The Biblical Roots Podcast

Send us Fan Mail This is critical for the body of Christ to understand. There are so many people dealing with the bondage of thinking they are required to keep the Old Covenant laws like eating kosher, keeping the seventh day Shabbat, keeping the Torah feasts, and so on. The NT teaches that those traditions are permitted for followers of Jesus, but they are not required. So it’s important to under...

Send us Fan Mail In the last chapter of Galatians, Paul teaches us some important lessons about bearing one another's burdens, sowing & reaping, and persevering to the end. He also uses an interesting phrase not found anywhere else in the Bible: "Israel of God." What did he mean by that? Let's dive in and see! DONATE TO OUR MINISTRY https://rlsolberg.com/donate/ CHAPTERS 00...

Send us Fan Mail Is it wrong for Christians to celebrate Christmas? You might be thinking, “Why would it be?” Well, there are two schools of thought on why Christmas shouldn't be celebrated. The first says it's wrong to celebrate Christmas because it's a man-made holiday not found in the Bible. And the second says it's wrong because Christmas is a pagan holiday. Or at least it...

Send us Fan Mail In part 6 of our journey through Galatians, we start on the final section of the book, where Paul moves from theological argument to practical application, teaching us about keeping in step with the Spirit and about the fruit of the Spirit. 00:00 Intro and preamble 02:59 Freedom in Christ - Gal. 5:1–6 05:21 Sidebar: Circumcision in the Torah 08:26 Back to Galatians 5, verse 3 09:5...

Send us Fan Mail Meet Kathryn Dockins, an intelligent and well-spoken mom, wife, and believer in Jesus. A couple of years ago she found herself in the middle of the Hebrew Roots Movement (HRM) living a Torah-observant lifestyle. In this interview, she shares her journey into Torahism and back out of it, offering many profound insights into the Hebrew Roots world, the friends she made, the things s...

Send us Fan Mail In part 5 of our exploration of this amazing book, we work our way through the last two sections of chapter 4; Paul's pastoral concern for the churches in Galatia, and his provocative allegory involving Abraham, Sarah, and their servant Hagar. UPDATE: As I continue to pour over the book of Galatians, I have discovered a level of nuance that I missed in this video. I said the...

Send us Fan Mail This is part 1 of the most comprehensive Biblical examination we’ve ever done on this channel on why followers of Jesus are not required to eat biblically clean or kosher. We're going to dive deep into the Torah and the Gospels and more, tracing the thread of God’s commands about food. And we’re going to use a video by a Hebrew Roots teacher named Monte Judah as the platform...

Send us Fan Mail This is part 2 of the most comprehensive Biblical examination we’ve ever done on this channel on why followers of Jesus are not required to eat biblically clean or kosher. We're going to dive deep into the Torah and the Gospels and more, tracing the thread of God’s commands about food. And we’re going to use a video by a Hebrew Roots teacher named Monte Judah as the platform...

Send us Fan Mail In part 4, we discover how both God’s promise to Abraham and the law of Moses are related to followers of Jesus today. And the apostle Paul tells us when the Law was given, why it was given, and for how long. And for my Hebrew roots friends watching this video, I pray that you really get a hold of this truth! In this series, we’re approaching the book of Galatians with an eye for...

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...