The Biblical Roots Podcast

Send us Fan Mail In part 3, we explore some deep theological themes and connect some dots between the Hebrew Bible (OT) and the New Testament as the apostle Paul gives a masterclass on biblical theology! In this series, we’re approaching the book of Galatians with an eye for the theological themes that speak to the relationship between the Christian and the Law of Moses. Do any of the Old Testamen...

Send us Fan Mail Let's talk about the personal and practical side of Torahism for followers of Jesus and what I believe is the biggest danger of the Hebrew Roots Movement: missing the heart of the Father. Our source text is Philippians 3 for talking about living out our faith and how Hebrew Roots theology and being a Torah-observant Christian can lead us away from the heart of our heavenly Fa...

Send us Fan Mail In part 2, we explore some deep theological themes and connect some dots between the Old Testament (Tanakh) and the New Testament as we work our way through Paul’s public confrontation with Peter in the second half of Galatians 2. In this series, we’re approaching the book of Galatians with an eye for the theological themes that speak to the relationship between the Christian and...

Send us Fan Mail You asked for a study on the book of Galatians, and here we go!  I’m excited to dig in and work our way through this book verse by verse. Our focus will be a little bit different than you may be used to. We’re approaching this Bible study with an eye for the theological themes that speak to the relationship between the Christian and the Law of Moses. And Galatians has a lot to say...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we test the teaching of a Hebrew Roots rabbi named Steve Berkson who teaches at Messiannic Torah Obsevrant Israel near Chattanooga, TN. Rabbi Berkson teaches, "It’s not works versus grace, it's works and grace." And he defines "grace" as merited favor, saying, "It's the opposite of what you were taught. How shocking is that? Anot...

Send us Fan Mail Was the word “homosexual” always in the Bible or is that a relatively new addition? In this episode, we use a hermeneutical word study to examine the case made by Ed Oxford that, for most of history, most translations thought that Bible verses about sexual expression were referring to pederasty, not homosexuality. Links mentioned in this episode: Ed Oxford's Article: Prof. So...

Send us Fan Mail Does the text "thus he declared all foods clean" appear in the earliest manuscripts? Is there evidence that phrase was tampered with, or perhaps even added by a later scribe? Following is an excerpt from our 2-part video series called " Clean & Unclean Food ," in which we tested the claims of Hebrew Roots teacher Monte Judah. This excerpt features an in-dep...

Send us Fan Mail In Deuteronomy 13, Moses warns Israel about being led astray by false prophets and he gives them a way to test whether a prophet is true or false. And many people who believe that Christians are required to keep the Old Testament law will point to this passage in Deuteronomy 13 and say that if Jesus taught against the Torah—for example if He taught that all food was now clean—then...

Send us Fan Mail Why should Christians support Israel? How should followers of Jesus process this war in the Middle East? Who can we believe? What should Christians do? These are questions I’ve been getting since the war started in Israel, so I wanted to take a few minutes and hopefully shed a little light on the things that you’re hearing and reading about. Links mentioned in this episode Times o...

Send us Fan Mail In our inaugural episode, we look at 6 specific differences between our modern Western culture and the culture in which the Bible was written. Why? Because knowing these differences gives us a heightened awareness of the culture in which our Bible was written, which helps us better understand what the biblical authors wanted to communicate to us. Then, using those 6 differences, w...