Matthew 5:20 For I tell you that unless your righteousness exceeds that of the Pharisees and Torah scholars, you shall never enter the kingdom of heaven! Yeshua is making a statement. His intent is to point out how futile it is to even attempt to “enter the kingdom of heaven” on the basis of “your…
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Matthew 5:13a “You are the salt of the earth;” Need we go any further than that? Of course, Yeshua goes on to explain his own statement. But, before we study His explanation, let me offer a few thoughts. This is a metaphor. What does “salt” represent in this metaphor? When salt is added to any…
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Tim & Darla Klopfenstein met in 1978, they were married in 1981 and have 7 adult children, stellar sons and daughters in law and a growing number grand-treasures. Tim Klopfenstein is ordained by Tikkun America, is an Elder at Elim Messianic Congregation in Northeast Florida and serves as the Senior Leader of the congregation. He…
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Justice, equal justice for all, is supposed to be one of the key characteristics of the Jewish people. Deuteronomy 16:18 You shall appoint magistrates and officials for your tribes, in all the settlements that the L-RD your G-d is giving you, and they shall govern the people with due justice. (NJPS) Every town is to…
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The first followers of Yeshua were Jews, proselytes and gentile God fearers. They were ‘Jew and Gentile together’. We do not see any division in the body, specifically noting Yeshua’s prayer in John’s account ‘that they may be one (John 17:1). When Shaul/Paul wrote ‘All scripture is inspired by God and profitable …’ [2Ti 3:16…
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Arvids was born in January of 1962 in the city of Klaipeda in Lithuania to a mixed Lithuanian/Latvian family. He speaks Russian, in addition to his home languages. His mother always did prayed for all of her family and he knew that the Lord God existed and He is real, independently of the communistic ideology…
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David was born during the London blitz to believing parents. Brought up in a Congregational church, he came to faith in a Methodist church, was water baptised in a Baptist church, active in the Open Brethren movement and a founder member of one of the first house churches. In the armed forces he became a…
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— by Dr George Byron Koch, New Jerusalem House of Prayer — When I was sixteen I worked in a small clothing store. When we closed up, one of my jobs was to stretch a couple of tripwires from wall to wall about 6 inches above the floor. They were dark in color – invisible…
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A week or so ago, this piece of statistical data landed in my in-box. I have been trying to think of a way to communicate its significance ever since. See what you think. Nearly two-thirds of U.S. 18-29-year-olds who grew up in church tell Barna they have withdrawn from church involvement. And that was before…
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One of Tikkun’s distinctives is and always has been discipleship. The call of the kingdom that Yeshua gave us is to make disciples. How can we do that? And have we lost our drive and initiative a bit? Matthew Rudolph, in this incisive session, “Creating a Culture of Mission and Disciple Making”, addresses these questions…
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