Monthly Archives: February 2007

The Jesus-Tomb Deception

Posted on February 28, 2007 by Derek Leman

Right now there is a deception going on that will fool millions. I teach English as a Second Language and my Japanese and Korean students had heard on CNN that the tomb of Jesus had been found. What are average … Continue reading →

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Standing in the Pouring Rain

Posted on February 28, 2007 by Derek Leman

If you are not a follower of Yeshua, in a way I hope you read this and in a way I hope you don’t. I hope you read it because — against all hope — I hope to communicate something … Continue reading →

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Messiah Yeshua, Part 2

Posted on February 27, 2007 by Derek Leman

Last time we talked about Reality A and Reality B, the reality of separation from God and the reality of Israel’s future union with God. The reality of separation is Israel standing outside the tent sanctuary while God’s presence, not … Continue reading →

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Messiah Yeshua, Part 1

Posted on February 26, 2007 by Derek Leman

Luke 24:27 Then beginning with Moses and with all the prophets, He explained to them the things concerning Himself in all the Scriptures. I won’t presume the be able to recover the scriptural outline of Yeshua’s famous talk on the … Continue reading →

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Deuteronomy 11:22 — A Shabbat Meditation

Posted on February 23, 2007 by Derek Leman

May God bless your Shabbat. To my non-Jewish readers, may your worship this weekend be blessed as well. My devotional thought for the weekend is from Deuteronomy 11:22: For if you are careful to keep all this commandment which I … Continue reading →

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The Fine Art of Church-Bashing

Posted on February 23, 2007 by Derek Leman

A reader commented recently: I fear, though, that you

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A Jewish Writer's Unflattering View of Christianity

Posted on February 21, 2007 by Derek Leman

I have been reviewing Duties of the Soul, edited by Niles Goldstein and Peter Knobels. In the second chapter of the book, Rabbi Arnold Jacob Wolf makes two comments that amount to what I consider an unflattering, but too often … Continue reading →

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Jewish Renewal: A Book Review in Parts, #4

Posted on February 20, 2007 by Derek Leman

The topic du jour is discovering the commandments and a Jewish view of Christian theology that is not flattering. This is the fourth in a series on Duties of the Soul edited by Niles Goldstein and Peter Knobels. It is … Continue reading →

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Jewish Renewal: A Book Review in Parts, #3

Posted on February 20, 2007 by Derek Leman

This is part 3 of a review of Duties of the Soul, edited by Niles Goldstein and Peter Knobels. In Part 2 I summarized (following the first chapter of the book) part of the history of Reform Judaism. We saw … Continue reading →

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Is Dispensationalism Liberal?

Posted on February 19, 2007 by Derek Leman

Okay, forgive the sensationalist title. But it got you to look, didn’t it? My short answer is no, dispensationalists love the Bible and are famously conservative. But in an ironic way, their position on the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) agrees … Continue reading →

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