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Recorded 08/19/2023 • Posted 08/25/2023

Who is the Antichrist? A popular Jewish legend about Solomon and the prince of demons offers an uncanny insight into the nature and identity of Antichrist. 

Recorded 08/12/2023 • Posted 08/18/2023

A great deception is coming. Or perhaps it's already here. Listen to a quick introduction to the shadowy character and end-times arch-villain called Antichrist. This teaching presents the "Man of Lawlessness" and "World Deceiver" in light of the Torah's warnings about false prophets. 

Recorded 08/05/2023 • Posted 08/04/2023

Bartholomew did not change his clothes for 26 years. An old Christian tradition about the martyrdom of Bartholomew preserves a legend about the miraculous clothing worn by the apostles, pointing us to the hope of the resurrection from the dead. 

Recorded 08/20/2022 • Posted 08/04/2023

Would it be so wrong if God were to make you wealthy? On Rosh Hashanah, your money for the coming year is determined. Here's a teaching about wealth, poverty, and wisdom based on Parashat Ekev and the words of King Solomon.  

Recorded 07/28/2023 • Posted 07/28/2023

2 Peter 1:5 instructs us to add "virtue" or "excellence" to our faith. But what does that mean, exactly? Take a linguistic journey through the sources to find the Jewish heart at the core of this concept.

Recorded 07/11/2009 • Posted 07/07/2023

The first of three admonitions for the three weeks "between the narrows" comes from the first chapter of Jeremiah. This teaching rehearses the story of King Josiah, Torah Rediscovered, and the world of the biblical prophets in the days of Jeremiah. 

Recorded 06/17/2023 • Posted 06/20/2023

The spies sent to spy out the land of Canaan saw giants and warned the people not to enter the land. The Torah says that the giants in Canaan were Nephilim. Here's the story of how Caleb and Joshua not only saw the giants in Canaan, they defeated them too.

Recorded 05/21/2011 • Posted 06/16/2023

Gender identity has never been a more polarizing issue than it is today, but here's a Beth Immanuel teaching from back in 2011 about the difference between boys and girls and the stuff they are made of. Despite our differences, we share the same high calling of our Master, the call to discipleship.

Recorded 06/18/2022 • Posted 06/09/2023

What is reality? It's not what you think. Or maybe it is what you think--and that's the problem. Here's a discussion on the nature of prophecy and how it relates to getting in touch with Absolute Reality. 

Recorded 05/27/2023 • Posted 06/02/2023

Why do we read the book of Ruth on Shavuot? This inquiry into the origin of the custom takes us on an Indiana Jones style adventure to find the authentic tomb of King David. 

Recorded 05/25/2023 • Posted 05/25/2023

The first commandment at Mount Sinai was "I am the LORD your God who took you out from Egypt, out of the house of slavery" (Exodus 20:2). Why did God introduce himself this way instead of as the God "who Created of the Universe"? In this lecture we will explore the meaning of implications of faith (emunah) as the foundation of our life's journey to the Kingdom.

Recorded 05/15/2023 • Posted 05/19/2023
Number 6 in the series Am Yisrael Chai Podcast

What did Maimonides say about Yeshua of Nazareth? In the uncensored version of Mishneh Torah, the Rambam states that Yeshua of Nazareth cannot be "the one promised in the Torah," but he remains conspicuously silent about the messianic prophecies in the books of the Prophets, particularly the prophecies about a suffering Messiah. In this episode, Ami Buckles argues from the deafening silence that Rambam considered that Yeshua might qualify as Mashiach ben Yosef, the suffering Messiah. Listen in on Ami's conversation with D. T. Lancaster.   

Recorded 05/13/2023 • Posted 05/18/2023

Yeshua teaches in the Nazareth synagogue and proclaims "liberty to captives and freedom to prisoners" in reference to the Juibilee laws of Leviticus 25. This discussion on the mitzvah of redeeming captives considers the plight of "the infant taken captive and raised by strangers." 

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Recorded 05/06/2023 • Posted 05/05/2023

To love God with all your soul means being willing to relinquish your soul for the sake of His name. Here's a sober discussion about martyrdom as an expression of the commandment to sanctify God's name: "You shall not profane My holy name, but I will be sanctified among the sons of Israel.” (Leviticus 22:32) 

Recorded 04/28/2023 • Posted 04/28/2023

Explore the process of spiritual self-improvement as outlined in 2 Peter 1:5-7, in light of Jewish thought. Learn how Jewish sources provide step-by-step outlines for personal growth, and delve into the importance of the pursuit of holiness and entrance to what Peter calls "the Eternal Kingdom." 

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Recorded 04/12/2023 • Posted 04/14/2023

What's the real meaning behind the Eucharist, the Lord's Supper, and Communion? This teaching offers a Messianic Jewish perspective on the ritual that goes beyond the Passover Seder context to unlock the significance of the Master's words, "Do this in remembrance of me."  

Recorded 04/17/2022 • Posted 04/04/2023

Yeshua claims that he is the resurrection and the life. What does that mean, and do we really believe it? A teaching from the second day of Passover 2022 discusses the hope of the resurrection and the significance of Yeshua's claims. 

Recorded 03/31/2023 • Posted 03/31/2023

The holiday we usually refer to as "Passover," the Torah refers to as "Chag Ha-Matzot," the Festival of Unleavened Bread. A holiday celebrating the exodus from Egypt makes sense, but how did flatbread end up stealing all the attention? Learn the deep symbolism of matzah and its leavened couterpart, chametz, as we prepare for the Passover holiday.

Recorded 03/11/2023 • Posted 03/16/2023

How does atonment work? This teaching for Shabbat Parah (The Sabbath of the Cow) and Shabbat Ki Tssa (story of the golden calf) upends most conventional ideas about how atonement was accomplished on the cross. 

Recorded 03/11/2013 • Posted 03/08/2023
Number 4 in the series Isaiah in the New Testament

This class from Isaiah in the New Tetament takes you through Hezekiah's tunnel back to the days of Isaiah to discover the meaning behing the keys to the kingdom of heaven that Yeshua entrusts into the hands of his disciples. Download the PDF of the original handout below.

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