For Such a Time as This The ripple effect of obedience    The Purim holiday is upon us—the celebration of God’s deliverance recounted in the Book of Esther in the Old (original) Testament. Purim is a story of the heroic choice of a young woman that impacted not...

"Shana Tova!"  An encouraging start to 2021 Ricki Gidoomal, Chief of Staff and Interim Academic Administrator, shares a quick update from Jerusalem of some exciting new multiplication happening with Whole Word Institute and our partner, YWAM-University of the Nations....

Rivers in the Wilderness God does the impossible "For I am about to do something new. See, I have already begun! Do you not see it? I will make a pathway through the wilderness. I will create rivers in the dry wasteland" (Isaiah 43:19). Lately I’ve been thinking about...

Rina Crochets a Parable Bringing the Word to life through a Bilum “Rina” is a translation consultant in training (CiT) who has been in Jerusalem the past year completing the immersive School of Biblical Hebrew and MA in Classical (Biblical) Hebrew & Translation...

Sukkot Celebrating Belonging The festival of Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles) is one of the greatest rituals God gave in the Original Testament. Sukkot celebrates the sense of shelter and belonging He provides for us, even as sojourners in this world–a home wherever He...

Rosh Hashanah Looking Ahead to Newness Rosh Hashanah, "Head of the year," is a time of celebration, both looking back and looking ahead to newness. In the Original Testament, Rosh Hashanah is the “Feast of Trumpets” where the shofar, or ram’s horn, was blown...

CHEN'S TESTIMONY: THE HOPE OF RESURRECTION “Chen” from South Korea is a Translator and Consultant in Training and was the student representative speaker at the School of Biblical Hebrew graduation. She and her husband will be translating the Old Testament for...