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Sermon Update 12.14.20. How did Yeshua's view of oaths contrast with the Pharisees? What did it mean to swear by heaven, or Jerusalem? Our words should be something that people can count on. People of character keep their promises. Listen to learn how important it is that we say what we mean and mean what we say.

Sermon Update 12.7.20. When I was a teenager in church, a pastor of mine told me he resigned from a group because they were going to require him to swear an oath. Should we swear in the name of the Creator? Is it blasphemous to do so? This lesson mainly walks through the Torah and looks at what Yahweh has to say about oaths. It's important to lay this ground-work before moving into what Yeshu...

The Bible says that a man cannot send away his wife except for fornication. Most people interpret this exception clause as an exception in which a man is allowed to divorce his wife. This is not the correct understanding of the exception.

Sermon Update 8.20.20. Did Yeshua change the law on divorce (in Deuteronomy 24) when He spoke His words in Matthew 5:31-32? This message centers in on understanding the difference between two words that are commonly viewed as synonymous.

Sermon Update 8.11.20. There are Christians in the world today, and Churches as a whole who do not believe there is any valid reason for a Christian to get a divorce. Some go so far to say that if a Christian gets divorced and remarried, they are living in adultery. This view comes from a rejection of the law that Yahweh gave to Moses, and a failure to see that we do not live in a perfect world.

Sermon Update 8.4.20. What did the Law of Moses teach about divorce? By comparing a text in Deuteronomy with Yeshua's words to the Pharisees, we begin to see a clear picture of the reason for divorce, whether or not divorce was ever allowed, and how the male-female relationship was at times abused.

Sermon Update 7.28.20. When the Pharisees asked Yeshua about divorce he answered their question with a question. He wanted them to see that they had missed an entire teaching section in the Torah, about marriage. Listen to learn what the phrase "bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh" means.

Sermon Update 7.22.20. Have you ever studied what the Bible says about marriage, divorce, and remarriage? How do you approach the issue? Have you made an attempt to look at the issue from all angles and even from the perspective of others who may be a different situation than yourself? Make sure to visit our sermon section on Divorce and Remarriage to continue this study.

Revelation 14:9-13 is sometimes used by others to teach an eternal conscious torment for those destined to Gehenna. This message looks at the background of this passage as well as examines the Christological teaching of the substitutionary atonement.

There is a spirit being called the Devil and Satan, and he does have angels that follow him. These angels once fell from a position in the heavenly realm and are now doing demonic work among the children of men. There is something unique about these beings as they pertain to the lake of fire.

Sermon Update 7.13.20. As with any teaching, there will always be objections. I don't cover every objection to annihilation (or conditional immortality) in this lesson, but I cover some of the main ones I've had presented to me. For example: what do we do with the story of the Rich Man and Lazarus? Listen to find out.

Sermon Update 7.6.20. Does the book of Acts teach that Yeshua went to hell when he died? What happens to humans who die? This lesson challenges the commonly held view that righteous people go to heaven above at death, and unrighteous people go to hell below at death. What the Bible has to say about death may surprise you.

Sermon Update 6.27.20. In this lesson I focus on the Old Testament, because this portion of the Bible usually gets dismissed in the discussion of this topic. What does the OT teach us in regards to the final punishment of unbelievers?

Sermon Update 6.20.2020. I begin a series within a series here, and look at a word that Yeshua has used three times thus far in his “Sermon on the Mount.” What is hell? Is it a real place? Do unbelievers who die go straight to the flames and burn there conscious, without end? I begin answering these questions and more in this lesson. Make sure to go to our sermon section on HELL to continue this s...

Sermon Update 6.13.20. How did Yeshua's view of adultery challenge the scribes and the Pharisees? Listen to learn that whatever it is that is keeping you held down to sin must be let go of before it is everlasting too late.

Sermon Update 6.6.2020. The scribes and Pharisees were great at obeying the letter of the sixth commandment. Where they lacked was the heart, spirit, and intent of the sixth commandment. Yeshua peeled back this command in order to show the problems we all have in our day-to-day life of interacting with others. We should be careful in what we think and say.

When a topic is presented in a sermon or in writing there will inevitably follow objections. Sometimes these come in the form of a question or also as a comment. I have encountered (it seems) numerous objections to the belief that holds the Sabbath to be determined by the lunar cycle. This lesson answers many of these objections.

Sermon Update 5.30.2020. Do we have the ability to keep every commandment in the Torah (law)? Listen to learn about various applications of the law, and also how our behavior must be better than a Pharisees if we desire to enter the kingdom of heaven.

Sermon Update 5.23.2020. Let's take a look at the smallest of the commandments, and what it might mean when Yeshua talks about the "least in the kingdom of heaven." This sermon also centers in on the word break in Matthew 5:19, asking the question, "Is this the best possible way to translate the Greek word luo into English?" A lot is covered in this teaching.

Is mercy and blessing only found in the New Covenant? If you were to speak such words to King Hezekiah he would undoubtedly proclaim your error. He may even begin to explain to you of the mercy and blessing He and the nation of Israel experienced during the Old Covenant.

Feast keepers often look upon unleavened bread as symbolizing purity and truth and leavened bread as symbolizing malice and wickedness. While there is truth in this there is much more to the story as it pertains the the symbols and meanings of each type of bread.

The Apostle Paul, writing to a New Covenant church admonishes them to observe the festival of unleavened bread. Why then are so many preachers today admonishing people to NOT observe the festival?

A controversy exists among feast keeping groups as to when the Passover lamb was sacrificed. Was it at the beginning of the 14th day of Abib or during the afternoon of the 14th?

Sermon Update 5.15.20. What did Yeshua mean when he said he came to fulfill the law? This sermon also examines the phrase "heaven and earth" in Matthew 5:18, and looks at what is meant by jot or tittle (KJV) in light of the law.

Sermon updated 5.8.20. In this lesson, I go into some opening remarks on setting our heart to obey Yeshua's command to not think he came to destroy the law. I also deal with some common misconceptions of what it means to fulfill the law and the prophets.