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1. Messianic Rabbi: The Hardest Thing About Being a Bible Believer

One of the blessings of being a rabbi is participating in weddings. Right now, at our synagogue, we have five different couples engaged to be married. As I write this today, one of these couples has 13 ...

Created on 13 April 2021

2. Messianic Rabbi: When the Father Says, 'No, You Do It'

...  is standing, waiting to see what I am going to do. Rabbi Eric Tokajer is the author of Overcoming Fearlessness, What If Everything You Were Taught About the Ten Commandments Was Wrong?, With Me in Paradise,  ...

Created on 05 April 2021

3. Messianic Rabbi: Once Saved, Always Saved?

For most believers in Yeshua (Jesus), the third book in the Bible is named Leviticus, and when they open the pages of Leviticus, they see a long list of dry commandments. Because they see this long list ...

Created on 30 March 2021

4. Messianic Rabbi: Stop Telling People That Yeast Is Sin

As Passover nears, those of us who celebrate the biblical Holy Days will be spending the next few days cleaning our homes from top to bottom and thoroughly searching every cupboard, cabinet, closet, couch ...

Created on 23 March 2021

5. Messianic Rabbi: COVID Vaccines and the Mark of the Beast

I find the need to be biblically truthful much greater than being popular, and I hope that everyone will read this through the end before coming to conclusions about what I am saying. Since nearly the ...

Created on 15 March 2021

6. Messianic Rabbi: Mood Rings, Pet Rocks, Friendship Jewelry and The Half Shekel

One of the many fads of my youth along with the mood ring and the pet rock were friendship necklaces or bracelets. For those unfamiliar with friendship jewelry, the basic idea was that each pendant was ...

Created on 08 March 2021

7. Messianic Rabbi: Why We Are Each Equally Different, While Being Uniquely the Same

The Bible provides within its pages many important lessons for G-D's children. As we read the history of Israel, we see on page after page G-D instructing His people in how to live their lives. G-D established ...

Created on 01 March 2021

8. Messianic Rabbi: One of These Things Is Not Like the Others

One of the things I love about the Bible is that every time that you read a book, chapter or even a verse, you can find something that you never noticed before. When I study, I read with the purpose or ...

Created on 23 February 2021

9. Messianic Rabbi: The Gospel According to Esther

Later this month, Jewish people around the world will be celebrating Purim, the Feast of Esther. The book of Esther tells one of the most powerful stories about G-D's deliverance of His people that we ...

Created on 16 February 2021

10. Messianic Rabbi: A Lesson Learned From Moses' Moment of Weakness

I don't know about you, but I cannot remember a time when more people have attacked more leaders than we have experienced over the past year. I also cannot recall a time when more leaders, both in politics ...

Created on 08 February 2021

11. It May Be Time for You to Stop Standing in Faith

It really doesn't matter where in the world you live. We are all going through unprecedented difficulties between political upheavals, economic disruptions and plague. It may seem as if we are spiritually ...

Created on 02 February 2021

12. Messianic Rabbi: This is the Only Way We Can Trust in Our Leaders

If you are like most believers, the past year has caused you to have some trust issues. It seems as if between politics, culture wars, inequality, failures of faith leaders, mixed messages by doctors and ...

Created on 25 January 2021

13. Messianic Rabbi: Why Jews Don't Want to Be 'Saved'

It was so cold in Millington, Tennessee, that the radiator of my 1968 Camaro froze solid, and I had to shut off the motor so that the engine would not be damaged. The snow was heavy, and I didn't want ...

Created on 19 January 2021

14. Messianic Rabbi: This Is the Answer to Our Current Political Upheaval

As I look around the world today, I am sure I am not the first one to see similarities between what is taking place in the USA and what we read about the children of Israel who were in Egypt. Just think ...

Created on 11 January 2021

15. Messianic Rabbi: Should Believers Take Part in Civil War Against a Tyrannical Government?

This week, like everyone else in the USA, I have had many conversations concerning the election and its repercussions. The discussions, at least in some way, all included the possibility of civil war and, ...

Created on 05 January 2021

16. Why We Need to Stop Preaching Forgiveness Without Responsibility

One of the things that I love about the Bible is that while each story we read is powerful on its own, every word of it is a part of the greater narrative of the story of Yeshua (Jesus). As we read through ...

Created on 04 January 2021

17. It's Time for All Believers to Trade Prophetic Escapism for the Miraculous

This year, I have spent a good deal of time studying and thinking about the miracles that took place in the Bible and those whom G-D used to bring forth those miracles. Like most people, this year has ...

Created on 21 December 2020

18. Messianic Rabbi: My Light Shines Because We Are Still Here

A part of the traditional celebration of Hanukkah is the lighting of a nine-branch Hanukkah Menorah (called a Hanukkiah) each night for eight consecutive nights. This year, as we joyously lit our Hanukkiah ...

Created on 16 December 2020

19. Messianic Rabbi: Are We Killing Those We Welcome Into Covenant?

As we read through our Bibles, there are times when we come to an event or narrative that seems as if it is disconnected from all the text around it, as if the story were somehow filed out of place. This ...

Created on 07 December 2020

20. Messianic Rabbi: The Right Way to Tell Someone They Are Wrong

Throughout the Bible, we read about many men and women. About some, we read many verses or even chapters, and others get only a brief mention in a verse or two. Each of these people's names, words or actions ...

Created on 30 November 2020