As a student at Wheaton, I was able to study under the famous philosopher, Dr. Arthur Holmes. He was fond of calling for us to engage in world viewish thinking. This meant that the Bible provides us with the foundations …
Only Two Major Feasts?
Sometimes Jewish Roots Christians and some Messianic Jews (not most) decry the fact that the Christian Church did not embrace the Jewish Biblical Feasts. In the Bible there are three major pilgrim feasts, Passover, Shavuot (Pentecost 50 days later) and …
Two Warring Narratives: The 1776 Commission And The 1619 Project
A project known as the 1619 Project has been ensconced in the programs of some of the public schools. The basic assertion of the 1619 Project is that America was founded on slavery and even fought the Revolutionary War to …
The Devil’s War Against Creation Distinction
Because this is fresh in the news, and I wrote a book related to the God’s creation order, I write this article as God makes distinctions in creation for mutual blessing in an order of interdependence. One of those wonderful distinctions …
Powers Of Light And Darkness
Angels, Demons and Spiritual Warfare, What the Bible Really Says There are so many practices in spiritual warfare that are practiced by some segments of the Christian and Messianic Jewish Communities. Some claim Scriptural warrant, but when you look at …
Discipling A New Generation
The social scientists who do statistical analysis of the American Evangelical world (including Pentecostals and Charismatics) tell us that for the most part, we have lost a generation of young adults. There are many explanations. Here are a few. First, …
Social Justice And Post Election Reflections
Sometimes the debates among followers of Yeshua on the political civil sphere produce a lot of smoke and little light. I often sense that people do not really engage with the other. Maybe social media is a terrible place for …
The Coming Great Tribulation: Central to Eschatology or the Last Days
The recent political upheaval in the United States has been a catalyst of discussion on the last days. It shows the great divides in the Body of the Messiah on the issues of the coming tribulation, our cultural responsibilities, and …
The Triumph Of Early Christianity
I recently finished reading a book by Rodney Stark, The Rise of Christianity, How the Obscure, Marginal Jesus Movement became the Dominant Religious Force in a Few Centuries. There are important sections with useful information for us all. I first …
The Biblical Pattern for Social Transformation
My Facebook Friends are divided between supporters of Donald Trump and those who did not support him. Generally, the numbers seem to track with the Evangelical world since most Messianic Jews and Evangelicals supported him, but a significant minority did …