Even you’ve never heard the Passover story, here’s an overview (in 3 parts) starting…in the beginning. In the beginning, all things were perfect, and humans were placed within that perfect creation. Mankind, at the time only Adam and Eve, were given the choice to remain in that perfect… Read More »Passover 101: Part 1
More than ever, it seems like “woke” America finds the concept of “cultural appropriation” insulting at the least, and racist at worst. I would imagine that the phrase “woke America” is insulting as well, now that I think of it. The term “cultural appropriation” is defined by Oxford… Read More »Cultural Appropriation and Passover
In 2004, my wife and I were invited to a small rural Christian congregation who offered a “teaching” Passover Seder each spring. In Judaism, this meal remembers and celebrates the initial release of the Hebrew Israelites from slavery in Egypt. In Hebrew, ‘seder’ means “order” and since a Jewish… Read More »An Introduction To Celebrating Passover
For those on The Way, there is often talk about the Pilgrim’s first Thanksgiving and how the themes align so closely with those of Sukkot. Some go as far as claiming that the Pilgrims KNEW they were celebrating Sukkot–just not on time. I’ve never seen evidence of this… Read More »George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Thanksgiving, and Sukkot
There were several requests to record this Yom Teruah teaching from 9/18/2020–so here it is! The premise of this study is that the book of Revelation focuses on the Feast of Yom Teruah. And, just as the first few chapters of Genesis highlight Yah’s pattern of bringing order out of… Read More »Creation and Re-creation (Yom Teruah, Genesis, & Revelation)
Luke 1:67-71 And his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied, saying” “Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for he has visited and redeemed his people and has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David, as he spoke… Read More »The Birth of Messiah on Yom Teruah Pt. 2
(This article is part of a series discussing the themes of Yom Teruah, the Moed that kicks off the endgame of Yah’s plan for humanity. It occurs on the first day of the seventh Biblical month each year. The article just before this one (Party Pooper) focuses on the traditional… Read More »The Birth of Messiah on Yom Teruah Pt. 1
(Despite it’s name, this article is part of a series exploring the themes of Yom Teruah. The connections of Yom Teruah to Messiah’s birth which will earnestly begin with the next article in this series.) A large part of why Yom Teruah is overlooked by Christians as the true birthday… Read More »Party Pooper (Hannukah, Dec 25, & The Challenge to Walk in Light)
The simple question, “What is the Gospel?” can be surprisingly divisive. After 20 years of following Messiah, I’ve come to realize that when the “Good News” is seen from a human perspective the answer will understandably be limited and incomplete. Imagine how powerful the unrealized fullness of the… Read More »Passover Is Only The Beginning