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Grafted In from Mount St Helens

Tags: Grafted In, road trip

By Boaz Michael | Comments (0)
June 30, 2009

As we left our wonderful friends in the Seattle area and headed south, we drove through the beautiful Cascade mountain range. I became overwhelmed by God's awesome creation and an old hymn kept playing in my head: "How Firm a Foundation". We serve an awesome God that upholds us with His omnipotent hand. Today's video blog is from Mount St Helens where the devastation that comes from volcanic eruptions has...
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Recent Theological Shifts at FFOZ

By Boaz Michael
June 29, 2009

We have received several inquiries regarding alleged recent changes in First Fruits of Zion theology. We are deeply concerned with Mr. Hegg's characterization of First Fruits of Zion. Mr. Hegg of Torah Resources International voluntarily served as our theological review chair for several years. In 2006, we added several more members to the theological review team. The review team critiques and offers input on our materials before publication. We wanted...
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Beit Hashofar - Seattle

By Boaz Michael | Comments (0)
June 25, 2009

While in the Seattle area, we visited with a congregation of over 40 years named Beit Hashofar. Take a tour of this beautiful Synagogue with me and hear about Rabbi Jason Forbes' vision for this community and some thoughts on establishing solid and lasting communities....
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Honesty & Truth

Tags: falsehood, honesty, lying, mishlei musings, proverbs, truth

By Toby Janicki | Comments (2)
June 22, 2009

As we have discovered, there are many blessings to be found in living a life of Torah through Messiah. The Father promises to take care of those who call on His name and are obedient to His ways. We will learn in this episode of Mishlei Musings that one of the ways of Hashem is truth. The Messiah always spoke the truth and the Scriptures are clear that this is...
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Knowledge and Love

Tags: knowledge of God, Levertoff, Love and the Messianic Age

By Daniel Lancaster | Comments (0)
June 15, 2009

"Love and the Messianic Age" contains a crucial message for today's Messianic Jewish Movement. Its a call for us to remain focused on the believer's highest aim. In this video D. Thomas Lancaster explains another aspect of Paul Philip Levertoff's book. Levertoff outlines two types of knowledge of our creator and conveys how in chassidic Jewish thought an intimate relational knowledge of God is the ultimate goal of a devoted...
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Saskatchewan, Canada.

By Boaz Michael | Comments (0)
June 10, 2009

Updates and wrapping up my time in Saskatchewan, Canada....
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The Messianic Movement In Prison

By Toby Janicki | Comments (3)
June 10, 2009

At First Fruits of Zion we often receive requests from prisoners for books, materials, and teachings. Sometimes prisoners write us for advice or are just looking for someone to bounce ideas off someone. One inmate who we have been communicating with desired to wrote a testimony about the Torah movement in prison. The following is his observations. If you would like to donate to the First Fruits of Zion Corner's...
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The Protection of the Righteous

Tags: Mishlei Musings, protection, proverbs, righteousness

By Toby Janicki | Comments (0)
June 8, 2009

In the last episode we spoke about the blessings of Torah that come upon the righteous. We saw that many of these blessings were not always material in nature or something that you can buy; rather they were things that are worth much more than that like wisdom, gladness and a long life. Sometimes these blessings don't arrive in the way we think they should, but His wisdom is greater...
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Beth Yeshua - Twin Ports

By Boaz Michael | Comments (0)
June 3, 2009

Great meeting in Northern MN and WI. HaYesod will be strong in this area. God willing we will really make a positive impact. The event was hosted by the nice community, Beth Yeshua Twin Ports. There were multiple pastors from local churches that intend to bring the program into their communities. We are heading North to Canada today. Your prayers for an easy boarding crossing are much appreciated....
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Shavout in Hudson

By Boaz Michael | Comments (0)
June 2, 2009

Closing out our Shavuot conference and a short introduction to the completed, "Love and the Messianic Age." Today we leave for Duluth, MN to have a HaYesod training and a session on Grafted In....
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