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The Feast of Sukkot
The eight day feast of Sukkot known also as the Feast of Tabernacles and the Feast of Booths is celebrated this year October 18th through the 25th.
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Can Halloween be Redeemed
Though many Jewish children go trick or treating on Halloween, this practice is considered by many orthodox and Messianic Jews, as well as rabbis, educators, and ministers from across denominational lines, to be a practice not to be encouraged.
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As It Was In. . .
Throughout the Old Testament we find that God brought judgment against Israel and other nations through catastrophic events such as fire, hail, flood, earthquakes, drought, plagues, and other natural events. Does God still deal with nations and individuals through catastrophe?
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A Gentile's View of Messianic Jews
Gentiles who join themselves to Israel's Messiah and who live a normal Christian life are in no way inferior or superior to Messianic Jews.
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Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem
Since God's word exhorts us to "Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem," we should be mindful of this,
but what does this exhortation mean?
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Masada
As protestors are dragged from the synagogue by their own Israeli police, shouts of "We will not fall again!" swell about the throngs of Jewish settlers, as one by one these brave Isralies are forced to leave their homes in Gaza. What in the world is going on here?
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Martin Luther's Terrible Mistake: The Seven Point Plan
On a sign above the entrance gate to the infamous Chelmno death camp is written: "This is the gate of God." But it was not meant to be a welcome sign to give courage to the Jews who were goaded like cattle into the confines of Chelmno, but rather a notice designed to humiliate them on their first leg to the gas ovens.
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News and Views For This Week: The Emerging Church
In Ecclesiastes, the Preacher tells us that there is nothing new under the sun. And today, it is not new that previously unheard of and certainly very unusual churches are popping up all over the place. One such church is known simply as The Emergent Church or the The Emerging Church. If you have not already heard of it, you soon will.
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Dealing With Leven
Nearly 3,500 years ago, God helped the Israelites by delivering them from slavery in Egypt. . .
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Dangers of the New Supernatural Spirituality
This is a guest article by Jan Markell, founder of Olive Tree Ministries. Jan has been in Messianic prophecy of Israel-related ministry since 1975. Her insights on the news from a biblical perspective appear in dozens of periodicals.
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God's Blessings
Spring is a lovely season, a time of new birth and happiness with the promise of life anew in the Creator.
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Jacob's Ladder
Now the time came that Jacob was caused to leave his home and journey into Syria, to the brother of his mother Rebekah, in search of a wife. . .
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The Resurrection
Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulcher, wherein was never man yet laid. . .
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The Olive Tree Speaks
As a Christian, and an outsider, so to speak, I view Israel and the Jewish people from a special perspective. . .
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Say Your Alphabet
Learn the alphabet with Psalm 110 - the Hebrew alphabet, that is. Then whenever you find you cannot sleep, don't count sheep; say the letters of the Hebrew alphabet.
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Loving the Unloved
Real love is helping someone for Jesus' sake who can never return the favor...
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2004's New Year's Challenge
This is an extra writing for this year's Suite 2004 Writing Challenge, with appreciation to Mary Alward for resurrecting it, and to Traute Klein for spearheading it . . .
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The Jeremiah 10 Christmas Tree
Can Christians use a Christmas tree with a good conscience? Does Jeremiah 10:2-4 warn us against decorating Christmas trees?
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A Paradise Tree for Christmas
Last week I told you about a lovely and not too well known type of Christmas tree - the Jesse tree. This week I would like to share with you another even less well known Christmas tree. It is known as the Paradise tree.
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A Jesse Tree for Christmas
Christmas decorations inspired by Biblical history is a unique way to decorate, entertain, teac, and bring a family together in a Christ-centered manner.
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Listen
This is a song about the Star of Bethlehem leading the Magi to the place of Jesus' birth in a humble manger over 2,000 years ago.
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Dealing With Deception
Have you ever been deceived by a friend, a known or unknown enemy, or something you just cound not put your finger on?
