The older I get the clearer it becomes that the primary revelation of God is through the miraculous. It is not speculation about the nature of the universe, time and eternity, first causes or other philosophical approaches. There are some such verses in the Bible. Romans says that creation reveals God’s power and divine majesty,…
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Many years ago, the leaders of the two largest missions organizations at that time, Bill Bright of Campus Crusade for Christ, and Loren Cunningham of Youth with a Mission, met together and discussed the issues of culture. They came up with seven mountains that are the main cultural centers shaping the whole society. They envisioned…
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It was the end of October 1967 and I was in a time of great skepticism as I worked hard on courses in my junior year at Wheaton College. A chapel forum included the Pastor of a near-by church who claimed that the people of his church had received the supernatural gifts of the Spirit…
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Messianic Judaism and our prophetic calling for the last days was founded in the early 1970’s and is based on our calling to the harvest and commission by Yeshua to reach Jewish people for their Messiah as demonstrated through signs, wonders, miracles, healings, and deliverances. The Messianic Jewish Movement began with a passion to see …
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The phrase “Restorationist Messianic Judaism” is a moniker for our distinct biblical convictions. When we say “Messianic Judaism” we communicate an alignment with the mainstream of the Messianic Jewish movement world-wide, with a history which extends back to the fathers of our movement in the early 1970’s. The mainstream conviction for this movement even then…
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One of my privileges was to meet and spend time with John Wimber, the founder of the Vineyard Network. He read a brochure from a conference I was a part of and actually had a word from God to reach out to me. This was quite amazing! John Wimber was famous for revealing the reality…
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Imagine the Gospel Story if it read like this … Yeshua called together His twelve disciples and brought them with him for a special retreat in the Galilee. The trauma of the Roman occupation in the first-century was difficult for all of God’s people and the hard dealings with zealot terrorists was such that Messiah’s…
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Last month, with the first part of this articles I began discussing our calling according to the Torah and New Covenant Scriptures to love YHVH with all our heart, soul, and strength (Deut. 6:5; Luke 10:27) and to love our neighbor as ourselves (Mark 12:31). From this foundation as a biblical definition of love and…
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Before we had Messianic Judaism in our lives, Patti and I — from about 1970-1971 — were on a quest asking, “What really is the nature of the Church?” This question came in the midst of a context where secular writers were ringing alarm bells left and right on the social trends within America. There…
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The First Commandment is that YHWH our God is our God alone and we are to love Him with all our heart, soul, and strength (Deut. 6:5; Luke 10:27). The second commandment from Yeshua is that we must love our neighbors as ourselves (Mark 12:31). This calling to love our neighbor includes everyone in our…
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