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This lesson begins to take a look at Apostle Peter’s quotation from the prophet Yo’el (Joel) in regards to the last days. Why did Peter add the phrase “the last days” to Joel’s text?

Sermon pulls from Luke 23:32-43. I respond to a popular clip I’ve seen a lot of lately from Alistair Begg. Should we look to our works at all as a part of our salvation? Is justification by faith alone the apostolic teaching? 

This is a message of encouragement for the saints of Yahweh to keep on serving Him no matter what. It can weigh on a man’s mind after years of being different from most people in the world, but we must endure to the end. Not everyone who starts a race finishes it. May we finish strong, not making excuses for ourselves when we don’t want to keep certain commandments.

We must recognize the importance of Apostle Peter’s preaching. Nothing takes the place of a law-gospel preacher. It would do us all well to find a preacher who is true to Yahweh’s Word and sit under his tutelage.

This lesson covers three more ordinances concerning Passover, and delves into the controversial topic of circumcision. Does the command about circumcision still apply today? I go over a key hermeneutical principle, and then I balance everything out by making sure we consider not just Scripture, but ALL of Scripture on the topic. Get your Bible out and follow along, there so much material here that...

I decided to answer some FAQ about Passover this year in preparation for the holydays. I look at the reason why Yahweh’s people stay up most of the night on Passover, and at what point we are allowed to exit our house (to fulfill the remaining ordinances). The lesson ends with an actual example in our local congregation of an emergency situation and how Yahweh’s mercy always forgives the repentant...

This lesson calls us back to celebrating that which Yahweh sanctions. Modern Christianity celebrates just about every holiday with some kind of religious flare, except for the ones commanded in Holy Scripture. I do an overview of the Scriptural calendar here, and end with talking about how Yeshua is the great shadow-caster. Buckle up for a truck-load of information.

This wraps up this mini-series within a series on the Scriptural gift of tongues. Acts 2:11-13 is exegeted and then questions are answered. Towards the end 1 Corinthians 14 is examined in light of Acts 2; whether or not the languages therein are the same, and whether or not the gift the Apostles received can be or is experienced today. So many golden nuggets of teaching are given in this lesson. 

There is a debate (even in scholarship) as to whether the text at hand refers to a woman miscarrying or going into labor and having a live-birth. There’s also discussion as to whether the harm mentioned here is just to the woman or also to the child growing inside the woman. This lesson looks at all the variables, and pulls some interesting information from the Septuagint text as well as the writi...

Before getting into the intricacies of this law, groundwork must be laid as to how Hebrews thought of conception and pregnancy. In this lesson I talk about some common sense arguments and then look at some key Scriptures from Genesis, Psalms, and Luke.

We can’t harm others and expect to not have to make it right by actual, tangible means. This lesson deals with physical altercations between friends (or people in general), and it also covers the proper understanding on ancient master-to-slave relationships in Hebrew culture. I talk about the prophet use of the “rod of correction” as well. 

Why did Yahweh give the Apostles of Yeshua the ability to speak in languages they had never learned? This lesson takes us all the way back to Genesis, and then walks through some key texts in the Law (Deuteronomy 28:49) and the Prophets (Isaiah 28:11; Jeremiah 15:5). It ends with an impactful look at the Parable of the Good Samaritan.

This sermon looks at 2 Timothy 3:1-5, Matthew 7:21-23, and Titus 1:15-16 in order to determine what power Paul is telling Timothy that some people deny. It’s so important that we always read and interpret Scripture in context, else we will come up with all sorts of fanciful doctrines. I critique the modern day Charismatic Church in this sermon, and I do not apologize for it. 

If you’ve never studied about Hanukkah you really should. I encourage you to start by reading 1 Maccabees 1-4 and 2 Maccabees 6, 7, and 10. This lesson centers in on the dedication some of the Israelites had towards Yahweh during a time of extreme persecution, calling us all to examine our own dedication to Yahweh.

What exactly happened in Acts 2 in regards to foreign tongues? Is the modern Pentecostal experience biblically affirmed? Listen carefully with an open bible to learn some things you rarely hear taught even though they are right there in a popular chapter in the New Testament.

I look here at (1) the Father’s attitude towards the killing or murder of Yeshua, (2) the salvation sermons preached by a primary Apostle of Yeshua [Peter], (3) and some objections given to my view based upon Isaiah 53 and Matthew 27. There’s a ton of info in this lesson, so get your Bible out and follow closely. 

Here I present the older view of the atonement: Ransom + Christus Victor. There was a cosmic battle between Yahweh and Satan, and it had to do with Satan being the deceiver back in the Garden of Eden. Listen to learn how the death of Yeshua actually does pay the price for our sins.

Was Yeshua a ritual sacrifice to Yahweh in the same way the animal sacrifices were? Have you ever given it any thought? Sometimes Genesis 22 is used to support this view (or one similar), but are we reading it properly? This lesson calls us to stretch our minds spiritually and not grumble and dismiss something just because we don’t feel like changing our understanding. 

I cover some background of why we need reconciliation with the Almighty, and then I walk through some verses in John 10 about Yeshua’s role as the good shepherd. This is the intro lesson to a series about correctly understanding what Yeshua did on the cross, sometimes called “atonement theory.” 

We are admonished by the Apostle Paul to think on true, honorable, just, and pure things. Many today entertain the exact opposite, even to the point of falsely accusing people, or concocting the most fanciful idea inside their mind without any facts. This lesson is a strong warning to heed the true and reject all else.

There is so much missed in Acts 2:2-4 because we don’t understand things in a first century Israeli context. What exactly were the “tongues of fire,” and why would all the Israelites attending need to hear about the Almighty in their own dialect when they had already been hearing it for years in Hebrew? This lesson also begins to show that the “speaking in tongues” was not unintelligible babble or...

Kidnapping, at first look, seems like something we don’t have to deal with, but just a little bit of research will show that children are being abducted on a much larger scale than we think. May we guard the lives of our children, and be aware of our surroundings even as adults. I also deal with the subject of war conquest and the taking of spoils, and I look at a parallel statement Yeshua made to...

Honor to one’s parents is paramount in Scripture, so much so that there are things you can do (or not do) towards them that warrant the death penalty. I cover Yeshua giving us inspired commentary on what it means to honor mom and dad, and I also deal with the oft repeated falsehood that “the Bible teaches to stone disobedient children.”

Before we understand what took place in Acts 2, we need to understand what Pentecost is and how important it was to Hebrews (Israelites) in the first century A.D.

After Judas defected there was an empty place for an apostle filled by Matthias. How did the remaining 11 apostles choose who would fill the place? Was there criteria?