Having a Spiritual Shavuot
If you’re going to do Shavuot this upcoming Wednesday, May 15, 2013, why not do it right? (Don’t know much about Shavuot? See bottom of this post: “Basics of Shavuot”). So, first and foremost, because this requires preparation, you must…
What Is Popular on a Messianic Blog?
So, it’s not exactly scientific, but I have observed trends since I started blogging in December 2006. In the six and a half years I have been doing this, I have looked at the number of readers I get on…
Is the Divine Messiah Worth Believing In?
The Spoken Word of God was in the world in the six days of creation, as it says, “And God said . . .” (Gen 1:3, and similar). The Word was with God and the Word was God and everything…
What’s So Great About Tentbuilders?
You gather at a Messianic synagogue or a church. People from hundreds of miles away have come. The group is not large, about thirty or so. But everyone there is connected heart and soul to messianic redemption, to a belief…
Book Discussion: Introduction to Messianic Judaism, Part 7
The fifth chapter in David Rudolph and Joel Willitts, eds., Introduction to Messianic Judaism (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2013) is about Messianic Jews and Jewish tradition, by my mentor and friend, Carl Kinbar. Before discussing the contents of this chapter, there…
Leading in the Tent of David
Boaz Michael chose one of the most beautiful images in the prophets as the picture for his latest book, The Tent of David: “In that day I will raise up the tent of David that is fallen and repair its…
Come to Atlanta! April 21. Boaz Michael. Tentbuilders.
The Tent of David is a reference to the Davidic Kingdom, which Amos envisions will encompass even the Gentiles, non-Jews who attach themselves to Israel and to Israel’s Messiah. James reckoned that the believing Gentiles of his day were the…
A new blog to follow . . .
She used to blog in French. Just started again as a blogger in English. She is a “Mennonite Messianic Punk Jew” (Jewish, but attends a Mennonite church in a French-speaking country somewhere). In today’s post she muses about wishing she…
CLASSIC REPOST: Passover, Resurrection, Constantine
Back in 2008, I posted “Passover, Resurrection, and Constantine,” an exploration of the Passover calendar and how the Christian Easter came to differ from the Jewish Passover reckoning. It has been a much-searched for article at Musings, and I have…
Book Notes: Introduction to Messianic Judaism, Part 6
Chapter 4 of David Rudolph and Joel Willitts, eds., Introduction to Messianic Judaism (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2013) is by Carl Kinbar, my friend and mentor, who is Messianic Judaism’s premier teacher of rabbinic literature and especially the Midrashim. He writes…
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