Reunion Roadmap

Jews and Christians (including Messianic and Hebrew Roots believers) all profess faith in the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Why, then, do we have such trouble getting along? David Nekrutman has a lot to say about that. He’s been involved in bringing these two parts of God’s covenant people together for over 20 years. “Covenant” is the operative term here. In this four-part interview, we explor...

Have we lost the art of networking? We may think we’re networking when we connect through websites, email, apps, and social media, but are we really? That’s a key point in our conversation with Morgan Phelps. As she explains, real networking is more personal and takes more effort than what we’ve grown accustomed to doing. One of the greatest obstacles to starting a small business, or taking initia...

Do tragedies make us, or break us? Maybe the answer depends on how we decide to deal with the tragedies. That’s a question Morgan Phelps addresses in this part of our conversation. She and her family are no strangers to adversity – even some of the worst kinds of loss. Nevertheless, they have found ways to survive and thrive through every trial. A big part of overcoming adversity concerns our rela...

What were you doing at the age of 8? That’s the age Morgan Phelps was when she started her first business! Now, at the age of 24, she not only continues to operate her own businesses, she also advises others who would like to go into business or manage their family farms. This three-part conversation with Morgan is both encouraging and informative, and will inspire you to find out what more you mi...

What is the difference between happiness and joy ? The answer may be surprising. As Dr. Gayle Timberlake explains, simka is the Hebrew word for joy, and her Simka Foundation is in the business of helping Christians learn about and receive the joy of the Lord in ways they might not have previously known were available to them. To learn more about the Simka Foundation, visit the website at https://w...

Gayle Timberlake describes the Feasts of the Lord as gifts our God offers freely to bless His people. This is something our Jewish brothers and sisters have known for a very long time, but Christians are only now coming to understand it. In this second part of our conversation, Gayle explains how the Simka Foundation helps individuals, families, and churches enjoy these blessings as they follow th...

If you were just beginning to wonder about the festivals Yeshua celebrated and whether they have any meaning for Christians, where would you go to get answers? Dr. Gayle Timberlake has a suggestion: take a look at the Simka Foundation , which not only offers teachings on the Feasts of the Lord, but also has resources to help people celebrate the Feasts on their own. In this three-part interview, G...

One of the passions Clint Lalum shares is his great desire to see all of Israel’s exiles gathered back to the Promised Land. That’s a promise of God that he is helping bring about through his work  at Christian Friends of Israel in Jerusalem. It’s also the topic of the midrash by Barry Phillips and David Jones, which they call, “Gathering Family,” and of our special musical guests, Teshuva .  Than...

We read about a veil on the heart of Israel, but do we know what that means? Clint Lalum has thought about the veil for many years, and offers his understanding of it in this second part of our conversation. How does this biblical analogy of a veil on the heart shape his call to be part of Christian Friends of Israel ? He explains that as well as he tells us of the miraculous series of events that...

Many people feel called to Israel, but few can move there if they don’t qualify under Israel’s Law of Return. However, miracles do happen, as Clint Lalum explains. He recently moved to Jerusalem, where he serves on the staff of Christian Friends of Israel . In this three-part interview, Clint shares the series of miracles that brought him to Israel, how he came to understand God’s call for him to...

The observant student of the Bible should recognize that prophecy is being fulfilled right in front of us with the return of God’s Chosen People of Israel to the Promised Land. That brings up a challenging question: are we satisfied with simply observing this prophetic process, or do we want to play a role in it? Dean Bye answered that question many years ago. That’s what brought him and his famil...

Is there any possible way that Christians and Jews can find common ground on spiritual matters? Could it be that both need each other to bring the fulfillment of the Divine promises each has awaited all these centuries?  Dean Bye’s answer to both question is “Yes!” He has proven his point in a lifetime of service with and for the Jewish people through Return Ministries , the Aliyah Return Center ,...

How many Great Commissions are there? That question came to Dean Bye in the early years of his work helping Jewish people make aliyah and return home to Israel. Like most Christians, he knew of only one Great Commission, but there is another that directly impacts what Dean and his family and friends are now doing through Return Ministries , the Aliyah Return Center , and the Altar of Prayer . We l...

