Eighth Day – Simchat Torah

How I love Your Torah! I meditate on it all day. Psalm 119:9 After weeks of examining our hearts and mourning our sin and spending time with God in our booths, we come to the end of High Holy Days—Simchat... Continue reading →

If We Confess Our Sins

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I confessed my sins last night. At a local Messianic congregation, I joined a hundred other people as we confessed our sins together in the Yom Kippur liturgy. That isn’t something Christians do very often—if ever. Especially not evangelicals. The... Continue reading →

Inscribed and Sealed

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29 “It is to be a permanent regulation for you that on the tenth day of the seventh month you are to deny yourselves and not do any kind of work, both the citizen and the foreigner living with you. 30 For on... Continue reading →

The Sound of the Trumpet

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The shofar blast rang through the room, and a tingle ran up my spine at the sound. Such a majestic sound. We certainly don’t hear that in church! The Bible says the Messiah will return with the sound of the... Continue reading →

Abdicating the Throne

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What does it mean to have a King? I stole the title for this post (and for the category of my faith posts). My daughter once had a blog entitled Abdicating the Throne. Since it no longer exists, she said... Continue reading →

L’Shanah Tovah!

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Leviticus 23:24 says, “Tell the people of Isra’el, ‘In the seventh month, the first of the month is to be for you a day of complete rest for remembering, a holy convocation announced with blasts on the shofar. (CJB) Rosh HaShanah... Continue reading →

Nothing in Comparison

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