Don't color your roots—Helping Christians discover their Jewish heritage
Revised January 11, 2025.———- In the past, there have been discussions and arguments about the Old Testament’s relevance to the believer today. These opinions have ranged from one extreme, that the Old Testament law is irrelevant to us today, to the other extreme, that since the law is God’s word, it cannot be ignored, and … Read more
The Shout Heard Around the World The phrase “the shot heard round the world” comes from the opening stanza of Ralph Waldo Emerson’s poem “Concord Hymn.” “Here, once the embattled farmers stood and fired, the shot heard round the world.” The phrase refers to the first shot of the American Revolutionary War, the war … Read more
Let us take a little time to open a book in the Bible named Ruth. Although only four chapters long, the book of Ruth contains a story crucial to understanding our position as Gentile believers and our relation to the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. This recount happened about 1000 BC and occurred in … Read more
As believers in Yeshua, are we to celebrate the Feast and Festivals of Leviticus 23? This year, it starts on April 10. Let’s look to the Apostle Paul for his words to the Corinthians. Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians talks about the Messiah being our Passover lamb sacrificed for us. Let’s ask Paul what … Read more
Who are God’s offspring? Paul tells us in the book of Romans that not Abraham’s physical descendants are God’s offspring, but his spiritual descendants. The descendants are not from his son Ishmael but his son Issac. Not from his grandson Esau but from his grandson Jacob. From the beginning, God has chosen his people. This … Read more