Restoring the brethren to the Son of Joseph, one day at a time
Today, of course, we style ourselves to be “enlightened” and “tolerant.” We are horrified, and rightly so, at the persecution, torture, and murder of Jews through the centuries in the name of Jesus Christ. We would like to think that “true Christians” would never visit such harm on the Jews, but the Homilies of John …
Continue reading “Judenrein Christianity – Part 4: The Soft Touch”
Christians of a Protestant background also have some black marks in their history. The greatest of them are found in the person of Martin Luther, whose 95 Theses lit a fire of Reformation that the Catholic Church was never after able to put out. When he first started out, Luther was actually very pro-Jewish for …
Continue reading “Judenrein Christianity – Part 3: Martin Luther”
It began with a chance meeting on the streets of Ephesus between two men from the recently-renamed Roman province of Palestina. Justin of Neopolis, a Greek philosopher-turned-Christian, had crossed the path of Rabbi Tarfon, who was himself fleeing the terror of the revenge of the Roman armies for the revolt of Shimon bar Kochba. Justin, …
Continue reading “Judenrein Christianity – Part 1: The Philosopher and the Pharisee”
Sadly, Justin Martyr was actually pretty tolerant by the standards of Gentile Christianity. At least he would associate with Jewish, Torah-observant believers, even if he was disdainful of them. But even disdainful, condescending tolerance would not last in the Church. Others actively attacked those who kept “Jewish” practices, such as celebrating the Pascha (Passover) on …
Continue reading “Judenrein Christianty – Part 2: The Continuing Betrayal”
My apologies to my readers for such a long absence. I’ve recently started a freelance researcher position and the simple fact of the matter is that by the end of the day, I’m usually all written out. What writing energy I do have left has been going to a book tentatively titled The End of …
Yes, that’s a rather ambitious title. But I think it’s true. I think that there’s a particular prophecy that ultimately answers all of the arguments of both preterism and supercessionism. It also stands as a stark warning to the Church. To set understand why this particular prophecy is so important, first you have to understand …
Continue reading “The Most Important End-Time Prophecy in the Bible”
Some time ago, I answered a post by Peter Goodgame on whether those under the New Covenant are supposed to keep the Torah. Well, that was part 1 of a series by Peter, and I never got around to checking back to see if another part had come out. Now that things are settling down …
Continue reading “Response to Peter Goodgame – Part 2: The Kingdom of Heaven”
A couple of things came together to start this series. First, Cris Putnam has been posting a series on his blog (Logos Apologia) about what he calls “Confusion About Sunday Worship.” I agree there’s a lot of confusion on the subject, and I think many of my Hebrew Roots brethren are a bit too strident …
Continue reading “From HebrewRoot: Answering Objections – Introduction”
When Israel was commanded to build a Tabernacle for the Eternal Creator so that he might dwell among his people, God also gave Moses detailed descriptions of the furnishings, including the famous Menorah, which became a symbol of Israel for thousands of years. The Menorah (literally “light bearer”) was the sole illumination for the Tabernacle, …
Sometimes, it takes a bit of a challenge to draw me out of my current shell. For those of you who aren’t up on my personal life, I’ve got another Bugg in the oven (a girl this time) and between getting ready for her arrival and three out of four of my computers being down, …
The Return of Benjamin 