Pick virtually any religious movement large or small, and they’ll all have one thing in common: jargon. All faiths have a set of terms which they make use of to express various ideas. This sort of “faith speak” is part of the cultural identity of the movement which uses it. This is normal, and allows [...]
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It is unfortunate that Christianity has misunderstood Nicodemus for so much of its history. When I began researching Nicodemus, I was generally aware of the misunderstandings in play and their basis. Researching the duologue itself yielded few surprises for me. However, when I began researching the person of Nicodemus that was another matter all together.
I [...]
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For those of you who have not read it, I encourage you to read the Messiah and the Woman Taken in Adultery series. It covers in considerable depth the trap set before Yeshua (Jesus) by a lynch-mob of Pharisees. It details the snare set before Him attempting to trick Him into violating God’s commandments (committing [...]
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As many of you know, I have been working on an eBook for release. The book, a re-typeset PDF version of The History of the Ten “Lost” Tribes: Anglo-Israelism Examined, by David Baron 1915 is proceeding along—albeit slowly. The Unicode text has been proofed and re-proofed at this point. Originally, I was intending to typeset [...]
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I was in a Bible study recently and the subject of the reason for the destruction of the Second Temple came up. The Messianic Rabbi who was leading the study had a back-and-forth discussion about the reasons for its destruction with the students in attendance at that time. Eventually, as a hand-out, he produced an [...]
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For the convenience of my readers there is now a fully functional online bookstore available though Flame of the West. This bookstore, powered by Amazon.com’s aStore technology, has been tailored to meet the spiritual needs and intellectual interests of Flame of the West readers! There are several sections, including a large collection of books on [...]
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Long known as “the saddest day in Jewish history”, the 9th of Av is the anniversary of the destruction of both Jewish Temples in Jerusalem. It has long been marked though the ages as a day of fasting and a day of mourning. It is, perhaps, what this month is most known for.
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Moving forward from my previous posts on the discourse between Yeshua (Jesus) and Nicodemus, it’s time now to take a look at what it is that Yeshua (Jesus) expected Nicodemus to understand when he spoke of the New Birth. The expression “New Birth†as well as “New Creation†are both rooted in the context of [...]
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