http://ffoz.org/blogs/ Timely updates, teaching, videos and inside information about what's happening at First Fruits, written by staff members and guest contributors. en Copyright 2010 Sun, 29 Aug 2010 14:49:38 -0600 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=4.25 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss When students of the Gospels study from a Messianic Jewish perspective they are often surprised to find unexpected concepts and themes leap off the pages of the narratives. From his own studies of the Gospels, Daniel Lancaster, author of the new Torah Club Volume 4 titled Chronicles of Messiah, shares several major themes which he finds meaningful.... http://ffoz.org/blogs/2010/08/major_themes_found_in_the_gospels.html http://ffoz.org/blogs/2010/08/major_themes_found_in_the_gospels.html Video Blogs Sun, 29 Aug 2010 14:49:38 -0600 Throughout time the followers of Jesus have been known for their quest to understand and apply the teachings of their Master. However, sometimes as we approach the ancient text, it seems to be locked away in a vault, inaccessible to us. The second edition of Torah Club Volume 4 is entitled Chronicles of the Messiah and is a Messianic Jewish study of the Gospels that will give serious students the... http://ffoz.org/blogs/2010/08/unlocking_the_meaning_of_jesus_teaching.html http://ffoz.org/blogs/2010/08/unlocking_the_meaning_of_jesus_teaching.html Video Blogs Mon, 23 Aug 2010 14:44:08 -0600 Chronicles of the Messiah is the second edition of Torah Club Volume 4. With God's help this study will guide students through the text of the Gospels in a chronological fashion bringing harmony to all four accounts we have of our Master's life. Hear a sample of the valuable insights that can be gleaned through a harmonizing commentary directly from the Author.... http://ffoz.org/blogs/2010/08/benefit_of_harmonizing.html http://ffoz.org/blogs/2010/08/benefit_of_harmonizing.html Video Blogs Fri, 20 Aug 2010 14:41:19 -0600 New for 2010, completely revised and with new material, Chronicles of the Messiah is the second edition of Torah Club Volume 4. With God's help, this new study will guide students through the text of the Gospels in a chronological fashion illuminating the life of Yeshua with the "latest and greatest" in First Century scholarship. There are many commentaries on the Gospels so how is the Torah Club commentary different?... http://ffoz.org/blogs/2010/08/messianic_jewish_gospel_commentary.html http://ffoz.org/blogs/2010/08/messianic_jewish_gospel_commentary.html Video Blogs Wed, 18 Aug 2010 14:38:04 -0600 New for 2010, completely revised and with new material, Chronicles of the Messiah is the second edition of Torah Club Volume 4. With God's help, this new study will guide students through the text of the Gospels in a chronological fashion illuminating the life of Yeshua with the "latest and greatest" in First Century scholarship. The first edition was a great commentary and included the book of Acts, so why... http://ffoz.org/blogs/2010/08/the_latest_and_greatest.html http://ffoz.org/blogs/2010/08/the_latest_and_greatest.html Video Blogs Wed, 11 Aug 2010 11:05:27 -0600 As we prepare to launch the new Torah Club Volume Four: Chronicles of the Messiah, we are turning to you for help. We are praying that the new Volume Four will be our most successful Torah Club ever, introducing brothers and sisters to the Jewishness of the Gospels and opening doors within the Christian Church to the Jewish Roots of our faith. We need your help though to get the... http://ffoz.org/blogs/2010/08/we_need_your_help.html http://ffoz.org/blogs/2010/08/we_need_your_help.html Teaching Team Fri, 06 Aug 2010 11:28:34 -0600 Know Jesus Better. It's the heart cry of every follower of Yeshua the Messiah. To know Jesus better requires us to continually delve into the gospels to understand and internalize the Master's life and teachings and to let them transform and instruct our lives. "Chronicles of the Messiah" is the all new Torah Club Volume Four being released in the Fall of 2010. This new, yearlong study from First Fruits... http://ffoz.org/blogs/2010/08/know_jesus_better.html http://ffoz.org/blogs/2010/08/know_jesus_better.html Video Blogs Sun, 01 Aug 2010 11:21:01 -0600 The average churchman is finally figuring out what New Testament scholars have always known: Jesus was Jewish. He wasn't Jewish like a famous actor might be Jewish. For example, you might