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Most of us are celebrating Easter on Sunday, but this weekend is also the beginning of Passover. This week we’re studying this sacred holiday God gave the Israelites in the book of Exodus. Chris helped lead The Friends of Israel’s online Passover Seder this past week, which demonstrates the meaning and methods of the meal to help you celebrate Passover …
Last week we learned that Jesus’ birthplace of Bethlehem was no ordinary little town. It was the subject of a prophecy from Micah 5:2 revealing the birthplace of the Messiah, which the Jewish people knew well. But beyond this, Micah gave another detail of the Messiah’s origin a chapter earlier. It specified the exact place and people in Bethlehem that …
If you’re like most people, your hometown is a special place. It’s part of what developed your personality and perspective in life. In the same way, Jesus’ hometown was a big part of His human background. It wasn’t just some town, or some meaningless blip on Israel’s radar, as some today think it was. Bethlehem was the subject of one …
This program is a rebroadcast from July 15, 2017. We’re on to part two of our series entitled, “Pictures of Christ from the Psalms,” which highlights different characteristics of the Messiah in the Psalms. Chris reminds us that it’s important to remember that these types of Psalms have a dual purpose. They were about Jesus but also applicable for the …
This program is a rebroadcast from July 8, 2017. We’re starting a two-part series this week entitled, “Pictures of Christ from the Psalms” which highlights different characteristics of the Messiah in the Psalms. Did you know there are over 100 quotations in the New Testament connecting the Psalms to Jesus? Chris will take us to Psalm 2 and show us …
If you are on social media enough you have seen announcements to all kinds of things: engagements, weddings, and the birth of a baby to name a few. In the Bible there were divine announcements. Jesus made one, a very bold one in the synagogue of His own hometown, Nazareth. Chris takes us to Luke 4 where Jesus reads from …
This program is a rebroadcast from December 19, 2015. Last week we learned how God told the prophet Micah in Micah 5:2 the town where His Son would be born. Bethlehem, this small town may not seem important to us today but was a royal city in the time of Jesus. King David was from Bethlehem! This week we learn …
Over the next two weeks, Chris unpacks Isaiah 53, which many consider to be the clearest prophecies of Jesus in the Old Testament. Before Jesus came to earth, believers in the Old Testament time were somewhat blind to the depth, meaning, power, and significance of Jesus. They only had bits of information from God’s prophetic Word to explain all that …
