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Monthly Archives: September 2007
A Dramatic Reading for Atonement Day
Yes, I know Yom Kippur is over. I know it well. In fact, I have a sore lower back from sleeping on a mild slope in our tent last night as we celebrate Sukkot by camping out together here in … 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
Two Dwellings: A Story of Epic Proportions
The following story is about the larger story behind all that we see. It is about two dwellings of God with us. It is about the Holy of Holies and the Cross. ………………………….. In the beginning there was just HaShem. … Continue reading
Posted in Messianic Jewish, The Cross, Theology
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Wicked Manasseh and Repentance
Okay, this is also a sermon . . . WAIT, don’t leave. It’s a busy week for a congregational leader. I promise I will not turn this blog into a forum for my sermons, but I think this one is … Continue reading
Posted in Holidays, Messianic Jewish
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Do We Want Messiah Badly Enough?
Okay, this was my Rosh HaShanah sermon . . . WAIT! Don’t leave just because it’s a sermon. Give it a chance. It might interest you. There’s a great promise in the Bible and, in Messianic Judaism, we associate it … Continue reading
Posted in Holidays, Life to Come, Messianic Jewish, Yeshua
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A Graceful Prayer, 3,000 Years Old
Repentance and introspection are the theme as we approach Yom Kippur on Saturday. Today my mind is on an ancient prayer of repentance. Its meaning may be surprising to some, who are of the strange opinion that grace started in … Continue reading
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High Holidays Question: Does Grace Cancel Holiness?
We are in the ten days of awe between Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur. This is a time of introspection, spiritual inventory, and preparation for great repentance on Yom Kippur (this year it will be Saturday, September 22). Several things … Continue reading
Posted in Christian, Holidays, Judaism, Messianic Jewish, Spirituality
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Some Oldies, but Goodies
Shalom all: I’m having more fun with family this Rosh HaShanah than should be allowed. In an ironic twist, several of our families chose an unusual place to cast our sins on the water yesterday in a Tashlich ceremony: a … Continue reading
Posted in Christian, Judaism, Messianic Jewish
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Unholy Habits and High Holidays
Unholy habits. Addictions. Sins that enslave. Sins permitted and overlooked because of familiarity. I once spent several weeks getting to know an addiction support group at one of Atlanta’s mega-churches. I was impressed. The leader of the work was a … Continue reading
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Tobit and the Jewishness of the New Testament
I am developing a series of articles here on Messianic Musings about the writings of Second Temple Judaism that we call the Apocrypha and the Pseudepigrapha. These writings, which date from after the time of the Hebrew Bible and until … Continue reading
Posted in Christian, Judaism, Messianic Jewish, Second Temple Lit.
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Menachem’s Responses and My Thoughts
Shalom all. Well, hasn’t this been an interesting thread. I appreciate all of you who have taken the time to weigh in. Tirzah has an interesting story: married to an anti-missionary who was formerly a Messianic Jew. It seems that … Continue reading
Posted in Gentiles, Judaism, Messianic Jewish
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Psalm 151, A Lesson for Israel Then and Now
In our day there are Jewish and Christian bookstores full of writings of people of faith. We can find fiction and non-fiction on a variety of topics, all related to faith in God and living the teachings of the Bible. … Continue reading
Posted in Judaism, Messianic Jewish, Second Temple Lit., Spirituality
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Conversion: Responding to Tirzah
Shalom all. I hope you had as great a Labor Day weekend as I did. I spent mine at a gigantic Fantasy/Science Fiction Convention called DragonCon. Awesome. There was a lot of over-the-top immorality and pagan/gothic/macabre grossness, but there was … Continue reading
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Messianic Jewish Musings 