The Biblical Roots Podcast

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we discover a whole lot of dots to connect in Hebrews Chapter 3 and many applications for modern believers. The author shows how Jesus is superior to Moses and draws on the Torah to teach on topics like holding fast to our faith. He also brings up the idea of salvation and “once saved, always saved.” Lots of theological goodness here! Link mentioned in episode Pro...

Send us Fan Mail Every time we get to the Christmas season, I'm surprised there are still people spreading unsubstantiated claims about the pagan roots of Christmas and how it’s unbiblical. Sadly, people are still falling for this foolishness. This video offers a thorough, fair, and biblical breakdown of the specific claims made by Ron Charles of Truth Unedited, whose channel is sowing seeds...

Send us Fan Mail Should Christians celebrate Christmas? Does it have pagan roots? What about Santa? Enjoy our livestream recorded Sunday, Dec. 8th, 2024, for a fun and insightful discussion about Christmas. Defending the Biblical Roots of Christianity Our website Our YouTube Channel Prof. Solberg's Blog Support our Ministry (Thank you!) Chapters 00:00 Intro 00:10 Welcome 02:02 Meet Debra: Wha...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we discover there are a whole lot of dots to connect in Hebrews Chapter 3 and so many applications for modern believers. The author shows how Jesus is superior to Moses and draws on the Torah to teach on topics like holding fast to our faith. He also brings up the idea of salvation and “once saved, always saved.” Lots of theological goodness here! Links mentioned...

Send us Fan Mail We interrupt our ongoing Bible study of Hebrews to bring you this study on Matthew 5:17–20, which begins, “I have not come to abolish the law and the prophets but to fulfill them." This the most common proof text used by our “Torah-keeping” (aka Hebrew Roots) friends to bolster their belief that Christians are required to keep the old covenant law. There’s no doubt this passa...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we finish up chapter 2, closing the author's discussion of how Jesus is greater than the angels. He covers a lot of ground here, including multiple quotes from the Old Testament and the Septuagint, the incarnation of Jesus coming to Earth as a man, and the "world to come" (aka Kingdom of God, Kingdom of Heaven, olam haba.) Link mentioned in episode...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we learn that if we don’t pay closer attention and "shema" (hear, listen to, obey) the gospel of Jesus, we’re going to drift away from it. And if the old message of the law, delivered by the angels, was so important to God that those who disobeyed it were justly punished, how much more trouble will we be in if we neglect His new and far superior message?...

Send us Fan Mail In the 2nd episode of our apologetics study on the book of Hebrews, we cover Hebrews 1:5–14. This passage cites many Old Testament verses to demonstrate how Jesus is superior to the angels. We not only examine those passages from the Hebrew Bible, but we also discuss Philo, gnosticism, and new-age religion. Defending the Biblical Roots of Christianity Our website Our YouTube Chann...

Send us Fan Mail In this first episode of our apologetics Bible Study on the book of Hebrews, we look at the historical and literary setting of the text and examine the amazing prologue of the book (verses 1–4). In just this opening passage, we learn much about the divinity and superiority of Jesus and how His story began in the Old Testament (Tanakh) and is grounded in the Torah. Defending the Bi...

Send us Fan Mail Meet Vocab Malone. He is a Street Apologist and arguably the top Christian apologist in the area of Black Hebrew Israelite theology. Join us for an engaging conversation about this controversial, race-based wing of Torahism. Vocab's Links YouTube Channel Instagram Blog Defending the Biblical Roots of Christianity Our website Our YouTube Channel Prof. Solberg's Blog Suppo...

Send us Fan Mail Apologist and Christian thinker Andrew Schumacher recently joined me for a wide-ranging conversation. Of course, we discussed the recent controversies over the question "Are animal sacrifices, still required to atone for sin?" But also how to approach our Torah-keeping friends: Is there a path to unity? What makes something a false gospel? What is the theological range o...

Send us Fan Mail Prof. Solberg recently published an academic paper in response to Caleb Hegg (link below) and in this pre-recorded video, he'll work through that paper and explain his response to Caleb’s various arguments. This is the next installment in a lively, ongoing conversation regarding the big question we posed on this channel: “Are animal sacrifices still required to atone for sin?...

Send us Fan Mail Meet Messianic Rabbi Rabbi Eduardo Arroyo. He's a teacher, rabbi, apologist, and follower of Jesus. In our conversation, Rabbi Eduardo shares some great insight into the role of the Old Testament in the lives of Christ-followers. We also talk about the impact of Torahism (Torah-observant Christianity) on the body of Christ, what His church looks like, the freedom we have in H...

