Join us for Family Shabbat on Saturday, August 1, 2026 in Kansas City as families from across our fellowship gather in person for lunch, connection, worship, and encouragement. We’ll share a Mexican-style fellowship meal at noon, begin fellowship at 1:00 p.m., and spend time helping families, teens, young adults, and homeschoolers meet one another, exchange contact information, and build lasting community. The message will focus on family values and raising children in Torah, followed by open sharing so adults can pass along stories, insights, tips, and encouragement. All families who attend, visit, or associate with our assembly are warmly invited to come, connect, and be strengthened together.

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Paul’s letters were written decades after Yeshua’s ascension, yet they constantly reference the Tanakh—the only Scriptures the early believers had. This clip explains why Paul’s use of Old Testament context, feast days, and references like Yom Kippur shows that the early church was expected to understand and live within the framework of God’s appointed times.

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Yom Kippur shows Yeshua is our ultimate Mediator and pops the bubble on works based salvation

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How do we display our faith—not just in what we believe, but in how we live?

In this teaching, we walk through Leviticus 23 and look at Yahweh’s appointed times: Shabbat, Passover, Unleavened Bread, Firstfruits, Shavuot, Yom Teruah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, and the Eighth Day.

This episode explores why these are not simply “Jewish holidays,” but Yahweh’s holy convocations—days that teach His people how to remember creation, the Exodus, the work of Yeshua, the giving of the Ruach, the coming judgment, and the Kingdom to come.

We also discuss how the appointed times become a way of life: preparing for Shabbat, removing leaven, celebrating the resurrection, counting to Shavuot, looking forward to Messiah’s return, humbling ourselves on Yom Kippur, and rejoicing at Sukkot.

If you are learning how to walk in Torah, understand the biblical feasts, or see how Leviticus 23 points to Yeshua and the apostles, this episode is a great overview.

Topics covered:

• Shabbat as the first appointed time

• Passover and Yeshua as the Lamb

• Unleavened Bread and coming out of Egypt

• Firstfruits and the resurrection

• Shavuot, Acts 2, and the Ruach

• Yom Teruah and the return of Messiah

• Yom Kippur and our need for a High Priest

• Sukkot, the Millennium, and the world to come

• Living faith as a lifestyle, not just a religion

If you have a DD214 and an honorable discharge, please don’t put off signing up at VA.gov. In this short video, Chris shares a personal family story about waiting too long to use VA health care and encourages veterans—especially post-9/11 and OIF-era veterans—to explore the benefits, medical care, job training, and support available through the VA.

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Most Americans are tired of changing the clocks twice a year—but the debate over daylight saving time points to something bigger: who gets to set the standards we all live by? From time changes to calendars, phone numbers, AD/BC, and even national names, this short reflection connects modern naming debates with the biblical idea of just weights and measures in Leviticus.

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Responding to the view that Torah observance is optional for Gentile believers, pointing to Yeshua’s words about the Sabbath, the grafted-in olive tree, and the hope of Jew and Gentile worshiping Messiah together in the Kingdom.

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This teaching examines Matthew 7, James 2, Acts, Galatians, and other Scriptures to show that true faith in Yeshua produces repentance, obedience, and visible change. It addresses lawlessness, “faith alone,” Sabbath observance, Torah for believers, Messianic identity, and what it means to be grafted into the promises of Abraham through Messiah.

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In this Independence Day message, we reflect on the reverence due to the national anthem, the sacrifices made for American freedom, and the historical events that led to the Declaration of Independence. From the First and Second Continental Congresses to the courageous men who signed the Declaration, this message reminds us that liberty came at great cost. It also points to the providence of God—Yahweh—in preserving and blessing this nation from its founding to today.

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In this Independence Day message, we reflect on the remarkable founding of the United States, the sacrifices of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, and the providence of Yahweh in the rise of this nation. From Columbus and Vespucci to the courage of the colonists, the Revolutionary War, George Washington’s leadership, and the biblical questions surrounding government, authority, and revolution, this teaching explores how America’s founding was unlike other revolutions in history.

We also examine the spiritual responsibility of leadership, the dangers of tyranny, the importance of operating in the light, and the continuing tension between freedom, authority, national decline, and faithfulness to God. As believers, we give thanks for the freedoms we have while remembering that all nations rise and fall under the authority of the Most High.

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