The Jewish Gift to the World

I'm going to start with a disclaimer: please stick with me through all of today's teaching.  For some, it may cause great angst in the beginning.  For some, you are going to want to pick up rocks to stone me.  But understand that if you struggle with this teaching, you need to take it up with …

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Abraham Saw the Day and was Glad!

Happy Lord's Day!  I'm so glad to be jumping back into our study called Why Israel Matters: Rightly Relating to Our Jewish Roots.  To date, we have discussed: Israel: God's Love Story to the World God's 3-Fold Call upon Israel (All posts relating to this study are tagged WIM Study and you can click here to …

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The Priestly Call

We have looked at the birthing call and the suffering call God placed upon Israel, via the Abrahamic Covenant.  There is one other calling we need to examine: the priestly call.  Our text for today's study comes from Genesis 22:1-13.  Please take a moment to read that passage. Here, we find Abraham's extraordinary obedience to …

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Jumping Back Into God’s 3-Fold Call upon Israel

Ok friends, we're getting back on track with our study, Why Israel Matters: Rightly Relating to Our Jewish Roots.  We spent a few days considering God's love story for the world, through the Jewish people.  Then, we jumped into God's 3-fold call upon Israel, which includes a birthing call, a suffering call and a priestly call.  So …

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