The observant student of the Bible should recognize that prophecy is being fulfilled right in front of us with the return of God’s Chosen People of Israel to the Promised Land. That brings up a challenging question: are we satisfied with simply observing this prophetic process, or do we want to play a role in it? Dean Bye answered that question many years ago. That’s what brought him and his famil...

If the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel do exist, shouldn’t they start returning to Israel now that God’s Covenant Nation is back in the Promised Land? As we hear in this concluding part of our conversation with Margot Crossing , the answer is, “Yes, they do exist, and yes they are starting to return!” That’s the motivation for the prophetic initiative she calls “Ten in Ten,” which invites peoples from a...

Where is the evidence that the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel still exist? Margot Crossing talks about that in this second part of our conversation. It’s there for all who have eyes to see and ears to hear, such as her friends of Mizoram in India, and their distant cousins in Kyrgyzstan who proclaim their ancestry from the tribe of Manasseh in their distinct culture, artistry, and language. They are ju...

The Ten Lost Tribes of Israel are the stuff of myth and legend, right? That’s what prevailing wisdom would say, but that narrative doesn’t fit the facts on the ground. Margot Crossing can testify to that – particularly since she now has a daughter-in-law whose people know they are descendants of the Hebrew tribe of Manasseh. Margot has been researching the migrations of Israel’s tribes through Cen...

When we discover that Messiah Yeshua never intended to abolish the Law (Torah), we encounter a series of crises that challenge our beliefs. Perhaps the greatest challenge concerns the identity of Yeshua. In church we learned that Yeshua is simultaneously Son of God and Son of Man. What happens when we encounter differing points of view? That’s where we pick up Barry Phillips’ story in this final p...

It’s a mystery why our God highlights certain things in His word to some people at specific times, but not to everyone all at once. Whatever His reasons, He certainly tests our faith and our resolve to follow where He leads. Barry Phillips can testify to that. His faith and resolve were severely tested when the Lord called him out of established ministry as a denominational pastor, and into the pa...

Barry Phillips has been serving Messiah Yeshua since he was a child – much of that time as a pastor and evangelist. For the past twenty years, his pastoral duties have shifted from the traditional Sunday church setting to shepherding a congregation that honors the seventh day Shabbat and the commandments of Torah. How did that happen? That’s what we learn in this three-part conversation with Barry...

If God is in the business of restoration, what should be the business of His people? Yes, we should also be in the business of restoration, but too often we find excuses for avoiding restoration, especially when it comes to relationships. That’s what Steve Wearp talks about in this concluding part of our conversation. Specifically, Steve addresses the difficult relationship between Christians and...

Did you ever follow a nudge from the Holy Spirit, but don’t know what it was all about? Those who hear and obey our God’s direction experience that sometimes, and only learn His reasons years later. In this second part of our conversations with Steve Wearp, he shares such an experience during one of his early visits to Israel, and then what he learned about that experience many years later. It’s p...

Steve Wearp has such a passion for Israel that he and his family have shaped their lives around connecting with the Jewish people and the Promised Land. We visited with him to learn about his sojourn in Israel during the latter part of 2022 – a sojourn that included the High Holy Days and the election season that brought a new conservative government to power. In this three-part interview, Steve s...

People with vision sometimes are hard to understand. That’s because they are not as concerned about money, success, comfort, and the other things that fill the thoughts of most people.  Samuel Wearp can tell us a lot about people of vision and purpose. He not only works with them, he is one of them! That’s why he has such passion about helping the shepherds of Judea walk out their calling to see t...

If Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and David were all shepherds of Israel, wouldn’t it make sense that a significant part of Israel’s restoration would be the return of shepherds and their flocks to Israel’s Biblical Heartland? Yes, of course that makes sense! That’s the story of our conversation with Samuel Wearp. His passion for Israel’s land and people fuels his involvement with Blessed Buy Israel and t...