http://www.derekleman.com/musings Messianic Jewish Theology and Biblical Reflection. Comments: ancientbible@gmail.com Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:22:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.derekleman.com/musings/king-david-oldest-hebrew-inscription-found-in-israel/ http://www.derekleman.com/musings/king-david-oldest-hebrew-inscription-found-in-israel/#comments Thu, 30 Oct 2008 13:15:54 +0000 Derek Leman http://derek4messiah.wordpress.com/?p=676 There is a debate in the world of archaeology and history of ancient Israel. Some people suggest that ancient Israel never existed, with some even saying there never was a first temple. One of the famous voices is Israel Finkelstein...]]> http://www.derekleman.com/musings/king-david-oldest-hebrew-inscription-found-in-israel/feed/ 0 http://www.derekleman.com/musings/douglas-adams-hitchhikers-guide-god/ http://www.derekleman.com/musings/douglas-adams-hitchhikers-guide-god/#comments Wed, 29 Oct 2008 22:31:04 +0000 Derek Leman http://derek4messiah.wordpress.com/?p=673 My posts are usually about the Bible, Messianic Judaism, Second Temple Jewish Literature, theology, Israel, and so on. And in some ways this is a theological topic. But I thought I would muse on some fiction reading I am doing...]]> http://www.derekleman.com/musings/douglas-adams-hitchhikers-guide-god/feed/ 0 http://www.derekleman.com/musings/jewish-apocalyptic-literature-a-survey/ http://www.derekleman.com/musings/jewish-apocalyptic-literature-a-survey/#comments Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:19:31 +0000 Derek Leman http://derek4messiah.wordpress.com/?p=671 I’m studying and teaching about Revelation at the congregation. And before you can understand something, it is good to know what it is. Revelation is an apocalypse, a kind of Jewish writing found in the Second Temple period and a...]]> http://www.derekleman.com/musings/jewish-apocalyptic-literature-a-survey/feed/ 1 http://www.derekleman.com/musings/the-remnant-of-israel-part-2/ http://www.derekleman.com/musings/the-remnant-of-israel-part-2/#comments Tue, 28 Oct 2008 13:49:17 +0000 Derek Leman http://derek4messiah.wordpress.com/?p=669 In this second part, I want to tease the issue of the Jewish community today in the plan of God. We will come back to that issue in a future post in this series. Meanwhile, I will define and set...]]> http://www.derekleman.com/musings/the-remnant-of-israel-part-2/feed/ 1 http://www.derekleman.com/musings/the-remant-of-israel-part-1/ http://www.derekleman.com/musings/the-remant-of-israel-part-1/#comments Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:52:45 +0000 Derek Leman http://derek4messiah.wordpress.com/?p=664 This weekend, I preached a sermon on the remnant theme in the Bible. No, don’t worry, I will not be posting that sermon here on Messianic Jewish Musings. I try to post sermons only occasionally. Rather, I’d like to make...]]> http://www.derekleman.com/musings/the-remant-of-israel-part-1/feed/ 1 http://www.derekleman.com/musings/ffoz-and-messianic-judaism/ http://www.derekleman.com/musings/ffoz-and-messianic-judaism/#comments Thu, 23 Oct 2008 21:57:05 +0000 Derek Leman http://derek4messiah.wordpress.com/?p=659 There are many organizations connected in some way or another to Messianic Judaism and various expressions of Torah and Hebrew roots from a Christian perspective. There are several important areas of diversity in the phenomenon widely known as Messianic Judaism....]]> http://www.derekleman.com/musings/ffoz-and-messianic-judaism/feed/ 0 http://www.derekleman.com/musings/olives-violence-and-settlers/ http://www.derekleman.com/musings/olives-violence-and-settlers/#comments Wed, 22 Oct 2008 16:27:44 +0000 Derek Leman http://derek4messiah.wordpress.com/?p=656 Loving Israel sometimes means denouncing Jewish extremists. I have a basic sympathy with the aim of settlers in Israel who want to see all of Israel belong to the Jewish people (though I would add that non-Jews who own land...]]> http://www.derekleman.com/musings/olives-violence-and-settlers/feed/ 3 http://www.derekleman.com/musings/sensational-and-shallow/ http://www.derekleman.com/musings/sensational-and-shallow/#comments Tue, 21 Oct 2008 12:25:40 +0000 Derek Leman http://derek4messiah.wordpress.com/?p=653 I listened yesterday to a message by a well-known pastor of a mega-church who has been and is in the highest places in his Christian denomination. Speaking to a conference crowd, this preacher must have felt the pressure to wow...]]> http://www.derekleman.com/musings/sensational-and-shallow/feed/ 1 http://www.derekleman.com/musings/sukkot-nehemiah-and-being-outdoors/ http://www.derekleman.com/musings/sukkot-nehemiah-and-being-outdoors/#comments Mon, 20 Oct 2008 17:08:28 +0000 Derek Leman http://derek4messiah.wordpress.com/?p=651 Today was the last regular day of Sukkot (Tabernacles or Booths). We took down our tent and our Sukkah (booth) and came home. Now, I have tons to do before sundown when Shemini Atzeret starts, the 8th day, which is...]]> http://www.derekleman.com/musings/sukkot-nehemiah-and-being-outdoors/feed/ 2 http://www.derekleman.com/musings/messianic-texts-in-the-hebrew-bible/ http://www.derekleman.com/musings/messianic-texts-in-the-hebrew-bible/#comments Fri, 17 Oct 2008 17:13:32 +0000 Derek Leman http://derek4messiah.wordpress.com/?p=648 We’re busy camping and living the joy of the feast of Sukkot right now with other families from our congregation. But in the interest of serving my regular readers, I like to try to keep the posts coming even when...]]> http://www.derekleman.com/musings/messianic-texts-in-the-hebrew-bible/feed/ 0