As a Jew, Yeshua kept the Torah of Moses and fully participated in the Jewish culture of His day—but that doesn’t mean He fully embraced the Judaism and traditions which were reshaping that culture. On the contrary, we find Yeshua in the Scriptures not only challenging the traditions and people’s zeal for them, but also using and exploiting the traditions to point the people to Himself. In this episode, Kevin looks at John 7 to reveal Yeshua’s most effective disruption of Jewish tradition during the Feast of Sukkot, on the last day of the feast known as Hoshanna Rabbah.

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Biblical illiteracy is rampant in the Body of Messiah today, and a major culprit is the religious language found in our very own Bibles! Certain Christian words from English Bible translations have become so loaded with tradition and doctrine that they create barriers to what the Scriptures actually teach. These too-familiar terms lead people to gloss over the true meaning and filtering everything through denominational assumptions rather than the text itself. But what if replacing just a handful of them with clearer, everyday language could force a fresh look at key biblical concepts and restore an accurate presentation of God’s word? In this episode, Kevin shares his five favorite examples of Christian terminology that create those barriers—and the clearer alternatives that cut straight to the heart of Scripture.

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Hebrews 13 brings the powerful book of Hebrews to a close with the author’s practical guidance. After the soaring theology of earlier chapters, the author shifts focus to how believers should live in light of those truths—urging them to demonstrate genuine love, maintain purity and contentment, follow good leaders, resist strange teachings, and willingly identify with Yeshua even when it costs. In this final episode of his verse-by-verse series on the book of Hebrews, Kevin explores the unique character of this concluding chapter and unpacks its timely exhortation for everyday faithful living.

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