have watched a lot of old Star Trek episodes and never known that both Leonard Nimoy and William Shatner were Jewish. Shatner doesn't look particularly Jewish, and Nimoy looks Vulcan. On the show, neither of them do anything... http://ffoz.org/blogs/2010/07/the_gospel_code.html http://ffoz.org/blogs/2010/07/the_gospel_code.html Teaching Team Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:38:52 -0600 Most Christians claim to know Jesus, but most of us don't. Yes, we know Him as our Lord and Savior, and we know a few parables, a few miracles, and about how he died and rose, but it pretty much stops there. It is possible to be a Christian your whole life and never get to know the real, historical, Yeshua of Nazareth, the first century, Galilean-Jewish rabbi. Of course,... http://ffoz.org/blogs/2010/07/so_you_think_you_know_jesus.html http://ffoz.org/blogs/2010/07/so_you_think_you_know_jesus.html Teaching Team Fri, 23 Jul 2010 08:44:37 -0600 This year the ninth of Av begins at sundown on July 19th. Being told "no" is seldom a pleasant experience, especially when that answer is preceded by great hopes and expectations. It can take a long time to heal emotions after the sting of rejection is felt. Such is the case in parasha Shelach. Here the children of Israel are given an answer that proves to be almost more than... http://ffoz.org/blogs/2010/07/the_ninth_of_av_blessed_are_th.html http://ffoz.org/blogs/2010/07/the_ninth_of_av_blessed_are_th.html Teaching Team Tue, 20 Jul 2010 09:18:14 -0600 Eight years ago (2002), we introduced you to Torah Club Volume Four: The Good News of Messiah, a commentary on the Gospels and Acts. This fall, we are doing it all over with a whole new version of Volume Four titled Chronicles of the Messiah. The new Volume Four completely rearranges Torah Club's weekly Gospel readings to create a year-long journey through the life of the Master from his birth... http://ffoz.org/blogs/2010/07/do_you_want_to_know_yeshua_bet.html http://ffoz.org/blogs/2010/07/do_you_want_to_know_yeshua_bet.html Teaching Team Sun, 18 Jul 2010 19:29:22 -0600 Our new Hebrew/English version of the four Gospels is moving along nicely. Every day our translators and reviewers are making more progress. Our goal for the Delitzsch translation of the Gospels is different than most other Bible translations. Ordinarily, a "good" translation is one that renders the text into the target language so smoothly and naturally that it completely obscures the idiosyncrasies of the source language. A good translation presents... http://ffoz.org/blogs/2010/07/yeshuas_voice_of_sarcasm.html http://ffoz.org/blogs/2010/07/yeshuas_voice_of_sarcasm.html Teaching Team Wed, 07 Jul 2010 14:42:43 -0600 We will be presenting "The Jewish Sermon on the Mount: Exploring the Core Teachings of Jesus from a Hebraic Perspective" in several locations throughout MO, OH, and MI the last two weeks of June. If you are in these states check out our events page for meeting information. There will be several more listings posted after Sabbath. Events Listings In the seminar we will be presenting the new "Delitzsch Hebrew... http://ffoz.org/blogs/2010/06/upcoming_meetings_mo_oh_mi.html http://ffoz.org/blogs/2010/06/upcoming_meetings_mo_oh_mi.html Shalom Tour Fri, 18 Jun 2010 12:58:46 -0600 Episode 6: Touring the ruins of the ancient pagan cult center of Banyas located in northern Israel brings Matthew 16 to mind. Biblically known as Caesarea Philippi, Banyas was a site of a Greek pagan temple dedicated to Pan, a goat-footed god of music and goat herds. Is it possible that Yeshua and his disciples, all Torah observant Jews, could have come into proximity of this center of pagan worship?... http://ffoz.org/blogs/2010/06/gates_of_hades.html http://ffoz.org/blogs/2010/06/gates_of_hades.html Lessons from the Land Mon, 14 Jun 2010 17:32:31 -0600 Episode 5: Touring Masada will feature several interesting highlights of this ancient desert fortress and some lessons that can be learned from the events that took place there in the first century. In this third installment Steven Lancaster speaks about the fall of Masada and Daniel Lancaster addresses the zealot energy that peaked in the first century and how Yeshua sought to harness and redirect that energy. In this video... http://ffoz.org/blogs/2010/06/touring_masada_part_3.html http://ffoz.org/blogs/2010/06/touring_masada_part_3.html Lessons from the Land Wed, 02 Jun 2010 09:36:51 -0600