A Brief Look at Jewish History: The Period before and after the Exile

Welcome back friends!  We’re spending a few days examining a bit of Jewish history in order to further understand how to rightly understand and relate to them.  It is certainly not an exhaustive look at history, but enough to provide insight.  Yesterday we laid a basic foundation, including the fact that God’s covenants with Abraham …

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A Brief Look at Jewish History: An Introduction

  Recently I was invited to attend a Christian Leadership Seminar at Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum, Research, and Education Center.  I spent over a week with 25 other Christian pastors and ministry leaders studying Antisemitism and the Holocaust.  In addition, I am taking classes through Israel College of the Bible, where study has focused on …

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Sailing into Week 9: Heading for Home!

Welcome back shipmates!  What a journey we are on!  Though we will head toward home this week, we still  have lots of sea to sail and treasures to find, so don't stow away your treasure boxes just yet! Today, let's go to the stern (the back of the boat) and stand on deck.  Off the …

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The Abrahamic Covenant and Replacement Theology

...there will also be false teachers among you, who will secretly introduce destructive heresies... ~2 Peter 2:1 The apostle Peter walked with Jesus and was undoubtedly impacted by His life and His teaching.  It was Peter who spoke with great boldness following Jesus's resurrection (Acts 2:14-36), and it was Peter who first brought the Gospel to …

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