Recorded live in Sonora, California, this 6-hour question and answer session was great fun - and deals with several important issues.

Topics:
Why should Believers celebrate the Sabbath?
What is "legalism"? What is a fence around the Torah?
How was the "first" covnant been rendered "Old" by the "New"? (Heb 8:13)
How should we reconcile verses that "contradict" each other?
How should we understand Yeshua's "imminent" return?
In what way is the "New" Covenant Superior to the "Old"?
Where does the practice of Baptism come from?
How did Yeshua's disciples understand the "Baptism of the Holy Spirrit"? (Acts 1:5)
What are the "Former" and "Latter" Days?

5 CD Set + No Workbook, Suggested Donation: $37.50

This seminar does not just present a summary of Anti-Semitic events. It is not just about "What" happened to Jews over the last 2,000 years, but "Why" it happened--and "How" the Messianic-Jewish, Jewish and Christian communities became Estranged.

Chapter 1 looks at the lives of the first Jewish “disciples” of Yeshua and how they shared their faith with both Jews and Gentiles.
            Chapters 2 & 3 deal with the roots of Anti-Semitism in the context of Jewish-Gentile relationships, the spread of “Christianity” and the structure of the early “Church.”
            Chapter 4 deals with the way that various Jewish revolts against Rome—the “Great Revolt” in 66 c.e., the Empire-wide revolt in 115 and the “Bar Kokhba Revolt” in 132—affected both Messianic and Jewish communities. And, more importantly—how the early Church Fathers interpreted these events.
            Chapter 5 explores how the faith of the first disciples was re-defined by the Church and how Messianic Judaism of the 1st-century gave way to Gentile Christianity of the 2nd-century.
            Chapters 6 & 7 explore the emerging theological justification for Anti-Judaism and Anti-Semitism in the early Church and what it was like for Jews to live in a Christian world.
            Chapter 8 compares the life of the Jews of the Medieval Ghetto to the Jews of Buchenwald, one of the first and biggest of the Nazi concentration camps established in 1937 near Weimar, Germany.
            Chapter 9 includes a “Timeline of Anti-Semitism”—it begins with the destruction of the Temple in 70 c.e. and concludes with Pope John Paul II’s visit to Israel in 2000 to pay tribute to the victims of the Holocaust and express regret over the way Christians have treated Jews for the last 2000 years.

5 CD Set + 96-Page Workbook, Suggested Donation: $65.00

 “The Basics” Seminar explores the subject of Hermeneutics, which comes from the word hermanuo and means “to translate.” Therefore, it means the “science of interpretation.” It involves the principle of exegesis—or drawing the meaning and significance of a biblical text from out of the text itself—rather than reading a meaning into it (which is called isogesis).
            The concept sounds simple enough, but it isn't. Primarily, because our ability to rightly divide (or handle) the word of truth is affected by our “world-view”—whatever comprehensive understanding we have of God, the universe and humanity. Our world-view is determined by how we were raised, the relationship that we had (or have) with our parents, the language(s) that we speak, our culture and our values.
            This usually determines how we “see” things—that is, how we understand things—and, how we understand God's word. And, if that isn't enough, the people that God used to communicate His word had their own world-view—they perceived things in a particular way too.
            Therefore, it is very important to know who they were, when they lived, what language they spoke and what they intended by the words they chose.
            Chapters include; “Presuppositions of Biblical Interpretation,” “Greek—Jewish Worldview,” “The Importance of Hebrew,” and the Jewish view of “Time and Space.”

Subjects include; "Presuppostions of Biblical Interpretation," "Greek-Jewish Worldview," "The Importance of Hebrew" and the Jewish view of "Time and Space."

7 CD Set + 57-Page Workbook. New Reduced Price! - $70

The current conflict in the Middle-East between Israelis and Palestinians seems as old as time itself—but is it? Do both “sides” have equally ancient and legitimate claims to “the Land.” Are the Palestinians really descendants of the Biblical Philistines, Israel’s historic “arch-rival”?

The “Israel” Seminar traces the roots of the Conflict from the time of the Roman occupation of the Land, through the Byzantine, Arab, Crusader, Mameluke and Ottoman Empires, through World-War I and II  to the present day.

It deals with the Balfour Declaration, the British Mandate, the Sykes-Picot Agreement, various Partition Plans and Jewish and Arab nationalism.

The Seminar also deals with Israel’s War of Independence (1948), the Sinai Campaign (1956), the establishment of the PLO (1964), the Six-Day War (1967), the Yom Kippur War (1973) and the modern Intifada (1987).

It includes an extensive section on Israel’s “Land-Grant,” the Palestinian National Charter, myths and facts relating to the modern conflict and contains nineteen maps.

