Legends of the Apostles: Fact or Fiction?
As I drudge through the writings of the ancient Church, I find many exciting details about the Apostles, Yeshua, and the early believers not found in the four canonical Gospels or the book of Acts. (It goes without saying that some--if not most--of it is simply fabrication and baseless legend). These stories can be found mostly in the apocryphal Acts of the Holy Apostles. Each Apostle is attributed a work...
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Common Objections: John 1:17
As we begin to explore the study and lifestyle of the Torah, many passages come to mind throughout the Gospels and Apostolic Scriptures that appear to speak against the Torah and its observance. In these blog posts we will explore some of these objections and try to answer them. The Torah opens with the phrase "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." This passage is alluded to...
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Taking Torah to the Nations
Lately I am often asked the question, "Now that you guys are done with HaYesod what are you working on?" The answer is HaYesod. In all seriousness although the materials have been fully completed and groups are up and running, we have more "HaYesod" work than ever before. The task of managing all the different leaders and taking care of their personal needs is so large, that most of us...
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The Appetite of the Wise
Tags: character, controlling desires, Mishlei Musings
In the last episode of Mishlei Musings we learned the value of speaking in love. We saw that it is often difficult to control the tone of our voices in times of emotion. In addition to speaking in love, controlling our appetites and desires is also essential to our spiritual growth in life. Those appetites as well as our personal character traits are God-given and His desire is for us...
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Free from the Law?
Being free is a wonderful thing. We like having free time--time when we can do whatever we desire. We enjoy living in a free country--a place where we can choose our way of life and pursue happiness. But have you ever heard the phrases "free in Christ" or "free from the law"? What does that mean? At first glance, it might seem like being spiritually free would mean that we...
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Burying a Bible
In Jewish tradition, when a manuscript or item contains God's name and/or passages from the Bible it is treated with the utmost respect. It is never placed on the ground or brought into a bathroom. When it is no longer usable it is buried underground in much the same way a person would be. Although typically this is only done with Hebrew materials, it can be a worthwhile practice for...
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Tel Arad: Josiah's Reformation
Tags: idolatry, israel, restoration, tel arad, torah, tour
In this video blog, Daniel and Steven Lancaster join together to give you a glimpse into the holy land of Israel. Archaeology, geography, geology, along with the language and cultural history of the Land and the People of Israel make the words of the Torah, the Psalms, and the Prophets - the Scriptures of Israel - come alive. In this video blog you'll get a raw peak into the experience...
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Yartzeit of Rabbi Yitzchak Kaduri
Thursday evening, January 14, begins the 29th of Tevet which is the yahrzeit of Rabbi Yitzchak Kaduri. Rabbi Yitzchak Kaduri (born in 1898 in Baghdad) was a Sephardic Orthodox rabbi and Jewish mystic. As a Torah prodigy Kaduri began his studies in Jewish mysticism while still in his teens. His studies were conducted under the famed Sephardic Rabbi, Yosef Chaim of Baghdad, the Ben Ish Chai. Having moved to Israel...
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Answering Anti-Missionaries
Anti-missionaries have questions. We have answers. Judaism has objections. We have solutions. At Vine of David and First Fruits of Zion, we are going to begin utilizing our blog post space for answering Judaism's arguments against faith in Messiah. This is not our first foray into the battle for faith. In 2007, First Fruits of Zion offered a conference dedicated to answering anti-missionary arguments. The conference was a response to...
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My Wife--My Life!
The church is broken, increasingly ineffective, and in some ways self-serving. As men we tend to see the broken state of the church and quietly rejoice in her brokenness because it gives us an excuse to pull back and withdraw. The cycle will continue to spiral downward until the church's complete destruction--and we, a gang of male revelers--will rejoice in its destruction ... b-e-c-a-u-s-e that means we will be free...
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