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Matthew 11, Law vs. Kingdom?
Anachronism is reading history out of order. Many examples of popular anachronisms exist. The religious art of Europe is a well-known anachronism. Biblical characters are depicted wearing plate armor at times or Renaissance fashion (or posing nude, in spite of … Continue reading
Conversations About Law and Grace, 5
Chris was about the show Jude some Paul verses that sound like all of Jesus’ followers are law-free, but something else occurred to him. Chris: There are just so many little pieces of evidence on my side. I don’t think … Continue reading
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Conversations About Law and Grace, 4
Chris and Jude pick up their discussion later over coffee. Chris: Okay, I brought my Bible with me this time and now I’m going to make it harder for you. Jude: I thought you believed the gospel should make it … Continue reading
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Conversations About Law and Grace, 3
Chris and Jude continue their discussion about pepperoni after the game. Chris: So, I have the feeling that although you keep these rules like “don’t eat pepperoni,” you don’t expect me to keep them. Jude: Right. Chris: Is that because … Continue reading
Conversations About Law and Grace, 2
Chris (the Christian) and Jude (the Messianic Jew) are about to watch a game together and decide to order pizza and then continue their conversation about law and grace. Chris: Really? You won’t eat a pizza with pepperoni? Jude: No, … Continue reading
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Sukkot Laws: A Quick Survey
I’ll be sharing a cornucopia of plentiful Sukkot delights over the next 8 days or so. I do hope you keep the Feast in love with family and friends. If you are Jewish and have not discovered the joys of … Continue reading
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Atonement: Participating and Anticipating
Aime Palliere was a Frenchman, a Catholic, who became a Noahide, a non-converting adherent to Judaism. In other words, he rejected the Jesus of his own family and Catholic faith because he was drawn to things he saw in Judaism. … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Christian, Judaism, messianic, Messianic Jewish, Messianic Judaism, The Cross, The Messiah, Theology, Yeshua
Tagged Aime Palliere, Yom Kippur
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Shavuot: Laws and Traditions
Shavuot (Pentecost) begins tonight. I have an incomplete (but complete enough) haggadah for Shavuot with information, readings, biblical meditations, and more. The link to the haggadah for Shavuot is here. And the following list of laws and traditions is something … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Derek's Writings, Holidays, Judaism, messianic, Messianic Jewish, Messianic Judaism
Tagged Pentecost, Shavuot
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Guest Post: Kosher Meals Denied to Messianic Prisoners
Jews in Prison Denied Kosher Meals Following is a post from guest blogger, Jackie Walker. Visit her Web site at http://www.religiontranscends.com. And watch for an upcoming post on her site from Rabbi Derek Leman. Messianic Jews at the Richland Correctional … Continue reading
Mel Lawrenz, I Want to Believe: Pt. 2
I was attracted to this book because of the premise that faith is what comes naturally, it is what we want to do, and it is disbelief, rather than faith, which is harsh and demanding. Disbelief demands giving up so … Continue reading
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Mel Lawrenz, I Want to Believe: Pt. 1
I will be writing a series of thoughts from Mel Lawrenz’s newly released book, I Want to Believe, by Regal Books (get it HERE). Grace. The grace of a dancer who moves beautifully. Grace is a word so overtaken by … Continue reading
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The Four Parts of Atonement, a Yom Kippur Sermon
It’s the night before Sukkot Eve (the Feast of Booths or Tabernacles). For the Leman family, Sukkot starts early. My wife has been packing all day. I’ve spent hours at the stores buying what we need for our Sukkah and … Continue reading
Purity Laws and Resurrection, Final Part
My readers are a patient lot. You never complain. Occasionally I promise to deliver something interesting and put it of for weeks and you don’t give me a hard time. I promised several weeks ago to show a connection between … Continue reading
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The Purity Laws and Resurrection, Part 2
Two weeks ago I started something I have yet to finish. I started a short series on the Purity Laws of the Torah. That is, I started a series about the things that Torah says make a person unclean. Many … Continue reading
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Purity Laws and the Doctrine of Resurrection, Part 1
Recently we considered the fact that there will be sacrifices and purity laws in the Age to Come. Now I would like to consider how the purity laws of the Torah point to the doctrine of the resurrection of the … Continue reading
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Purity Laws and Sacrifices in the Age to Come?
When I wrote my latest book, A New Look at the Old Testament, one of my goals was to bring to Christians and Messianic Jews a sound theology of the sacrificial system. Liberal Jews, and most Christians, think that the … Continue reading
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Subdividing the Law: Moral, Civil, Ceremonial?
I’ve been studying the Parasha (portion of scripture) for this week, which is called Mishpatim (“Judgments” or “Ordinances”) and is from Exodus 21:1 – 24:18. As I studied, an issue came to my mind that I have discussed scores of … Continue reading
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“The Law of Christ”
For those who read yesterday about the standard way Christendom has looked at the Bible, you may be wondering: if the usual pattern (creation, fall, redemption, consummation) is not the most accurate, what do you suggest in its place? We … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Christian, Messianic Jewish, Supersessionism, Theology, Uncategorized
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Hashivenu 2011, Day 3
Today was the controversial day. The issue here is community. What could be controversial about that? Mark Kinzer read his paper today, the second and last major paper of the conference: “Messianic Jewish Community: Standing and Serving as a Priestly … Continue reading
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Not Jewish Yet Drawn to Torah, Part 8
This article is way overdue! I had people facebooking me two weeks ago saying, “Hurry up!” A short summary of the issue in this series: many non-Jews have been drawn into Messianic Judaism and various Judeo-Christian groups in the past … Continue reading
Posted in Gentiles, Judeo-Christian, messianic, Messianic Jewish, Messianic Judaism, Torah
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Is Tim Hegg Serious?
I’d like to have gone to Tim Hegg’s seminar in Atlanta this November. I wanted to sit on the front row wearing a T-Shirt that said on front and back: “Noah Ate Pork!” He did, by the way. Noah, I … Continue reading
Good Reads Coming in Messiah Journal 105
I just got an advance copy of Messiah Journal 105 (available at ffoz.com). Aside from the fact that I have an article in this issue (“Yeshua’s Example in Spirituality and Ethics”), this new issue is another example of why First … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, FFOZ, Judeo-Christian, messianic, Messianic Jewish, Messianic Judaism
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Coming Soon, a New Series
In the past, there were many articles here about non-Jews, Torah, Messianic Judaism, Christianity, One Law, Two House, and so on. We often had arguments and some heated exchanges happened. I drew away from these discussions. Mostly there were about … Continue reading
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Non-Jewish Customs, Worship, Deuteronomy 14
We’ve been talking about non-Jews and Jewish roots. Issues of Jewish identity and the role of the nations in God’s plan for world redemption keep coming up. There is a large contingent of philo-Semitic Christianity passionately interested in these matters. … Continue reading
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Tagged Deuteronomy, Idolatry, Images
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Jewish Roots and non-Jews, Part 1
A great thing has happened in the past few decades in the lives of numerous thousands of Jesus-followers. The yearnings of people who love God and who read the sacred texts of scripture with eyes of faith has broken through … Continue reading
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Tagged Jewish Roots
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