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James Ossuary
D. T. Lancaster
Did you know that Jesus' name appears on a first century inscription from Jerusalem--the burial box of his brother James?... Read »
Non-Jews and Passover
D. T. Lancaster
A certain Syrian Gentile used to pretend to be a Jew and go up and partake of the Passover sacrifices in Jerusalem, boasting... Read »
Leaven and Passover
D. T. Lancaster
On Passover, we are given an additional kosher law:Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread. On the first day you shall... Read »
Hosting a Seder
D. T. Lancaster
A Big MitzvahSo you’ve decided to do a Passover seder meal! Good. The celebration of the Passover with unleavened bread and... Read »
The Last Seder
D. T. Lancaster
Reclining at the Last SederMatthew 26:17-30Although the various elements of the Seder have undergone some alterations over... Read »
Counting the Omer
D. T. Lancaster
The command to bring the first sheaf of the harvest to the Temple is of great significance to the disciples of Yeshua. It is... Read »
Is Rosh HaShanah the New Year?
Aaron Eby
The Torah commands that we observe a certain holiday on the first day of the seventh month. Scripturally, it is given two... Read »
Medicine for the Soul: Repentance, Prayer and Righteousness
D. T. Lancaster
A man goes to the doctor to get some test results. As he sits in the doctors office he sees that there are three folders on... Read »
Doubling Holidays
Aaron Eby
Two “Heads” Are Better than One?If you compare a modern-day Jewish calendar with passages in the Torah that refer to the... Read »
A Kosher Sukkah
Aaron Eby
Sukkot in JerusalemThe holiday of Sukkot is not only lots of fun, but it is also deeply meaningful and spiritually... Read »
Chronicles of the Apostles
D. Thomas Lancaster
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Tish’ah be’Av
D. T. Lancaster
The fast of Tammuz occurs forty days after Shavu’ot to mark the day Moses descended from Mount Sinai, saw the golden calf,... Read »
The Master's Tomb in Jerusalem: An Apostolic Memory from the First Century
Steven Lancaster
Around 325 CE, Eusebius (c. 260-341), Bishop of Caesarea, church historian and contemporary of Emperor Constantine, thrilled... Read »
Talking Grapes
D. Thomas Lancaster
Apostolic lore preserves much teaching about the abundance of wine in the messianic era that sheds light on the significance... Read »
Papias and the Apostolic Tradition
D. Thomas Lancaster
The bishop Papias presided over the Christians in Hierapolis. The city of Hierapolis was situated near Laodicea and Colossae... Read »
Sabbatarians of Transylvania
D. Thomas Lancaster
Buried lay the old teachings of Christ…but to us, the least of all, the most insignificant on the earth, to us the poor and... Read »
New Wine and Old Wineskins: The Parable of Luke 5:36-39 Re-examined
D. T. Lancaster
The Emperor's daughter said to Rabbi Yehoshua ben Chananiah: "What beautiful Torah in an ugly vessel." He replied, "Learn... Read »
The Passover Calendar
The Great Sabbath The Sabbath before Passover is called Shabbat Hagadol and special because this is the day when, on the... Read »