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The Jewish Gospel, Part 1

Posted on June 18, 2013 by

Last night, the new MJTI Interfaith Center in Beverly Hills hosted a seminar on the Gospels with special guest, Boaz Michael, the founder and director of First Fruits of Zion. The two-hour seminar introduced many of the typologies throughout Matthew … Continue reading →

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The Undiscovered Continent of God

Posted on June 10, 2013 by

All scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, so that everyone who belongs to God may be proficient, equipped for every good work. -2 Timothy 3:16-17 (NRSV) Wisdom … Continue reading →

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Gifts of the Spirit: Pursuing the Mystery

Posted on June 2, 2013 by

Lest you be wise in your own sight, I do not want you to be unaware of this mystery, brothers: a partial hardening has come upon Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in. -Romans 11:25 For this … Continue reading →

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Shelach: Going Up

Posted on May 31, 2013 by

But the men who had gone up with him said, “We cannot attack that people, for it is stronger than we.” Thus they spread calumnies among the Israelites about the land they had scouted, saying, “The country that we traversed … Continue reading →

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Gifts of the Spirit: What Is To Come

Posted on May 30, 2013 by

As the glory of the Lord entered the temple by the gate facing east, the spirit lifted me up, and brought me into the inner court; and the glory of the Lord filled the temple. -Ezekiel 43-4-5 (NRSV) On the … Continue reading →

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Gifts of the Spirit: Building God’s Dwelling Place, Part 2

Posted on May 29, 2013 by

And Moses finished setting up the Tent of Meeting. -Exodus 40:33 …no place on earth is devoid of the Shechinah. Rabbi Joshua of Sikhnin said in the name of Rabbi Levi, What is the Tabernacle compared with? With a cave situated … Continue reading →

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Gifts of the Spirit: Building God’s Dwelling Place, Part 1

Posted on May 28, 2013 by

And there was evening and morning: one day. -Genesis 1;5 R. Samuel b. Ammi said: From the beginning of the world’s creation the Holy One, blessed be He, longed to enter into partnership with human beings… When did the Holy One, … Continue reading →

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Gifts of the Spirit Poured Out On All Flesh

Posted on May 27, 2013 by

And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh; your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions. Even on the … Continue reading →

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Behaalotecha: The Journey of Grass

Posted on May 24, 2013 by

Then Moses said to Hobab, son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses’ father-in-law, “We are journeying to the place about which the L‑rd said, ‘I will give it to you.’ Go with us, and we will be good to you.” -Numbers … Continue reading →

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Gifts of the Spirit: For the Common Good

Posted on May 23, 2013 by

“Everyone knew I was Jewish. It just didn’t mean anything.” -Rabbi Carl Kinbar I will feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father, for the mouth of the Lord has spoken. -Isaiah 58:14 Rabbi Kinbar gave his first presentation … Continue reading →

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