Back in June a member of our community named Ana sent me a podcast conversation between a Yeshua-believer and a Jewish man named Israel Horowitz who had been groomed to be a Rabbi, but started asking the tough questions.
I immediately got on the phone with him, and also with his friend Dan Moses who had grown up Modern Orthodox, to hear more and hopefully encourage them. Dan was just reading through the Gospels for the first time ever - can you imagine what that would be like? "When you get to Paul," I told him, "just remember that he was Torah-observant!"
Israel recently invited me to join them for a podcast conversation. It was a heartwarming time but I'm a little hesitant to share it with you because I don't recommend all his content and because I don't feel like "Jews for Jesus" fits me very well.
So with those disclaimers, watch here.
My biggest takeaways were that I'm basically a Jewish Jordan Peterson, and that I twitch way more than I thought I did! But on a more serious note, let's all pray for Israel and Dan, that the Spirit of truth will continue to guide them on their journeys - all the way to the Promised Land.
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🇮🇱 Why Did JUDITH Rise with Zionism — Then Fall After Israel Was Born? 📈 (#2: JUDITH GENERATION)
The name Judith began rising just as the Zionist awakening began. It kept rising through some of the darkest years in Jewish history. And then, after the State of Israel was born, it declined. Why?
Join me as I follow the meteoric rise of the name Judith from the 1880s to 1948 and discover why there couldn’t have been a better name for early Zionism. Yehudit is the feminine form of Judah: Jewish, Judean. Wrapped up in that one name are a land, a language, and a people — and the coming of the ultimate Jewish King.
Then things get even stranger. The only Judith in the Tanach leads to the ancient prophecy of a message that will move those who read it to run. These generational names weren’t engraved on stone tablets, but on entire generations. So what kind of race are they telling us to run?
Judith wasn’t just a popular baby name. It was a message of hope rising through the darkness — a sign that the Jewish people were waking up, returning to Judea, recovering Hebrew, and becoming who they were called to be. So if Judith marked the beginning of that awakening, where are we today?
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Hopefully this isn't TMI but the Babylon Bee is my bathroom reading material of choice. Along with memes, their articles are basically my love language. So if I text you an article, you know we're close. Just don't ask me what WYDRN.
This article made me laugh, especially because I actually did put the Battle Hymn in the God of Abraham Hymnal - all six verses! You can find it in the Patriotism chapter, for the Feast of Dedication. Or if you wanted to "give the 150 Psalms the predominant place", there's always the Son of David Psalter.
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Behind the Scenes
This is Quigley. He came with me to Jacksonville this last weekend. My daughter gave him to me shortly before my trip so I sent pictures to my kids of him doing various things and they texted back "He’s sooooo cute :)" and "AWWWWW 🥺🥺".
Quigley and I spent most of our time at the annual Shabbaton retreat for Yachad BeYeshua - a fellowship of Jewish believers from across the body of Messiah. I also got to spend quality time with Chris and Zach, who have each been with Holy Language Institute for over 11 years! And I walked down the beach with God, which was so good for my heart.
Meanwhile, I continue putting together the sets of related commandments for the upcoming book. Only 90 out of 713 left to go!
I've also been busy on the side putting together the annual reading plan for Nonstop Bible, creating the daily audio Bible podcasts, and preparing the book that will present my research on the calendar and festivals of the earliest church (hint: it was all Jewish.)
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