This week, Tim dips into Joshua chapters 15-17, and David applies portion Vayikra to the “salvation pattern,” focusing on the month of Nissan and a general framework for understanding the sacrificial system. Joshua 15-17 (Tim): Vimeo | YouTube Vayikra & Joshua 15-17 (David): Vimeo | YouTube To download resources, right-click the PDF file and […]
This week, Tim brings insights from Joshua 13-14, and in the parsha teaching, David focuses on the Temple’s ability to unite people, the dangers of reducing people to labels, dealing with depression, and Yeshua as our Judge. Joshua 13-14 (Tim): Vimeo | YouTube Vayakhel-Pekudei & Joshua 13-14 (David): Vimeo | YouTube To download resources, […]
This week, Tim focuses on the two kings Israel defeats east of the Jordan under Moses, Sichon and Og. In the parsha teaching, David drills down on the ideas of stability and unity through the mo’edim and the pattern of reflecting God’s light. Joshua 12 (Tim): Vimeo | YouTube Ki […]
This week, David applies the clothing of the priests to the “Priesthood of Believers,” and he applies Haman to a particular voice in our modern world. Tetzaveh and Purim (David): Vimeo | YouTube To download resources, right-click the PDF file and save. Parsha Outline: Spiritual Seasons-Tetzaveh_and_Purim-Outline.pdf
This week, Tim leads us through the “northern campaign” in the taking of the Land. In the parsha teaching, David focuses on the concept of God dwelling among people and one less obvious way to see Yeshua in the Tabernacle. Joshua 11 (Tim): Vimeo | YouTube Terumah & Joshua 11 […]
This week we are in Joshua 10 – Israel’s Southern Campaign. Tim leads us through verse-by-verse, and for parsha Mishpatim, David focuses on the foundational progression of one, two, three, as seen in Hebraic thought. Joshua 10 (Tim): Vimeo | YouTube Mishpatim & Joshua 10 (David): Vimeo | YouTube To […]
This week, Tim walks us through the “Gibeonite Deception” in Joshua 9, and in this year’s parsha Yitro teaching, David focuses on “going deep” in the Torah and becoming a “master of time.” Joshua 9 (Tim): Vimeo | YouTube Yitro & Joshua 9 (David): Vimeo | YouTube To download resources, […]
In parsha Beshalach, David explores the sending out of missionaries, the need to know when to get moving, leaps of faith, the great power God makes available to us, unity through song, and Tu BiSh’vat (the new year for trees). Beshalach (David): Vimeo | YouTube To download resources, right-click the PDF file and save. Parsha […]
This week, Tim walks us through Joshua 8 and David takes us all the way back to the first week of creation to show how the exodus fits into the biggest themes of Scripture and human life. Joshua 8 (Tim): Vimeo | YouTube Bo & Joshua 8 (David): Vimeo | […]
Join us as Tim walks us verse-by-verse through Joshua 7, focusing on how sin in one member affects the whole body. In the Spiritual Seasons teaching for the week, David hones in on a calendar application to God’s statement in Exodus 6 that he appeared to the patriarchs as “El Shaddai” but not as His […]
This week, Tim walks us through Jericho’s tumble in Joshua chapter 6, and David finds themes of the month of Tevet in portions Vayechi and Shemot. Joshua 6 (Tim): Vimeo | YouTube Vayechi-Shemot & Joshua 6 (David): Vimeo | YouTube To download resources, right-click the PDF file and save. […]
This week, Tim brings insights verse-by-verse from Joshua 5, and David focuses on a key turning point in the calendar and a turning point in the story of Joseph. Joshua 5 (Tim): Vimeo | YouTube Mikeitz-Vayigash & Joshua 5 (David): Vimeo | YouTube To download resources, right-click the PDF file […]
In this year’s Hanukkah teaching, Grant begins with a picture from the calendar of the flesh decreasing and the spirit increasing. He goes on to “string some pearls” related to the spirit and the flesh. Finally, he draws from Torah portion Mikeitz two ways the Believer can relate to the Messiah. Video (Grant): Vimeo | […]
This week, brother Steve Meeks leads us through the Jordan from Joshua 4, bringing some practical suggestions with him. In the parsha teaching, David examines a kind of inner rest that closes out the month of Kislev. Joshua 4 (Steve): Vimeo | YouTube Vayeshev & Joshua 4 (David): Vimeo | […]
This week Tim helps us picture Israel’s momentous crossing of the Jordan River, focusing on a Red Sea-Jordan River menorah pattern, and David explores the key to transforming truth into action. Joshua 3 (Tim): Vimeo | YouTube Vayeitzei-Vayishlach-Joshua 3 (David): Vimeo | YouTube To download resources, right-click the PDF file […]
In Joshua chapter 2, Tim and David share perspectives on the important figure of Rahab. Tim focuses on the Rahab who has fears Israel’s arrival but also wants to be free of her life of bondage to sin. David looks at Rahab as the kind of person we should be inviting into our communities. […]
This week, Tim reviews each mention of Joshua in the Torah before dipping into the first verse of Joshua 1. In the second part of the teaching, David takes a deep dive into “Kiryat Arba.” Video: Vimeo | YouTube To download resources, right-click the PDF file and save. Discussion Guide: […]
