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1. Messianic Rabbi: The Reason Why Exodus 1:8 Is My Least Favorite Bible Verse

Everyone I know has favorite Bible verses. I am sure if I were to ask you what your favorite verse was you would have no problem in reciting it to me. But what if I asked you what your least favorite verse ...

Created on 20 October 2020

2. The Prophetic Meaning Behind Simchat Torah, the Making of Man

This week in synagogues all over the world, the Torah scrolls have been rolled back from Deuteronomy to Genesis as the reading cycle begins again. This takes place during the celebration known as Simchat ...

Created on 12 October 2020

3. Why God Wants to Deliver You From Your Own Egypt

This past weekend, we began celebrating Sukkot, also known in English as "Tabernacles." Sukkot is an eight-day harvest that is a joyful party by commandment. That's correct—G-D actually commanded His people ...

Created on 06 October 2020

4. How My Christian Wife Taught Her Jewish Husband to Observe Yom Kippur

This week, my wife and I spent 25 hours observing Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement), which is considered to be the holiest day of the year. It is a day that I have observed as long as I can remember, but ...

Created on 29 September 2020

5. Messianic Rabbi: Yom Kippur or 'The Silence of the Lambs?'

Many years ago, a movie came out that I didn't watch because I don't watch scary movies. Real life provides enough opportunities to fight against fear. The title of the movie was The Silence of the Lambs. ...

Created on 21 September 2020

6. Messianic Rabbi: The Day I Quit Being a Christian

Before I start, I hope that all of my Christian friends will read this entire blog before grabbing the pitchforks and torches. This Friday evening, Yom Teruah (Day of Trumpets) begins, which is also known ...

Created on 14 September 2020

7. For Jews and Christians, It's Time to Celebrate

It's the most wonderful time of the year! No, I am not talking about those weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas. I am talking about the Month of Tishri (September through October on the Greco-Roman ...

Created on 08 September 2020

8. Why Believers Must Act Justly Now More Than Ever

Someone would have to be living completely off the grid not to be aware of the growing division in the United States and around the globe. At the same time, anyone who believes in Yeshua (Jesus) and the ...

Created on 01 September 2020

9. Messianic Rabbi: Are You Guilty of Biblical Malpractice?

This year has been one of the most difficult and most miraculous years. We have seen both tragedy and triumph. Unfortunately, when difficulties arise for many believers, our eyes and hearts are so focused ...

Created on 27 August 2020

10. Messianic Rabbi: 'If Yeshua Didn't Provide Atonement, Then There Is No Atonement'

As we move toward the High Holy Days of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, we should familiarize ourselves again with what those days were about and who was involved in those days in Biblical times. One man ...

Created on 17 August 2020

11. Messianic Rabbi: What Exactly Is the Good News?

Over the nearly 40 years that I have spent teaching the Bible, I have been amazed by many things. But, one of the things that I am most amazed by is that there are millions of people that have received ...

Created on 10 August 2020

12. Messianic Rabbi: How I Will Be Voting in This Year's Election

I know I am just one person and that you may (and of course you have the absolute freedom to) totally ignore what I am writing today. But I hope you will at least consider my thoughts and my decision as ...

Created on 03 August 2020

13. Why You Might Struggle With Sin in This Type of Relationship With God

Twice a week in Pensacola where I live, we have a Scripture study at two coffee houses. I look forward to these meetings because unlike studies at my synagogue where I do most of the teaching and talking, ...

Created on 27 July 2020

14. Messianic Rabbi: Is This the End of the World?

Humanity loves a conspiracy—ever since the Garden of Eden when Satan said in Genesis: "Hey, let me tell you about this conspiracy." The serpent said to the woman, "For God knows that on the day you eat ...

Created on 21 July 2020

15. How a Violent Death Brought Us a Covenant of Peace

Every week in synagogues all over the world, a section of Scripture called a Parsha is read, so that during a year's time, the entire Torah will have been read. This week, we read Parsha Pinchas (Phinehas). ...

Created on 13 July 2020

16. Messianic Rabbi: Celebrating In-Dependence Day

A few days ago, as people all around the United States celebrated Independence Day, my wife and I celebrated In-dependence Day. "Why?" you may ask. It is because we refuse to give up on the rights proclaimed ...

Created on 06 July 2020

17. Messianic Rabbi: Stop Attacking Believers and Start Attacking Sin

One of the most popular series of verses in the New Testament is found in Ephesians 6:10-17. These verses are often rightly quoted when discussing spiritual warfare. They describe the believers' weapons ...

Created on 29 June 2020

18. Messianic Rabbi: Giants, Nephilim and Haunted Houses

I like situational comedy television programs. I mostly watch the older programs because the cultural shift over the years has resulted in newer programming containing things I choose not to watch. But ...

Created on 23 June 2020

19. How the False Lens of Deception Leads to the Sin of Racism

You would have to be blind to not be aware of the race issues that have infected our society, which, in many ways, are more dangerous than the pandemic of COVID-19. The protests and riots which are taking ...

Created on 15 June 2020

20. Why Some Sin Can Only Be Seen Through the Eyes of God

Like almost everyone else, I know I have been thinking about and discussing racism a lot over the past few weeks. I am not going to use this blog to speak about any particular case of racism because there ...

Created on 08 June 2020