Grafted: Jewish Roots of Christianity

Welcome to Grafted: Jewish Roots of Christianity! My guest is Eden Spring.

From Oneness Pentecostalism to Torah: Eden Spring’s Testimony on Sabbath, Dreams, and Returning to Covenant

Host Stephanie Pavlantos interviews Eden Spring, who shares her journey from growing up Oneness Pentecostal in Indiana, leaving church to live a partying lifestyle, and later being drawn back to God through prayer, Scripture, and vivid dreams. Eden describes dedicating her son after a night of intense intercession that coincided with her childhood pastor feeling prompted to do the same. During COVID, conspiracy research and Bible reading led her to wrestle with Jeremiah 30–31, the New Covenant, Israel/Judah, and eventually Torah observance, including Sabbath and feasts, along with rejecting holidays she saw as rooted in idolatry. She recounts deliverance from nicotine, personal convictions about modesty, and dreams she believes revealed themes like leaving “father’s house,” the harlot system, and the regathering of Israel. Stephanie and Eden discuss balancing Word and Spirit, humility, loving others, and following Yeshua, affirming His divinity.

Eden's Links

Chalking (@crafty2222) | TikTok

Facebook

Stephanie's Links

https://solo.to/stephaniepavlantos

Welcome to Grafted: Jewish Roots of Christianity! My guest is Rachel Amidei.

Confronting Antisemitism in the Church and Reading Scripture in Its Jewish Context

Stephanie and Rachel discuss recognizing and rejecting antisemitism within the church, stating they have no tolerance for antisemitic comments and arguing that someone cannot claim to be Christian while hating Jews, since Jesus is Jewish and will return as a Jewish king with his throne in Israel. They emphasize that the Bible is a Jewish book and that understanding its meaning requires learning the Jewish and biblical context rather than applying modern Western assumptions. They challenge the common approach of interpreting the Old Testament through the New Testament, arguing instead that the New Testament should be read using the foundations and definitions given earlier, noting it heavily repeats the Old Testament. Using “food” as an example, they say God’s definition of food excludes animals like pigs, regardless of modern usage.

Rachel's Links:

The Spiritual Exercises (@thespiritualexercises) | TikTok

Rachel A | Substack

Stephanie's Links:

https://solo.to/stephaniepavlantos

Welcome to Grafted: Jewish Roots of Christianity! My guest today is Hope Egan from First Fruits of Zion.

Host Stephanie Pavlantos interviews Hope Egan—realtor, author of Holy Cow! What the Bible Says About Eating Meat, associate producer of the Messiah podcast, and outreach coordinator at First Fruits of Zion—about her testimony and work. Egan describes growing up Reform Jewish, developing disordered eating, and finding help through Overeaters Anonymous, which prompted prayer, repentance-oriented practices, and a deeper relationship with God. She recounts coming to faith in Jesus through a Unity church book, then a Protestant small group, exploring Catholicism, and revisiting Orthodox Judaism before choosing not to give up Jesus and later being baptized Catholic. Meeting a Jewish believer who followed Leviticus 11 and studying HaYesod shifted her perspective, though theology became overly central. Health issues led to a biblically clean diet and the eventual development of her book, which addresses animals, key New Testament passages, and context. She later refocused spiritually in 2018, reengaged Jewish-believer community, returned to FFOZ, and now leads a HaYesod group while emphasizing life-giving faith in Messiah.

Hope's Links

Hope Egan's Biblical Eating Resources - Home

https://www.amazon.com/Holy-What-Bible-about-Eating/dp/B0CZ8436L8/

Stephanie's Links:

https://solo.to/stephaniepavlantos

Welcome to Grafted: Jewish Roots of Christianity!

