Why second-person pronouns matter — and why modern minds resist them Introduction – Not Archaic, But Accurate One of the most common objections to the King James Bible is: “But I don’t speak like that.” Yet what many modern readers label “archaic,” the Holy Spirit has used for centuries to preserve precision, reverence, and depth….
How Dispensationalism Binds the Church to the World Why “the spirits of just men made perfect” calls us upward, not backward. But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem… to the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to…
Why Literalism Fails the Word’s Own Integration Test In software development, a new line of code might pass a unit test—it does what it’s supposed to in isolation. But later, during integration testing, it might break the whole system. That’s exactly what happens with a lot of modern Bible interpretation. People plug a literal meaning…
Flesh and Spirit: Why Christian Zionism Can’t See the Kingdom — Post 13 “Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!”“Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that…
Hebrew Roots and the Return to Bondage 1. Jesus: The Fulfillment of Israel’s Identity “When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt” (Hosea 11:1). Matthew 2:15 applies this verse not to the nation of Israel but to Christ Himself: “that it might be fulfilled…Out of Egypt have…
Hebrew Roots and the Return to Bondage The One New Man. The Israel of God. The People of Christ. “For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us.”—Ephesians 2:14 1. What Is the Church, Spiritually Speaking? The Church is not a nation. It…
Hebrew Roots and the Return to Bondage “Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.”— Galatians 5:1 1. The Yoke of the Law in Galatians 5 Paul’s words in Galatians 5 are not ambiguous. He is pleading with believers not to…
Hebrew Roots and the Return to Bondage Series There is a growing movement among Hebrew Roots followers and other fringe groups that insists we must call God by His “original” Hebrew name only. According to these teachers, using titles like “God” or the name “Jesus” is unacceptable — even pagan. They claim that true believers…
Hebrew Roots and the Return to Bondage Series 1. Introduction: The Return to Dietary Rules and Feast Observance Among many within the Hebrew Roots Movement, there is a strong push to return to the observance of the Old Testament feast days and dietary laws. Followers often claim that since these laws were never explicitly revoked,…
Hebrew Roots and the Return to Bondage Series There’s a subtle but growing trend within the Hebrew Roots Movement to portray Jesus as merely a Jewish rabbi — one among many — whose ministry can only be understood within the framework of Second Temple Judaism. From this, the Church is then encouraged to re-adopt synagogue…