
- Drastic Measures
- Restoration
- Remember Not To Forget
- Blood
- Help Yourself, Please
- Contaminated
- Jubilee
- Confess!
- The Saved Ones
- The Effect of Remembering
- Suspicion
- God Will Teach Us
- Real Faith
- Responsible Unbelief
- Crossing the Line
- Atonement
- Communal Responsibility
- You Are a Judge
- The Shema
- Love Thy Alien
- Tests Are Good for Us
- You Are Being Bribed!
- Dare To Discipline
- How Did You Get Here?
- Repentance Is a Journey
1998/1999 - 5759
- Let the Walls Come Down!
- Yom Kippur - Spiritual Preparation
- Sukkot Is for Everyone
- Being a Light
- God, Our Husband
- Hope
- God's Provision
- Go to the King
- Do We Take God for Granted?
- Don't Neglect God
- The Deception of Pride
- God's Discipline
- Relying on God
- The World Will Know
- Destiny
- Pride
- I Am With You
- Sing!
- Seeing God
- Don't Neglect Others When Doing God's Will
- What God Says, He will Do
- Obedience
- Spitural Renewal
- Happy New Year!
- Reading the Fine Print
- Bridging the Generation Gap
- The Great Deliverance
- Destructive Criticism
- The Ones God Esteems
- We Need To Hear God's Promises
- We Are not Commoners
- Refuge
- The Jealousy Trap
- Giving from What We've Been Given
- God Is Not the Force
- There Is a Dark Side
- Faith
- Rejecting God
- Where Justice and Mercy Meet
- The Call of God
- True Hypocrisy
- God Longs To Engage Us
- He Is God and We Are Not
- God Writes on His Hands
- Beautiful Feet
- Who Is Blessed?
- Shine!
- Clothes
1997/98 - 5758
- Hanukkah 5758
- Being a Blessing
- The Binding of Isaac
- Hayei Sarah
- What Do You Really Want?
- Stairway to Heaven
- Struggling with God
- Preparing for Destiny
- Avoiding Bitterness
- God Come Down
- Experiencing God
- Messiah our Passover
- Overcoming Obstacles
- God Wants our Best
- Seeing God
- God Wants to Live with Us
- Do We Need a Representative before God?
- What Do We Really Need?
- The Gathered Community
- Sacrifice - Why?
- The Process of Forgiveness
- Freedom from Bondage - Part 1
- Freedom from Bondage - Part 2
- Don't Mess with God
- God's Perspective
- Protect Your Neighbour
- Perfect Offerings
- It Doesn't Depend on Us
- The Saved Ones
- God Speaks
- God's Form
- When it's Wrong To Do the Right Thing
- Rebellion
- God's Methodology
- Discerning Truth
- Don't Just Stand There
- A Place of Refuge
- From Sorrow to Joy (Tisha B'Av)
- To Be Chosen
- On What Do Our Lives Depend?
- No Other Gods
- Prophets
- Blessing and Cursing
- The Secret Things
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The Truah Archive
During the year 2003/2004 additional weekly articles were written under the name "Truah". The Truah Archive is available here.