My country, the Philippines, has been in a state of “religiously offended” for a week now due to the religious and G-d comments made by our elected President Rodrigo Duterte. The usual pro-Duterte and anti-Duterte sides blurred after Philippine President Duterte said that the G-d of Genesis was a stupid G-d. He also said, Your G-d is not my G-d.

This obviously angered many Filipinos as we are a nation deeply rooted in religious beliefs. Was PD30 correct? Did he mean it literally? Is there anything beyond his words, a deeper meaning?

Did you know the January 1st New Year is not the true new year? If people from the ancient times are transported today, they will call us crazy and ungrateful. The Gregorian New Year begins right in the middle of the night/dark at 00:00 and in the coldest days of winter. It, “New Year”, used to mean new beginnings, new dawn, fresh start, going into the light–the warmth that brings life.

As an Israelite-Natsari or YAHUwan or Messianic (whichever label you prefer), no doubt there were people we’ve come across wearing tsitsit/tzitzit. These are four (4) tassles or fringes dangling on a person’s clothing, usually placed on their pants, with a blue and white colour.

As a Natsari, should we wear tsitsit? The short answer is, yes, we should as it was commanded in Bemidbar (Numbers) 15:38-40. The long answer, that is our discussion today in this post.

Pray. How should we pray? To whom are we praying to? What are the parts of a prayer? These are the questions that we should be asking. This is a very important subject as we were told all throughout the Scripture that we must pray.

In this post, we will analyse the popularly called “The Lord’s Prayer”.

A very simple commanment, correct? But one that all of us, no doubt, have transgressed on far too many times to count. Stealing is stealing, be it a very small amount, say 1¢ only or a huge amount, like taking over of a company by ways that is against the law.

The 7^th commandment is our meditation for today.