This week, David Deikun brings us a teaching that brings together the yearly calendar, Torah portions Lech Lecha and Vayera, the book of Joshua, and an application to Beth Tikkun’s next phase of life. The center of the teaching is Abraham’s role as the prophet who receives the initial “vision” and the importance of refreshing […]
In this week’s teaching, Tim gives a little perspective on the book of Joshua, fitting it into the larger scheme of the Bible, and David Deikun lays a foundation for looking at Joshua through the lens of the “spiritual seasons” of the year and the weekly Torah portions. Video: Vimeo | YouTube To download visuals, […]
After reviewing an insight from a previous teaching on this parshah, we put forward a thought about Moses and then the idea that the ending of the Torah really doesn’t feel like the end of the story. Israel stands on the cusp of the Land, ready to enter…and the Torah cycle returns to B’reisheet, Genesis. […]
In this year’s Sukkot teaching, we focus on joy. How is joy connected to this seventh annual appointed time? We explore five connections in the teaching. Video: Vimeo | YouTube To download visuals, right-click the PDF file and save. Discussion Guide: Sukkot 2022-guide.pdf
Consisting mostly of the Song of Moses, this week’s portion begins with the instruction to listen (or “give ear”) and contains the beginning of Moses’ farewell speech to the Israelites. He has come to the end of his days, and he leaves his people with a song that expresses in poetic form the relationship between […]
In this week’s teaching video, we first recall an insight from Grant in which he compares life to a high-wire act. We then share insights from Vayelech regarding leadership and “passing the torch” to the next generation. Video: Vimeo | YouTube To download visuals, right-click the PDF file and save. Discussion Guide: Vayelech 2022-guide.pdf Medios Visuales:
This life is short. It goes by much more quickly than you might think. One minute you’re in the wilderness–and it feels like it’s taking forever–the next minute you’re about to enter the Land. Are you ready? Have you used your time wisely? Have you turned back to God? In this portion, read just before […]
Ki Tavo begins with commands about bringing firstfruits to the central Sanctuary and allocating various tithes. Next is the reminder of what the covenant is: a mutual pledge between the people and God. Next are the features of ancient covenants: the blessing and curses that will follow faithfulness or disobedience. Finally, Moses summons the people […]
Containing 74 mitzvot (or 72, depending on who you ask) – the most of any portion in the Torah – Ki Teitzei is packed with commands. They include laws about family dysfunctions, moral and legal obligations towards neighbors and fellow citizens, sexual misdemeanors, moral behavior in relation to financial matters, and other rules of social responsibility. […]
Here are some overarching thoughts to keep in mind while reading parsha Shoftim: Torah often links the qualities of truth (emet) and lovingkindness (chesed). This reminds us that truth must be tempered with love. Paul’s well-known exhortation is a clear example: “Speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into […]
In Chapter 11 leading up to this week’s Torah portion, Moses speaks to the Israelites whereby he emphasizes the importance of the people to observe the commands to love and obey Adonai. Our Torah portion begins in verse 26, which focuses on the blessing(s) if they obey and the curse(s) if they disobey. This sets […]
Parshah Eikev is filled with warnings and assurances, blessings and curses, all of which is summarized in the second paragraph of the Shema found in 11:13-21. Israel’s fate depends on Israel’s faith. The main topics discussed here are memory, love, education, humility, and gratitude–all within the context of the Land. Here, as in most places, […]
Va’Etchanan is an exceptionally rich portion. Not only does it contain the words of the Shema (6:4-9) but the reprise of the Ten Commandments (5:6-18). It also continues Moses’ exhortation to Israel, with special emphasis on God’s goodness and on Israel’s uniquely intimate relationship with this good and great God. Topping it off, we find […]
In this week’s Torah portion, Devarim, Moses begins his repetition of the Torah (“mishneh Torah”, or “deutero-nomy”), and he recounts some of the more poignant events in their history before speaking to Joshua, who will take the people into the Land and lead them in battle. The portion leads us to ask ourselves about our […]
In portions Matot and Masei, we come to the end of the book of Numbers and, in a sense, to the end of the Torah since Deuteronomy is a kind of repetition of the Torah. It is a momentous combined Torah portion containing laws regarding vows, God’s instruction to take vengeance on Midian, the acquiescence […]
In this week’s teaching, Tim reviews important points from former teachings before bringing new insights connecting Joshua’s commissioning, the Hebrew word “natan” (“to give”), and Yeshua. Video: Vimeo | YouTube To download visuals, right-click the PDF file and save. Discussion Guide: Pinchas 2022-guide.pdf Medios Visuales:
In this week’s Torah portion, Balak, we see how God can use a spiritual man of low character to bless His people. We also review what we’ve learned from past teachings, make connections between Yeshua’s donkey and Balaam’s donkey, and consider how seeing and listening lead to doing. Video: Vimeo | YouTube To download visuals, […]