Send us Fan Mail It's become a big question among Torah-keepers: Are animal sacrifices still required to atone for sin? That is the big question that has kicked up a bit of dust with our Hebrew Roots (aka Torahism, Torah-keeping) friends. In this episode, we move this important conversation forward by looking at a rebuttal video put out by a Hebrew Roots teacher named David Wilber. David prom...

Send us Fan Mail Meet Dr. David Harris, an independent Hebrew scholar raised in a Jewish household who became a theologian, author, and Jewish follower of Yeshua (Jesus). He’s also a former pastor at a Messianic Jewish Synagogue in New Mexico and has had personal experience with Torahism (Hebrew Roots, Torah-keepers) and the unique issues they bring to the table. Links Mentioned in Episode Dr. Har...

Send us Fan Mail Acts 15:1–29 records the Jerusalem Council (50 AD) which is where Paul, Peter, Barnabas, James, and other elders gathered in Jerusalem to discuss the pressing question: Are Gentile believers required to be circumcised and keep the old covenant law? In this episode we walk through this passage verse by verse and discover a whole lot about the relationship between Christians and the...

Send us Fan Mail Meet Dr. Andy Bannister, a deep-thinking and often humorous author, speaker, and apologist from the UK. He joins us to talk about apologetics, evangelism, and his new book: "How to Talk about Jesus without Looking like an Idiot: A Panic-Free Guide to Having Natural Conversations about Your Faith." Andy is the Director of Solas CPC, an evangelism and training organisation...

Send us Fan Mail How should Christians navigate the Torah Psalms (and other OT passages) that praise God’s law, while at the same time acknowledging NT passages like Galatians 5:18 which says, “If you are led by the spirit you are not under the law”?  IN this video, we look at that question by examining the Torah Psalms and trying to understand how we praise God’s law in the context of His new cov...

Send us Fan Mail There's a passage in 1 Corinthians that offers profound insight into the relationship between Christians and the law. In fact, it addresses three big questions many Christians struggle with today. First, what is our relationship to the OT law? Are Christians required to keep the law of Moses? What about the Ten Commandments? What does the Bible say? (And of course, that’s a t...

Send us Fan Mail In this Q&A episode, Professor Solberg tackles three of your questions: How should we understand the OT prophecies about keeping Torah in the last days? Understanding the 10 lost tribes of Israel (and whether some of us have descended from those tribes) Was Paul the founder of Christianity? And there's a bonus question at the end! Defending the Biblical Roots of Christian...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we look at another "shotgun argument" from a Torah-keeper. This time it’s a cut-and-paste list of 12 OT verses intended to show that the old covenant law pre-dates Sinai. The thesis we put to the test is this: “The giving of the law at Sinai is the complete revelation of the old covenant law which was introduced at various levels of detail in Genesis 1 fo...

Send us Fan Mail Meet Dan Sered. He was born in Israel to a secular Jewish family, eventually came to faith in Yeshua (Jesus) as his Lord and Savior, and is now COO at the international ministry Jews For Jesus. In this interview, Dan shares his amazing testimony, his unique insight on Torahism (aka Hebrew Roots Movement, Torah-keepers), and some great stories about sharing the Gospel with our Jewi...

Send us Fan Mail A few years back, a Hebrew Roots documentary was released called "The Way," in which they interview all sorts of Torah-keepers and really make a case for why people should be keeping the Torah feasts, avoiding Christmas and Easter, eating biblically clean (kosher), keeping the seventh day Shabbat, and so on. (And for the record, I see no problem with anyone choosing to d...

Send us Fan Mail One thing I like and respect about 119 Ministries is that they encourage everyone to test their teachings. I think that’s commendable. And that’s exactly what we’re going do. In this video, we test their video called “Animal Sacrifices in Light of the Messiah.”  Because if animal sacrifices are still how we atone for sin (as Torah-keepers and Hebrew Roots folks claim) then what di...

Send us Fan Mail Our biblical case for Sabbath-keeping and what it looks like under the New Covenant, Part 2. In this episode, we examine the Sabbath in the NT, starting with everything that Jesus taught and commanded about it in the gospels. From there we expand our study to the rest of the NT and talk about what a Sabbath rest looks like for a follower of Jesus under the New Covenant. Videos Men...