Yahweh is the name of God.  Unlike the other names we have studied during this series, it is not a descriptive one but is His own name, I AM.  As pastor Harry expressed to us this past Sunday by reading Exodus 3:13-14 Then Moses said to God, “If I come to the people of Israel…

In the Old Testament, shalom is a familiar Hebrew word for peace, a very common word among Jewish people and the most normal greeting among them.  They used it as a wish for completeness, fulfillment or blessing.  This is a different kind of peace than the world can offer, which is really just an absence…