Honey, I Shrunk the Scriptures | by Daniel Botkin
"If the theologians would teach their seminary students that even the neglected commandments are important, and if the seminary graduates taught it from the pulpit, Christian worship would certainly...
View ArticleWhy I Keep the Biblical Feasts | by Ariel ben-Lyman HaNaviy
Just Old Testament observances for ancient Isra’el? Hardly. The annual Feasts of the LORD are the very command of a righteous Father to His very people in ALL generations. Here's why. The post Why I...
View ArticleExegeting Galatians | by Ariel ben-Lyman HaNaviy
Historically, the book of Galatians has misled Christian commentators due largely to the technical discussions of biblical topics ranging from circumcision, to the Torah, to freedom in Christ. A...
View ArticleYetser Ha-Ra (“The Evil Impulse”): The Nature of the Beast Within | by Daniel...
The Island of Dr. Moreau is more than just a bizarre, fascinating story. It is an excellent illustration of a profound theological truth: It demonstrates the fact that God's Law cannot change fallen,...
View ArticleMy Big Fat Greek Mindset, Part 1 | by Tim Hegg
"If we fail to read the Scriptures from the Hebraic perspective in which they were written, we will inevitably misinterpret them by importing a Greek dualism and contorting the sacred text into a...
View ArticleMy Big Fat Greek Mindset, Part 2 | by Tim Hegg
In this second part of the article, I want to show how the Greek worldview, which was foundational for the early emerging Christian Church, helped to shape and form a theological paradigm for...
View ArticleA Hebraic Perspective on Peter’s Vision (Acts 10) | by Robert Roy
Acts 10 is among the most misunderstood chapters in the NT, primarily due to a failure to understand the Hebraic connotations of the Greek words being employed. This study focuses on the original...
View ArticleIt is Often Said: “Two Thousand Years of Christianity Cannot be Wrong!” | by...
Have you been told, or thought to yourself, "How could 2000 years of Christianity, which has taught that the Torah was abolished by Yeshua and His Apostles, be wrong?" It seems as though God has surely...
View ArticleAntinomianism | by Daniel Botkin
So what is 'antinomianism'? Does the bible have anything to say about antinomians? Is there a spirit of lawlessness that is alive and well in the church today? Daniel Botkin weighs in.The post...
View ArticleThe Unity of the Torah | by Tim Hegg
Do you keep hearing that the Torah is for Jewish people and not for Gentiles? What about the teaching that the Moral laws of the Torah remain, but the Ceremonial and Civil/Judicial parts have been...
View ArticleThey Pierced My Hands and My Feet: Psalm 22:16 in the Hebrew Psalter | by Tim...
Have you heard it said that the Apostles misquoted Psalm 22 when they wrote 'they pierced my hands and feet'? Has anyone told you that the Septuagint is unreliable as compared to the Masoretic text?...
View ArticleActs 15 and the Jerusalem Council: Did they conclude the Torah was not for...
The standard teaching of the Christian Church is that the Torah is no longer applicable for believers in Yeshua. Acts 15 is often the text used to substantiate this claim. But is this what the...
View ArticleWhat’s Bothering Paul? | by Ariel benLyman HaNaviy
Have you heard it said that Paul taught against keeping some of God's commandments (like circumcision?). Or have you been told that Paul was a false apostle because he did away with some of God's...
View ArticleAn Investigation of “The Lord’s Table”| by Tim Hegg
What is the background of the Eucharist, commonly known as 'The Lord's Table?' In this series, Tim Hegg offers a historical inquiry and suggests that the "Lord's Table" was the product of the emerging...
View ArticleWhat Does it Mean to be “Under the Law”? | by Ken Rank
Paul's phrase 'under the law' has caused much confusion throughout the body of Messiah. So what does 'under the law' mean? Ken Rank explains this phrase in a way that makes it easy for anyone to...
View ArticleThe Ghost of Marcion: What Paul’s Letters Really Say | by Daniel Botkin
Marcion was an early Christian bishop who taught that the entire Old Testament should be rejected, and that Paul was the only apostle that could be trusted. Is the ghost of Marcion still at large in...
View ArticleIn Examination of a Saturday / Seventh-Day Sabbath Correlation | by Ariel ben...
Some people wonder, given the antiquity of some of the details of the issues at hand, can we be reasonably sure that the biblical Seventh-day Sabbath day corresponds to Saturday on our modern calendar?...
View ArticleDid Jesus Declare All Foods Clean?: A Hebraic Perspective on Mark 7:19
Mark 7:19 has caused a great deal of confusion amongst Bible believers. Can the traditional understanding of this verse be reconciled with the rest of the Bible? Did Jesus declare all foods clean? Rob...
View ArticlePaul, Opposed or Not Opposed to the Torah (Law) | by J.K. McKee
As J.K. McKee notes, when we as 21st Century readers encounter the Pauline Epistles, it's important to remember that we are reading someone else’s mail. Our responsibility (as with any text of...
View ArticleMatthew 5:17-20: Yeshua’s View of the Law | by Tim Hegg
Matthew 5:17-20 is one of Yeshua's clearest teachings on the relationship between himself and God's Law (Heb: Torah). This is an in-depth, line-by-line study of the text, by Tim Hegg.The post Matthew...
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