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Faith Is
Reason is the greatest enemy that faith has: It never comes to the aid of spiritual things, but - more frequently than not - struggles against the divine Word, treating with contempt all that emanated from God. - Martin Luther
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Leviticus on Thanksgiving
As we approach our wonderful American holiday of Thanksgiving, let us reflect on the importance of thanksgiving in our Christian lives.
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The First Week in Hell
This article, co-joined with Wendell's article, and published at his Biblical Apologetics site, is a joint effort between the two of us. We hope you will enjoy this presentation of a topic on which no one would wish to be an authority. |
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The Armor of God
We are at war, and the Bible identifies the enemy as Satan. What is our defense against this powerful creature of deception?
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The Creation Story
This retelling of the true story of Creation is based on Genesis chapters 1-3 in the Bible. It is appropriate for Messianic Judaic homeschooling.
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Miriam's Dance
Jewish tradition holds that demonic forces cannot penetrate a circle. Hence, a circle represents unity...
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Tevye
Sholem Aleichem is one of the most popular writers in the Yiddish language. He is best known for his stories of Tevye, the milkman, in Fiddler on the Roof...
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Bible Code or No Bible Code
So, you have read Bible Code II and feel pretty confident that you now understand the Bible. Whoa. Not so fast . . .
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So What if it IS Halloween
Though many Jewish children go trick-or-treating on Halloween, this practice is considered by many
orthodox and Messianic Jews, as well as rabbis, educators and ministers from across the denominational lines, to be a practice not to be encouraged.
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Bible Study
God has made different demands on different people at different times since Creation.
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Grieving the Holy Spirit
Have you ever awakened in the morning and find yourself just lying there with wide-open eyes staring at the ceiling, hating to get up, hating to face the day and all of those sad, miserable, cantankerous faces at work...
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Yom Kippur
Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, is a feast instituted by God and given to the Jewish people during the time of Moses.
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Happy New Year
What does an Eben-ezer Stone have to do with the Jewish New Year Rosh Hashanah?
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Feast of Purim
The Feast of Purim is also known as the Feast of Lots . . .
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Biblical Feasts
God set specific times for the Jewish people to celebrate Him through various feasts . . .
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Beulah Land
Beulah Land can be a metaphor for heaven. It is also . . .
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Adam and Eve Genealogy
Because Adam and Eve were the first parents, then every one on earth can, if time were taken, actually trace their ancestry to them.
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The Rocking Chair
The destiny of an individual from the cradle to the grave is sometimes refered to as the web of life. This short story is inserted here to be used
with the Gan Eden discussion threads dated 8/16/04. In no way does it allude to Gentile or Messianic Christian belief on life and death.
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A Delayed Gan Eden
In a moment of time, in the blink of my eye, I imagined a future that never came to pass . . .
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The Sojourner of Gilead
Elijah just appears on the scene, so to speak. We are told little about his early life. Much like Melchizedek, he simply emerges out of obscurity, and nothing is mentioned about his parents, his ancestry or early life
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The Rabbi With a Bible
Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur reportedly may be the only days of the year that some Jews open the Bible, but for one rabbi of the nineteenth century, every day was Bible day and every day thanksgiving day.
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The Valley of Dry Bones
God transports the prophet Ezekiel to the Valley of Dry Bones, and relates to him the following parable...
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RUACH
"In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep..."
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Cracked Earthen Vessels
Once clay is fired, and the vessel becomes cracked, it might as well be thrown away, right? Wrong. God uses cracked earthen vessels in a most unusual way.
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Take Me to The Woodshed O Lord
The book of Hebrews is a unique book quite unlike most books of Scripture. In its uniqueness, it poses some questions which only seem difficult to answer, but are not.
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The Wolf and a Lamb
Many cultures have their own versions of lion and lamb, or wolf and lamb, tales. This one is from the Hebrew and based on Jewish Scripture...
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What is Messianic Judaism?
The first article in this new topic begins with a question and ends with a question. The first, I will answer. The last, you must answer for yourself.
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The City of Ten Gates
One afternoon as I was walking alone, I came upon an old man sitting on a stone. Seemingly in a state of meditation, I ventured not to greet him, but as I approached closer . . .
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