A Misunderstood Hebrew Idiom by Christine Egbert Modern English is filled with idioms: eat your heart out, kill time, blow your mind, punch the clock, crash! These are all easily understood expressions by our contemporaries. But for those for whom English is a second language, these simple idioms would require
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Beware Of Translator Bias by Christine Egbert Have you ever wondered how Ekklesia, which means a called out congregation or assembly, came to be translated as church? Answer: a King gave an edict. That King was King James. You see, there already was a Greek word that meant church in Greek. That word
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by Christine Egbert In too many churches today the biblical mandate of 1st Corinthians 5: 11 to remove from your fellowship those who are living in sin is deemed far worse than transgressing God’s instructions, His Torah. But we should not be surprised. Nearly two millennia ago the author of Jude urged
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Greek Versus Hebrew Mindset: Worship, Spirituality, Salvation, and Prayer by Christine Egbert I recently read an excellent book by Brad Scott, titled: “Let This Mind Be In You.” In it, Scott traces the Christian church’s evolution in its understanding and teaching of Scripture, from Hebrew to Greek. The Church’s Greek worldview is based in
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Reformation to Restoration! by Christine Egbert The next time someone tells you that your Hebraic walk of faith is out of step with mainstream Christianity, remind them that Protestant reformers were also out of step with what for 1500 years had been accepted as mainstream Christianity. In an earlier article titled “Sola
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TORAH! Blueprint For Creation by Christine Egbert For two decades, after becoming a believer, I studied the Bible the only way I knew how. I took it at face value. And there is certainly nothing wrong with that. In fact, it’s where all students of Scripture should begin, with the
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Sola Scriptura/ By Scripture Alone! by Christine Egbert One of the five pillars of the Reformation, their battle cry in fact, was the Latin phrase “Sola Scriptura,” by Scripture alone.” Unfortunately, although the reformers claimed to rely solely on Scripture, not the traditions and dogma of the Roman Catholic Church, they failed to do so
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Error Of The Lawless by Christine Egbert It saddens me when I hear believers say things like, “Jesus fulfilled the Law so that I don’t have to.” Really? Now that you’re a disciple of Yeshua you can commit murder? You can steal? You can fornicate? Such a twisting of the Scripture breaks
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The Quartrodeciman Controversy (Rome Enforces Easter/ Outlaws Passover) By Christine Egbert In the footsteps of Paul Harvey–that folksy news commentator, whose’s radio segments delved into little-known facts about well-known events–this article will recount the early church history that led to the Council of Nicaea’s disastrous decision to replace Passover with
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Hebraic Faith: A Walk, Not Just A Belief by Christine Egbert If I had to choose a theme song for what has come to be known as the Hebrew Roots Movement it would be The Days of Elijah. Here’s the opening stanza: These are the days of Elijah, Declaring the word of the Lord, And
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