4 CD Set + 38-Page B&W or Color Workbook,

Suggested Donation: with B&W $50.00 Suggested Donation: with Color $55.00

Paul's Letter "to the Congregations of Galatia" -

Paul’s letter to the Galatians has created a good deal of controversy—primarily because readers do not approach it from a Jewish perspective. In fact, the letter is so controversial and so misunderstood, that some Believers even question whether it should be included in the Canon. Others assume that Paul taught things he doesn’t—in fact, could not teach—because it would contradict what has already been revealed in God’s word and accepted as true.
            So how is the dilemma resolved? By understanding that Paul was a disciple of the great R. Gamaliel, and was a brilliant Rabbi himself, “a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee,” “extremely zealous for the traditions of (his) fathers.”
            He thought and taught like a brilliant Rabbi, and employed accepted rabbinic methods of interpretation to expound and illustrate his views. His arguments reveal rich layers of truth in text after text, each one more profound than the next—without compromising the plain meaning of the texts themselves.
            Subjects include; “No Other Gospel,” “Paul’s Personal History,” “Paul Opposes Peter,” “Faith or Legalism,” “Promise or Legalism,” “The Purpose of the Law,” “Heirs of God,” “Paul’s Concern for the Galatians,” “Freedom in Messiah,” “Live by the Spirit,” “Gentle Restoration,” “The Law of Messiah,” “Self-Deception,” “Sharing All Good Things” and “The New Creation.”             A must read!

10 CD Set + 108-Page Workbook. New Reduced Price! - $80

Comparing the Parables of Yeshua to Rabbinic Parables of the 2nd Temple Period.

The Seminar on the Parables is remarkable because they contain the teaching of Yeshua himself. They are his words, spoken while he himself was on earth, and they communicate the words of a powerful Prophet, the great love and mercy of a compassionate Shepherd, the unique authority of the coming Messiah, and the profound humility of the one who is One with the Father.
                        The Seminar is based on the book “The Parables” by Dr. Brad Young, but also on the insights of Dr. Robert Lindsey, Dr. David Flusser and David Biven.
                        It examines the Parables of Yeshua in light of Rabbinic Parables from the same period—and the parallels are exciting, illuminating the significance of Yeshua’s teaching in a way not possible to fully appreciate otherwise.
                        Parables are a genre of literature unique to Yeshua and the Rabbis of the 2nd-Temple period. As such, it is imminently evident that the theology of Yeshua has deep roots in contemporary Jewish sources. Yeshua’s “theology was based on the rich Jewish traditions of Scripture, doctrine, belief, and practice. He was a Jewish teacher who lived in a specific (historical) setting.”

Today, Jews are taught that Yeshua (Jesus) is not the Messiah, and in fact could not have been. It is said that Jews have never believed that the Messiah will suffer and die, or that he will be God—manifest in flesh. It is said that Yeshua never claimed to be the Messiah—or God. It is said that Jews who believe in Yeshua are no longer Jewish. I passionately disagree. On all points.
        The material in this Workbook was compiled to demonstrate that what the early Jewish disciples believed about Yeshua was (and is) Jewish. It can be substantiated not only on the basis of what the Bible teaches, but on the basis of what our ancient sages taught.
        Unfortunately, when these issues are debated in the Jewish community, the Messianic Jewish view is not represented—and what we (or at least I) believe is seriously distorted.

9 CD Set + 91-Page Workbook, Suggested Donation: $85.00

As the name implies, the “Feasts of the Lord” are appointed not by man, but by God—and they are His “sacred assemblies,” that is, times when God’s people gather together to celebrate His goodness and greatness.
            Each “Feast” (or Festival) speaks of a different aspect of God’s covenant relationship with His people—from the Feast of Passover, which speaks of God’s redemptive work on their behalf—to the Feast of Tabernacles, which speaks of the Messiah’s “coming on the clouds of heaven” to “gather His people from from (all of) the countries where (they) have been scattered”—and bring them back to the Land of Israel where He will establish His millenial kingdom on earth.  
            The Feasts are a powerful means through which we as Believers can experience the many facets of our own relationship with God—not only as a one-time redemptive event, but in terms of the way we interact with God on a daily basis and the extent to which we too are connected to God’s people and assemble together to celebrate.
            Subjects include an overview of the eight “sacred assemblies” mentioned in the Bible—the Sabbath and the seven “appointed feasts.” And, what it takes to prepare for them—both physically and spiritually. 
             
            The CD’s on “the Lord’s Appointed Feasts” where recorded “live” at Shomrey Tzedek Messianic Synagogue.

Seminar-5 CD Set + No Workbook, Suggested Donation: CDs $37.50