Messianic 101

This is the first time I have tried to give a teaching that will be formatted in a series of small lessons. I would appreciate any comments, either during or after the entire lesson is completed, which will let me know if any of you like this form of teaching.
Please click on the SUBSCRIBE button in the right-hand margin, and if you prefer to watch a video, click on this link: Watch the video. Once again we are celebrating the holiday of Hanukkah. This is the celebration of the military victory the Israelites had over the last of the Seleucid kings,
Please don’t forget to click on the SUBSCRIBE button in the right-hand margin, and if you prefer to watch a video, click on this link: Watch the video. Every Friday I usually give a message on the Torah reading (parashah), but I saw an article in the local paper this
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Please don’t forget to SUBSCRIBE in the right-hand margin, and if you prefer to watch a video, click on this link: Watch the video.   Today I am doing pretty much an opinion piece but the historical references are accurate. I have two theories about why Christianity, in general, has
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If you prefer to watch a video, click on this link: Watch the video. This night, September 18, 2018, is Kol Nidre, the eve of Yom Kippur. As such I would like to share the traditional message I used to give when I was “acting” Rabbi (for about 1-1/2 years)
If you prefer to watch a video, click on this link: Watch the video. How many of you have heard someone say “Jews have the Torah and Christians have the Blood of Christ” when talking about the commandments in the Torah and who is supposed to obey them? I know
The basic understanding between Jews and Christians is that the OC (Old Covenant, or Tanakh) is for Jews and the NC (New Covenant/Testament) is for Christians. One is the Jewish Bible and the other is the Christian Bible. I do not believe this to be true, but from a certain
If you prefer to watch a video, click on this link: Watch the video.   Can you imagine what 1,000,000 candles would look like if they were all lined up in a row? Can you picture in your mind what 1,000,000 dollar bills would look like if they were stacked
If you would prefer to watch a video, click on this link: Watch the video.   Chag Sameach!! Pesach Tov! Shabbat Shalom! These are the greetings we will be giving to each other this evening because Passover (Pesach) starts at sundown, and this year (2018) so does Shabbat. Our preparations
If you prefer to watch a video, click on this link: Watch the video.   As we continue in Vayikra (Leviticus), God gives the orders and commands regarding the daily offerings, specifically the wholly burnt, meal, guilt, peace and thanksgiving offerings. The procedure and requirements for anointing of the Priests
(If you would prefer to watch a video, please click on this link:  Go to Video ) I know what you’re thinking…”Huh?!? We all know that salvation is from Messiah Yeshua and that we can’t be saved by Torah” Or maybe you’re thinking that the “cross” is our salvation? Or
There is a saying that has led many to think they are saved when they may be sabotaging themselves. That saying is: “Once saved; Always saved.” It is a lie from the pit of Sheol, which has separated many from the truth of the Gospels and made impossible the proper
As a child I was constantly reminded that “You Jews killed Jesus” by my Christian friends and acquaintances. Back then I didn’t know and (frankly) didn’t care about God or the Messiah, but I knew enough to say that Jesus came to die for their sins, so all we did
People who have been raised as Christians, no matter what denomination, cannot understand what it is like to be a Jewish person who is approached about Jesus. Many people I have talked to in the Messianic or Hebrew Roots congregations I have belonged to tell me they haven’t heard anyone
Now, before some of you jump down my throat, please use two of the Fruits of the Spirit: patience and self-control. Read what I say (I will try to keep it short) and then jump down my throat, if you still need to.  First off, a little background…. the reason
Yeshua (Jesus) taught from the Torah, which was very familiar to the Jews in the First Century, so why is it, then, that we are constantly told no one understood His messages? Even the Apostles, His closest friends and followers, had to ask for an explanation. Perhaps it was because
A wonderful movement in Christianity that is gaining momentum is the Hebrew Roots movement. Basically, this is made up of Christians (mostly Gentiles) who are discovering the roots of their faith, the “real” Jesus (Yeshua) and the truth that the Torah has not been done away with, but is still
This time of the year people are all focused on the birth of Messiah, but His birth is not the thing we should really care about. We aren’t saved by His birth, and we aren’t saved by His death, either. What we are saved by is the resurrection, which proves