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Israel Connections: Bob O’Dell, author of Five Years With Orthodox Jews
Our friend Bob O’Dell has a new book! In Five Years With Orthodox Jews: How Connecting With God’s People Unlocks Understanding of God’s Word, Bob shares some of the lessons he…
A Brotherly Exchange – A Review of Five Years With Orthodox Jews: How Connecting With God’s People Unlocks Understanding of God’s Word, by Bob O’Dell with Gidon Ariel
Question: if Christians and Jews each claim to worship the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and each revere the same body of authoritative writings (namely, the Bible, or at…
An Havdallah Experience
[Editor’s note: Did you ever consider the connection between mercy and sacrifice? Messiah Yeshua did, as we know from this exchange with the spiritual leaders of His day: When the…
Where Is Ephraim? And Where Is He Going?
[Editor’s note: What greater purpose in life could there be than laboring to see the Kingdom of Heaven fully manifested on earth? This is in accordance with our Messiah’s instructions…
The Greco, Roman, Westernized Church: Good and Bad
[Editor’s note: Has there ever been a time that the people of God have served Him without error? Never – or at least, not yet. Even at the dedication of…
The Faith of Abraham
[Editor’s note: What happens when we learn who we are? This is a question of identity beyond our present reality, but who we are stretching back through time to the…
Father’s Torah and Man’s Heart
[Editor’s note: It is probably a human tendency to assume that others will understand things the same way we do if we just acquaint them with the same information. What…
The Jubilee Generation!
[Editor’s note: Ever since Yeshua ascended to the Father, Christians have kept their eyes on the sky looking for His return and the completion of His Messianic mission. What has…
BYNA Bible Reading Plan for 5781 (2020-2021)
What is the longest running and largest Bible study in human history? That is one way to describe the Torah reading cycle that Jews around the world have followed for…
Fishers of Men! How Many Fish Must We Catch?
[Editor’s note: James the Apostle provides us with a simple test to determine whether we really believe God’s promises – But someone may well say, “You have faith and I…
Our Hope of Glory and the Mystery of the Gentiles
[Editor’s note: Did you know that there are people in Israel right now who know that they are living out the fulfillment of prophecy? The world calls them Jewish settlers…
Ephraim Free At Last! Once Again A Mighty Man!
[Editor’s note: Here’s a provocative thought – In the first century, Judaism, with its temple, priesthood, and sacrificial system, divided into two major branches: Christianity, with its sacrifice and grace, and…