While the feast of Purim isn’t a mandatory Feast of the Lord, it’s a very important feast in the Jewish calendar. We’ve been learning about the how’s and why’s, and we’ll continue learning about this feast, but particularly from a Messianic Jewish perspective. Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Mar 27, 2024•10 min
In our program today, we’ll continue the story of Queen Esther of Persia, whose uncle Mordecai became the focus of irrational hatred by evil Haman, who plotted to wipe out entirely, every Jew living in the kingdom of Persia. Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Mar 26, 2024•10 min
The annual holiday of Purim is a celebration and remembrance of another time in Israel’s history when a plot was formed against them to exterminate them. In today’s program we’ll go back in time to ancient Persia, and a young Jewish girl who became queen and who would save her people. Her name was Esther. Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Mar 25, 2024•10 min
Some people read the New Covenant and conclude that Jesus just loved everyone to bits. Others read the Bible and conclude He was incredibly judgmental and harsh. Which of these views is correct? We’ll be looking today on Foundations about whether Jesus was loving or a severe judge. Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Mar 22, 2024•10 min
On Foundations today we’ll wrap up our look at the western industrialised worldview that has wrongly viewed and interpreted the Bible from that vantage point. Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mar 21, 2024•11 min
We’ve heard the term, ’Clash of Cultures’ many times, and in truth, this clash of cultures can make it very hard for Christians in the west to understand the Bible, which is from the east?the Middle East to be exact and to the Middle Eastern mind, that makes the west a bit weird. Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Mar 20, 2024•10 min
Jewish history and culture is confusing to most in the west, and that’s primarily because an eastern mindset is foreign to us. It’s weird, but in our program today we’ll be looking at a different definition of weird and it’s based on western ideology. Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Mar 19, 2024•10 min
For many Christians, reading the Old Covenant rules and regulations is very confusing, and often times seems like foolishness. Everything however was for good reason, and today we’ll be looking at the prohibition of mixing wool with linen. Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Mar 18, 2024•11 min
An ancient Jewish practice of rabbis was to look for commonalities or connections between passages when a word or phrase was repeated. In this way, they’d be able to connect those words or events, and deepen the meaning and richness of God’s Word, revealing multi-levels of understanding. This process is termed ’stringing pearls’ and that’s what we’ll be looking at on Foundations. Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vis...
Mar 15, 2024•11 min
In today’s program, we’ll spend some time in Isaiah 53, a chapter that describes great suffering and sorrow by the person we know as Messiah. Why did He suffer and who did He suffer for?and who was He? That’s what we’ll try to determine today on Foundations. Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Mar 14, 2024•10 min
We finish our time together on Foundations learning about the tassels worn by Jewish men. The symbolism is rich and significant, but now we learn what it means for us who believe in Jesus. Are they for us or not? Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Mar 13, 2024•10 min
On Foundations today we’re continuing our look at the wearing of tassels on the garments of all Jewish men, and in particular the symbolism of authority associated with the hem of a man’s garment. A garment that even Jesus wore. Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Mar 12, 2024•10 min
There are a lot of laws in the Old Covenant that seems strange to the modern, western mind, one of those laws is the requiring of Jewish men to wear tassels on the corners of the garments. In fact, religious Jews wear them to this day. What do they mean? That’s what we’ll begin learning about today on Foundations. Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informati...
Mar 11, 2024•9 min
Today Foundations looks at how Jesus used an unclean item in one of His parables, an unclean item He declared priceless. Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mar 08, 2024•10 min
God often declared certain things to be unclean, and yet, a simple sprinkling of blood or the ashes of a sacrifice could transform the unclean thing into something clean and acceptable. How can that be? That’s the focus on Foundations. Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Mar 07, 2024•10 min
The Apostle Paul taught us to pray without ceasing, a difficult and high calling to be sure. While we might look negatively upon Jewish traditions, they have developed the habit of praying to God in all situations throughout their day, no matter how mundane. It’s a curious thought, but something we can learn from. Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informati...
Mar 06, 2024•10 min
Not all customs and traditions are bad, and some of the customs and traditions within Jewish prayer are lovely, rich and full of meaning. That’s what we’ll begin learning about today on Foundations. Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mar 05, 2024•10 min
Our program today looks at some of the characters God used to achieve His purposes, wondering how on earth He could not only use, but actually choose some of these people who did some really dreadful things. How could God choose such people to be His representatives to the world? Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Mar 04, 2024•10 min
We’re learning about judging on a personal basis, ’measure for measure’, and today we’ll be looking at the situation of Job and his friends and how they misapplied this kind of judging when they observed all the loss and hardships that Job had experienced. Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Mar 01, 2024•10 min
There are different kinds of judging mentioned in the Bible, in Foundations we’re going to look at the issue of judging others, but on a more personal level, at least what this kind of judging should look like. Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Feb 29, 2024•10 min
Women’s Lib has done some good for women, but it’s also done a lot of damage. We’ve been looking at how the Bible views women, specifically Ruth and Rahab, and in this program we’ll be spending more time in the New Covenant to see how the early church and Paul’s letters considered women. Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Feb 28, 2024•10 min
In many cultures throughout history, women have fought for their place and not always successfully. In Foundations we’re going to look at how the Bible viewed women, in particular we’re going to look at the lives of two women, Ruth and Rahab. Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Feb 27, 2024•10 min
Today on Foundations, we’re going to look a Hebrew words and the incredible wisdom and depth that are found in them. Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Feb 26, 2024•11 min
The Western mind often struggles to rightly understand what the Bible is communicating because we don’t understand the cultural nuances of the ancient people it was writing about and to. This often means we impose modern Western culture into an ancient Middle Eastern context and it can really mess up our conclusions. This is the conversation we’re continuing on Foundations today. Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vis...
Feb 23, 2024•10 min
One of the biggest challenges for the church in the West, is grasping so much of the Middle Eastern ethnic understanding of the Bible and the cultures in which it was written. That’s what we’ll begin looking at in Foundations today. Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Feb 22, 2024•11 min
In our last program we looked at the fact that the Bible tells us to fear God. Some people have misunderstood this and often with good reason, it hasn’t always been taught well throughout the centuries. We’ll wrap up this topic today on Foundations. Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Feb 21, 2024•10 min
The Bible tells us that we’re supposed to fear God?does that mean we’re supposed to be terrified of Him? That’s what our conversation will be about on the program today. Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Feb 20, 2024•10 min
In Foundations today we’re going to consider the Hebrew view of watching what comes out of our mouths and the power of an evil tongue. Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Feb 19, 2024•11 min
If ever there was a misunderstood topic in the Bible, it’s the topic of judging. People don’t realise that there are times when we are required to judge and there are times when we’re not. In the program today we’ll be learning about learning to judge rightly in our daily lives. Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Feb 16, 2024•10 min
In our program today we’re going to look at a verse in the Gospel of Matthew that at first seems out of place and second, seems a little bit superstitious. Jesus was not even remotely superstitious, so we’ll tackle it to see if there’s a deeper meaning. Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Feb 15, 2024•10 min
