A Review of the Sinai Ethic: The Ethic of Possession
In the third month after the sons of Israel had gone out of the land of Egypt, on that very day they came into the wilderness of Sinai. When they set out from Rephidim, they came to the wilderness of...
View ArticleMessianic Judaism for the Rest of Us
In November of 2014, the Caspari Center in Jerusalem invited me to participate in a panel discussion titled “Four Different Views on Messianic Judaism.” It wasn’t a debate, but rather just an...
View ArticleDealing with the Heresy Hunters
Saul understood the disciples of Yeshua as a dangerous sect of Judaism that needed to be silenced before it spread any further. In Saul’s day Judaism contained a variety of sectarian movements. The...
View ArticleOf Dissonance and Hashkafah
Hashkafah is a great Hebrew word without an exact English equivalent. Your hashkafah is your worldview. The term is often used when referring to one’s personal worldview as regards to religion and...
View ArticleAbraham, Ephesians 2, and the Unique Jewish Mission, Part 1
I am writing this article to a specific segment of this generation of Jews: those who follow Messiah Yeshua, whether we are in Messianic congregations, synagogues, churches, groups of various kinds...
View ArticleAbraham, Ephesians 2, and the Unique Jewish Mission, Part 2
For He Himself is our peace, who made both groups into one and broke down the barrier of the dividing wall, by abolishing in His flesh the enmity, which is the Law of commandments contained in...
View ArticleListening for the Spirit Within Us
Hashem descended in a cloud and spoke to him, and He increased some of the spirit that was upon him and gave it to the seventy men, the elders; when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied, but...
View ArticleThe Meaning of Purim for the Christian Church
Originally posted on Morning Meditations: I haven’t thought much about Purim in awhile. It’s not something we observe in our home and I tend to think of Purim as being primarily for children, dressing...
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