Stephanie Pavlantos hosts Max Bonilla of Ultra Truth Ministry to discuss his coming to Messianic belief at age 14 through Bible study and concern over moral decline. They argue many church problems, including abuse and lax morality, stem from departing from God’s law and treating Jesus as having abrogated the Torah. Bonilla contends Paul is misunderstood and must be read in first-century context alongside Acts and the Gospels, addressing claims that Paul taught against Torah. They discuss caring for the poor, women in congregations, and how “neurodivergent” traits may correlate with deep Torah-focused study. Bonilla advises testing extra-biblical texts against Torah, critiques rabbinic traditions like the Zohar’s authority, explains wedding-feast/outer-darkness imagery as judgment by deeds, and outlines a Torah-based calendar using moon and agriculture rather than equinox calculations.

Max's Links:

https://youtu.be/bPjU9jX5xdg?si=1SidC67yk75aVEe4

Instagram

Stephanie's Links:

https://solo.to/stephaniepavlantos

Welcome to Grafted: Jewish Roots of Christianity!

Host Stephanie Pavlantos welcomes guest Jen Dubey to discuss key takeaways from their January–April Romans class and common misunderstandings of Paul. They emphasize reading Romans with historical, Jewish, and Hebraic context, arguing Paul remained a Torah-observant Jew and did not renounce the Law of Moses, citing Acts and Romans passages and explaining Paul’s use of a “straw man” argument. They contrast “grace and Torah” rather than “grace versus Torah,” noting gospel and grace precede the New Testament and connect to reconciliation and covenant life. They define legalism as transactional, self-centered “compensatory observance,” distinct from relational covenantal obedience motivated by love and gratitude. They address confusion over “law,” added traditions, deconstruction trends, humility in the Torah movement, and salvation as ongoing trust/allegiance rather than a one-time prayer, encouraging viewers to study Romans deeply and consult their recorded teachings.

Jenn's Links:

TORCH | Facebook

The Praise Podcast - Podcast Addict

Stephanie's Links:

https://solo.to/stephaniepavlantos

Welcome to Grafted: Jewish Roots of Christianity! My guest is Danielle Lockett.

Host Stephanie Pavlantos welcomes guest Danielle Lockett (Deep N Word on TikTok/YouTube), who describes how her ministry began in 2021 on Zoom with friends and family, then expanded to Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok after Holy Spirit prompting. Danielle shares how a failed real-estate mentorship in 2019 led to depression, a call to read the Bible chronologically, and deeper study including Hebrew word lookups, which birthed a Bible study ministry and hosting biblical feast days. Stephanie and Danielle discuss awakening to Torah observance, grief and anger over church traditions, the need for humility, kindness, and discernment, and navigating family tensions while honoring parents. They address debates within Torah communities (including denial of Yeshua’s divinity), emphasize obeying God over “Babylon” traditions, and highlight the Millennial Kingdom where Messiah will rule and set doctrine straight.

Danielle's Links:

DEEPNWORD (@deepnword) | TikTok

DEEPNWORD - YouTube

Instagram

Stephanie's Links:

https://solo.to/stephaniepavlantos

Welcome to Grafted: Jewish Roots of Christianity!

Host Stephanie Pavlantos interviews Kelly Hawley, founder and executive director of Warrior Bride Ministries, a donation-based ministry serving survivors of childhood sexual exploitation and severe trauma.

Kelly shares her own history of abuse, family brokenness, addiction, and recovery, and explains how her earlier involvement in healing weekends for abused women led her to launch Warrior Bride about six and a half years ago when churches lacked resources. She describes trauma on a spectrum, including dissociation and extreme ritual abuse, mind control, and trafficking, emphasizing that healing requires willingness to receive it and often involves re-parenting and practical life skills.

The conversation addresses spiritual warfare, boundaries, cleansing practices, and the need for believers to mature beyond “milk.” Hawley outlines ministry offerings (11 weekly classes, individual appointments, intensives, retreats) and her annual “Counting the Cost” conference, August 21–23 at Folly Beach, South Carolina, themed “Trust the Journey,” featuring frontline speakers and survivor participation.

