A Brief Look at the Feast of Unleavened Bread

Welcome back friends!  We have spent several days examining one of the great Jewish feasts, Pesach (Passover).  Jesus is the fulfillment of Passover, and as Christians, we certainly recognize Him as our Passover Lamb...the Lamb of God, sacrificed for our sins. However, we have not touched on the two other feasts that accompany Passover, the …

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Israel: God’s Vehicle of Eternal Salvation

Friends, I've been studying great stuff and I want to pick up where we left off yesterday! We learned that Israel is God's vehicle of world redemption.  God's promises to us today are cemented in His covenant promises with Israel...particularly the Abrahamic covenant.  His redemptive plan began before the foundation of the world (Ephesians 1:4) …

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Heaven or Hell?

A few days ago I watched a brief portion of a news magazine TV program where death row inmates were interviewed.  Each man was fully aware of the date and the hour of his execution, and each was within two weeks of that fateful day.  Each was asked what it was like to know the day …

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A Brief Look at Jewish History: The Modern Period

  Have you ever wondered how Judaism got its start, or what makes it different today than in its infancy?  As Christians, do we understand how to rightly relate to the Jewish people, with whom we share our roots?  Over the past few days I have tried to provide helpful insight to that line of …

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