…and the Shofar Blows!

https://www.facebook.com/hnaftali/videos/293884618092101/   This evening at sundown the shofar will blow, signaling the beginning of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish civil New Year.  Jewish people around the world will celebrate one of the most joyful days of the year. Biblically speaking, though, it is the Feast of Trumpets...also a most joyful time!  If you follow this blog, …

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Why DOES Israel Matter?

Pull up a chair and hang out for a bit.  This week we are concluding our study, Why Israel Matters and we have covered lots of ground.  So, we're pulling it all together this week. Early in the study we discussed some reasons Israel matters.  Do you remember some of those reasons?  Let's jog the …

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You Don’t Hear About it, but Israelis are Coming to Know the Messiah!

Earlier this month, Joel Rosenberg hosted the Epicenter Prayer Summit in Jerusalem.  Participants of that prayer summit heard teachings from various Christian leaders, as well as testimonies from Jewish and Arab believers. One of those testimonies was of Anastasia Okhrimenko, a Russian Jew whose family had immigrated to Israel.  She shared her story of growing up …

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Has God Rejected His People? May it Never Be!

Study friends, we're headed down the homestretch for this week's lesson...but it may take us two days to get there!  Romans 11 is rich in content and that's where we'll hang out to finish our thoughts about the Jewish roots of Christianity.  I hope this key point is resonating with you right now: we need …

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