From: D. Thomas Lancaster
D. Thomas Lancaster is Director of Education at First Fruits of Zion, the author of the Torah Club programs and several books and study programs. He is also the pastor of Beth Immanuel Sabbath Fellowship in Hudson, WI (www.bethimmanuel.org).
Birth of Jesus at Sukkot
Evidence from an Old Source Was Jesus born on December 25? Is there any ancient evidence that might indicate when he was born? The brand new issue of Messiah Journal (111) goes to press today with an article that presents new evidence from an old source arguing for linking the birth of Yeshua and the biblical Feast of Taberancles, the festival of Sukkot. Christmas or Sukkot? For a variety...
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End of the Chronicles
Today, I finished the Chronicles. About twenty-five months ago, I began work on the largest writing project I have undertaken, a complete re-write of the original Torah Club Volume Four. The original version provided a Messianic commentary on all four Gospels and the book of Acts. The new version does the same, but it splits the material into two separate years of study: YEAR ONE: Chronicles of the Messiah:...
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Tim Keller and the Torah
Tags: gospel coalition, law, Old Testament, Tim Keller, Torah
According to a posting on "The Gospel Coalition" blog last week by the coalition founder Tim Keller, any Christian who follows the mandates of the Torah "denies the power of Christ's death on the cross." Keller says, "Those who really believe in Christ must follow some Old Testament texts and not others." He goes on to explain which laws Christians must not follow. Among the laws that a Christian...
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Shameless Self-Promotion
The New Testament (Apostolic Scriptures) can be compared to a pile of laundry. Some pieces are socks, some are shirts, some are pants, and so forth. Imagine you open your closet door and see this pile of clean laundry on the floor. You fish around in it looking for something to wear, and with a little bit of effort, you can put together an outfit. It might be wrinkled and...
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Devil's Children
The apostle John says that "the children of the devil are obvious: anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor the one who does not love his brother" (1 John 3:9). Robert Lancaster, my father now for more than forty years, spent a good deal of his life as a pastor. Since retiring from the ministry, he continues to minister into people's lives by sending out, short,...
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Visit Israel with FFOZ
Tags: Israel Trip
Every disciple of Yeshua should visit the Holy Land at least once. Why not join me and my brother Steven Lancaster of biblical backgrounds for a fabulous study trip to the holy land of our Master Yeshua this fall. Set aside October 28- November 12this year for an adventure with God in His Promised Land. This is not just a tourist trip. It is a serious study tour. We will...
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Messer and the Messianic Mess
Tags: Ralph Messer
Messianic blogs and websites are buzzing with the news of self-styled "Messianic Rabbi" Ralph Messer's recent desecration of a Torah scroll at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Atlanta, GA. A YouTube video shows Messer wrapping the scroll around Bishop Eddie Long in a mock coronation ceremony. Fortunately, representatives of the Messianic Jewish world have universally condemned Messer's actions. Ordained congregational leaders from both the UMJC and the IAMCS have...
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More posts by D. Thomas Lancaster
- All Over the Map
- Working with the Rabbi
- Torah Club Six Overview
- Three Free Books!
- Torah Study on the Apostles
- I'm a Messianic Gentile
- Israel Trip 2011
- We Need Your Help
- The Gospel Code
- So You Think You Know Jesus?
- Touring Masada Part 3
- 2010 Shavuot Conference
- Tel Arad: Josiah's Reformation
- Answering Anti-Missionaries
- First Century Nazareth House
- Christmas & Virgin Birth
- Olive Tree Symbolism
- Messiah Journal 102
- Daily Dose of the Apostles
- Jesus Was Here
- Sin and Torah
- Part 3) The Lone Voice of FFOZ
- Part 2) Acts 15 Re-Examined
- Part 1) The Tipping Point: Acts 15; 21
- An Unbearable Yoke: Acts 15:10
- One Simple Verse: Galatians 5:3
- Knowledge and Love
- Rationalists & Mystics
- Vision of the Messianic Age
- Levertoff - Mysticism and the Gospels
- Levertoff - The Works of Dr. Levertoff
- The Folded Napkin--Balderdash!
- Our Task in Life
- Levertoff - Leaving A Legacy
- A Minyan at the Kotel
- Levertoff - The Early Years
- Purim Home Companion
- New Hebrew Bible
- Maimonides and Messiah
- Exonerating Dinah
- Happy Sukkot
- Tomb of the High Priest's Son
- The Name Game
- Messianic Oddballs
- The Leviticus Challenge
- Hebrew Darth Vader
- Online List of Messianic Congregations
- New Testament Burning In Israel
- Mem B'Omer
- Help Wanted: German Translator for Lichtenstein Project
- The Ghosts of Auschwitz
- Messianic News from Israel
- Israeli Messianic Victim of Terror
- Suffering for Torah
- Snow in Jerusalem
- Thomas Game: Round Three
- New Find from City of David
- Thomas Game: Round Two
- Yeshua vs. YAHshua
- Thomas Game: Round One
- Chanukah in Kakamega
- Torah for Africa
- Urim and Tumim Research
- The Joy of the Sabbath
- Israel Tour Returns
- Lancasters Abroad
- Ann Coulter’s Big Idea about Jews and Christians
- Temple and Sacrifices in Torah Club Five
- Tibie Wechsler: A Story for Your Sukkah
- Temple Mount Quarry Discovered!
- Fabulous New Discovery in Jerusalem
- Honey Bees in Ancient Israel
- A Shofar Story
- Muslims Destroy Temple Archaeology
- More Lost Teachings of the Master
- Unrolling the Scroll
- Sabbatarians in WWII
- Elul One
- Insights from the "Lost" Epistles
- The Last Transylvanian Sabbatarian
- Minneapolis Bridge: Baruch Dayan HaEmet
- New Torah Club Name Announcement!
- DaVinci and the Jewish Code
- Seven Consolations
- The Breath of our Nostrils
- No-Name Torah Club Volume One
- Top 10 Things People Say On Their First Visit To A Messianic Congregation
- Knock-out punch magazine issue!
- Between the Straits
- Thank You Etz Chaim
- Hermeneutics of a Stop Sign (Messianic)
- A Vanished World
- Renouncing Yeshua
- A History of Terrorism
- Tumult and Commotion at FFOZ
- HaYesod Trip to Israel
- New Moon eRosh
- Junk-Archaeology
- Yeshua’s Tomb Discovered!
- To Whom Shall We Go?
- Be Happy! It’s Adar!
- Torah in the Pacific Northwest
- In Search of the Disciples of Yeshua
- FFOZ ISRAEL—STUDY TOUR 2007
- That Which Defiles the Entire Body
- Restoration Study Guide and Audio Book
- Round Yon Virgin: Reflections on the Virgin Birth
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