Kelly's links:

https://www.youtube.com/@wbmga

Conference 2026 — Warrior Bride Ministries

Facebook

Stephanie's Links

https://solo.to/stephaniepavlantos

Welcome to Grafted: Jewish Roots of Christianity! My guest is Dr. Douglas Hamp on God’s Divorce, Israel’s Restoration, and Rethinking Rapture Theology

Host Stephanie Pavlantos interviews Dr. Douglas Hamp, lead pastor of The Way Congregation and author, about his journey from Baptist dispensationalism to Torah study and the thesis of his book "God’s Divorce." Hamp describes how studying at Hebrew University, debating an anti-missionary Jewish caller at Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa, and reexamining doctrines like the pre-trib rapture and Calvinism reshaped his view that God’s choosing is corporate Israel, not individual predestination. He argues Scripture presents a marriage covenant between God and Israel at Sinai, Israel’s unfaithfulness leading to divorce (Deut. 24; Jer. 3), and reconciliation through the Messiah’s death and resurrection, restoring house of Israel and house of Judah (Eph. 2; Ezek. 37; Rom. 7). He also outlines his end-times framework featuring two witnesses (Moses and Elijah), a global “covenant with death,” tribulation, and the trigger for Messiah’s return when corporate Judah says “Baruch haba b’shem Adonai.”

Doug's Links

https://www.youtube.com/doughamp

https://www.douglashamp.com/

https://thewaycongregation.com/leadership

Amazon.com: Douglas Hamp: books, biography, latest update

Stephanie’s links

Discovering Our Hebrew Roots | Facebook

stephanie🐾 (@stephanie_dianne) | TikTok

Stephanie Pavlantos – YouTube

Welcome to Grafted: Jewish Roots of Christianity!

Host Stephanie interviews Rico Cortez of Wisdom in Torah Ministries, who describes learning Torah since 1998 as a “cheat code” that brought structure, healing, and a clearer way to please God after painful church experiences. He explains how his background in professional baseball, scouting, coaching, and decades of martial arts shaped his teaching discipline, humility, and shift away from competition and “conspiracy” topics toward helping others approach God rightly.

They discuss identity struggles for believers “grafted in” between Christianity and Judaism, advocating gentle, non-argumentative communication. Cortez emphasizes reading Scripture through Ancient Near Eastern and honor-shame cultural lenses (e.g., nakedness, Exodus, Joseph, David, turning the other cheek), and outlines a deep focus on Leviticus and blood/atonement themes to better understand Yeshua, the priesthood, and end-times altar defilement. He invites viewers to his YouTube, Telegram, and weekly Shabbat teachings, noting travel to 39 countries.

Wisdom in Torah - YouTube

Home - Wisdom In Torah Ministries - Rico Cortes

Facebook

Stephanie’s Links

Discovering Our Hebrew Roots | Facebook

stephanie🐾 (@stephanie_dianne) | TikTok

Stephanie Pavlantos – YouTube

Welcome to Grafted: Jewish Roots of Christianity!

Host Stephanie Pavlantos welcomes Bible teacher and Bible in Order podcast host David Doty, who shares his late conversion at 26, rapid entry into pastoring, and current family life. Doty explains how a daily devotional evolved into his podcast and led him to start a five-days-a-week Zoom prayer gathering inspired by Acts 2:42, emphasizing consistent discipleship, mutual care, shared participation, and reported answers to prayer including a healing from melanoma.

The discussion contrasts modern auditorium-style church with early house-to-house life and explores “ecclesia,” arguing it originally meant a governing assembly empowered to bind and loose rather than a religious service. They connect ecclesia to Israel’s priestly calling and believers as ambassadors, highlighting humility, prayer, and tribulation as God’s means of transforming character to resemble Jesus.

David's links

https://bibleinorder.com

https://www.skool.com/estero-ekklesia-1658

Facebook

Stephanie’s Links

Discovering Our Hebrew Roots | Facebook

stephanie🐾 (@stephanie_dianne) | TikTok

Stephanie Pavlantos – YouTube