The Well Trodden Road

A fireside chat on the controversial topic of whether "New Testament" believers are under the "Old Testament" law or not under it. What did Messiah Yahushua (Jesus) really set us free from?

A simple Shabbat chat about the powerful unity that is derived from being echad (one), for the purpose of executing the will of Elohim in the earth!

A powerful and anointed message for the day of Shavu'ot (Pentecost) - 2017. The journey from Sinai to Zion is nearly over--are you prepared to finish your course?

A brief and emotional revelation I had while driving in the car of how I can know Him...

Listen as Derek shares from a hearts desire to prepare those who will go on to see the glory and esteem of the King of Kings! ...episode artwork attribution: Nancy Cunningham/Rachael Coate/Basic Training Bible Ministries

This evening, while finishing up a Jonathan and Melissa Helser worship video, Rivkah and I began talking about if people could only tap into the power and authority given to us by Messiah, what kind of collateral damage we could do to the kingdom of darkness. In the pressure is off video, Melissa kept singing over and over, “Our song is victory, because His song is victory”. Join us in our living...

A message of awakening – it is time to hear the sound of the shofar and act. The kingdom of darkness is advancing and the battle is raging. How much ground will Elohim (God's) people allow the enemy?

In preparation for Passover 2017, Derek shares his thoughts and heart in response to an email from a dear brother. Listen as Derek discusses insights into Messiah Yahushua being our Menorah in whom we have been created to be vessels of honor to contain the anointed power of the oil of His Father’s Spirit. We are mediators of the gospel-priests wearing the full armor of Elohim to go forth as mediat...

In my walk, as a believer in Messiah and His whole Word from Genesis to Revelation, it is amazing to me of how many times, and in a variety of ways, that I hear how people are so excited to be “free” from that ole’ cursed Law. “The Law was nailed to the cross,” they say. What is not understood is the misconception that the Law (Torah) is our enemy and not sin. This is the classic work and theme of...

This word of caution addresses the flippant use of the phrase, "that's not a salvation issue". In our zeal ‘in attempting to be at peace" with our fellow brethren, are we avoiding confrontations of various differences of beliefs and issues because it's ‘not a salvation issue?' Be not deceived…

No matter how hopeless the situation may be, or how long you may have waited for a resurrection of what seems to be long dead–He came–Messiah Yahushua is never late. He sees your tears, and weeps with you. Hold on…the Resurrection and the Life is coming! Music "You Came (Lazarus)" From the album ‘Beautiful Surrender' by Jonathan David & Melissa Helser

In this Shabbat exhortation, I want to share with you the key to not being deceived in these last days. To love the truth is to love who Messiah created you to be–a new creation. The greatest sin is to forget who we are in Him and this will open up a direct portal for the enemy to come in and bring deception. We are human beings who are compelled to identify with what will bring us the greatest jo...

By the death of Messiah Yahushua, our Savior, we have been released from the commandment of death in order to marry Another–the One who was raised from the dead to produce fruits of life unto Elohim (Romans 7:4 paraphrased). I am always intrigued by what I have difficulty in understanding. Sha'ul's (Paul's) writings, especially Romans 4-8, have been attacked by Sha'ul haters, even before the ink o...

Listen to the words of Messiah, the Light of the World, recorded against the backdrop of a new inspiring instrumental. "Night is coming, and so AM I!"

Touching briefly on John 9, it is imperative that we continue working while it is day, for night is coming! For those in 1 Thessalonians 5 who say "peace and safety"…they have already stopped working yet night has not come. How shall they answer to Him? Their destruction comes suddenly. Lets be about our Abba's business!

A meditative reading of Psalm 9 to the background of "The El of Abraham" . Background Music: "The El of Abraham" by Derek Townsend

Listen as Derek expounds on the "love chapter" of 1 Corinthians 13. Love is not a gushy feeling, with as many up's and down's as a wild rollercoaster. No! Love is the power of sustainment and all that will remain when everything else around us collapses. It is the identifying mark of our loyalty as a disciple of the Master, and our weapon of unification that will prevent the darkest forces of Luci...

Join Derek at the foothills of Mount Gilboa, at Harod Spring, where Gideon's 300 were handpicked by Yahuweh Himself. This is a clear sounding message of the shofar, to gather and prepare the people for the final battle soon to rage–a battle whom no man's arm will be able to deliver…save the Master General Yahuweh! Garden Music Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Att...

As believers in Messiah Yahushua, we are all called to overcome and to let our lights shine in the darkness. That means we stand out from the darkness. Kepha (Peter) became our example of how ‘not' to share in the sufferings of the Light of Truth when he denied knowing the Master Yahushua three times. What a dear and precious brother, who became so broken for what he had done. How many people out...

This very special revelation was birthed early on the morning of Yom Kippur. It is not the voice of opinion speaking, but one of great humility, as His breakers have washed over me, bringing me to a place of restful understanding of the true meaning of what it means to ‘afflict your beings'. For until we, as Jonah, cry out to be thrown into the sea to be swallowed up in self-examination for all of...

Listen, as Derek shares a special Yom Kippur Message (with intimate insights into 2 Corinthians 10), and calls to attention the subtle reasonings of the mind which so often challenge the authority and truth of the word of Elohim. If our flesh is submitted to what the Creator says is true, the enemy has no leverage to use our flesh against us as a mouthpiece to spew his lies through. It is time to...

In this intimate podcast, on a rainy Shabbat morning, I share my hearts desire to become once again–perfected in the image of perfect love–the image of my Creator. Background Music "Relaxing Piano Music" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Shabbat Shalom, Carefully listen to this special–short–word, from the City of David…the source of where it all began! Blessings from the Land, Derek  

Join Derek and Rivkah, as they were recently asked to speak at a local, small church congregation in the country, about why every believer in Messiah Yahushua should be involved with, and praying for the peace of the apple of Yahuweh's eye–Israel. This teaching lays the foundational truth for the understanding of why Israel has NOT been replaced by the "church!" Romans 11 is the pin that pricks th...

Join Ray and Derek on the air as Derek shares his testimony of the reconciliation between he and his dad–the same testimony he shared at his dad's ‘homecoming celebration' on April 14, 2016. If you would like the transcript of the audio reading of this story, please