In portion Chukat, we consider the value and power of the chukkim, decrees whose reasons have not been given, and we touch on why the Israelites were given the decree of the parah adumah (the red heifer), a law of purification that might have been better off in Leviticus with all the other purification legislation. […]
In this parsha Shelach conversation, we focus on fear, faith, the process of growing up spiritually, and making this world into God’s dwelling place. Video: Vimeo | YouTube To download visuals, right-click the PDF file and save. Visuals: Shelach 2022.pdf Medios Visuales: Shelaj 2022.pdf
Once again we are treated to a Torah portion discussion between Grant and Tim Pell. Topics include the pitfalls of taking a census, the balance of uniformity and individuality as seen through the twelve tribes, and the Aaronic Blessing, including a look into the Hebrew of this important prayer. Video: Vimeo | YouTube To download […]
This week Tim Pell and Grant discuss parsha Bechukotai. Much of the discussion is centered on the word often translated as “contrary” in Lev. 26:21, the Hebrew word “keri,” which is perhaps better translated “indifference.” Other topics include the idea of “chokim,” creating a home for God, and insights regarding reward and punishment. Video: Vimeo […]
We begin this week with a difficult question: we are told to not associate with certain types of people caught in the web of weighty sin, but what do we do if a family member is such a person? After applying a passage from the portion to this difficult question, we turn our focus to […]
After five chapters have elapsed from the deaths of Nadav and Avihu, curiously, the text snaps back to what God told Moses after that tragedy. Why insert these five chapters into the narrative? In discussing this question, we dip into the topic of “chukot,” commandments that evade our understanding. Later in the teaching we look […]
Skin colors, hair colors, shaving and quarantine – what can we learn from the Torah’s many laws related to “tzaraat,” often translated as “leprosy?” The importance of this discussion is indicated by the placement of these portions – near the middle of Leviticus, which, itself, is the middle of the Torah. Join us as we […]
In Leviticus chapters 9 & 10, we see the fire of the Lord doing two seemingly very different actions: 1) going out to burn up the Tabernacle’s inaugural sacrifice and 2) going out to consume Nadav and Avihu, two sons of Aaron. In this year’s Shemini teaching, we consider these two expressions of God’s fire. […]
We begin this year’s Tzav teaching with a focus on Purim and the concept of “hiddenness,” examining three Hebrew words that express this idea. We then review the daily continual (Tamid) offerings at the Temple, connecting them to Yeshua. Video: Vimeo | YouTube To download visuals, right-click the PDF file and save. Visuals: Tzav 2022.pdf Medios […]
This teaching on parsha Vayikra aims to lay the groundwork for diving into the book of Leviticus and the sacrificial system: two touchstone verses from Romans and Revelation, a reading of the Hebrew for Leviticus 1:1-2, the placement of Leviticus in the Torah, seven fundamentals of the sacrificial system, and a focus on the sequence […]
This year’s Vayakhel teaching is all about two words and their associated Hebrew letters: fire and water, shin and mem. We think of fire and water as opposites and say, “fire and water don’t mix;” in the natural, this is true, but our God is supernatural, and He calls us to live beyond nature, as […]
What makes God “God”? Blending Christian and Hebraic perspectives, we begin answering this question in this year’s Ki Tisa teaching. Other topics include “chochmah-binah-da’at,” insights into the three gifts the wise men brought to the Messiah, attitudes of worship, and Sabbath rest. Video: Vimeo | YouTube To download visuals, right-click the PDF file and save. […]
This week’s teaching is all about the Tabernacle. Hidden in the many details and voluminous verses of these portions is the “picture section” of the Torah – God’s own house which He designed for relationship with mankind. Join us as we explore within the three sections of the Tabernacle, finding insights into our own makeup […]
In session three of “How to Study the Bible,” we take a deep dive into marking up our Bibles. Video: Vimeo | YouTube To download visuals, right-click the PDF file and save. Visuals: How to Study the Bible-3.pdf Medios Visuales:
After the exhilaration of the giving of the Torah in the previous portion, we run into a long list of specific mitzvot in parsha Mishpatim, mostly regarding relating to and living with others. Why this portion at this point? In exploring this question, we read from a commentary by R’ Avigdor Miller. Along with addressing […]
We begin this year’s Yitro teaching by investigating the first Bible characters to say, “Baruch Hashem!” and what they have in common. Moving on, from Moses’ interaction with his father-in-law, we extract 8 traits of a godly leader. Other topics in the teaching include men and women of valor, 3 instances of the long blast […]
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