"Lethal Psychological Homeostasis, Spiritual Journey, Carrying Your Dad's Torch" Lech Lecha

Teaching on Genesis 12-17 from a Messianic Jewish perspective. Overview of parasha including Egyptian fiasco, Abram's largesse, walking your turf, ancient World War and our father of faith as a military strategist, the unilateral covenant, knowing where you're going, signs of the Abrahamic and Yeshuic covenants, and questions related to the One Law position in the Torah movement. Lessons from Avram's journey of faith. Gift of prophecy and rapport with the Creator. Lacking the big picture. Going by a handful of promises and a couple altars. Faithing it. Time lapses between epiphanies. Faithfulness of God. Faith as a dynamic journey, not static city. Questioning, wrestling, moving. Homeostasis as physical friend and pschological enemy. Paradise music video by Cold Play. Why Izzy plays secular music videos, in this case Paradise by Coldplay, at Shabbat gatherings. Every disciple is called to be a missiologist and sociologist, to watch and study people. Seeing image of God in the hopes and dreams of totally depraved humanity. Using legitimate needs as springboard for explaining message of Yeshua. Example of Yeshua as a bad Jew breaking the cultural norms of his time to speak to the sexually loose Samaritan woman at the well. Lessons of the Incarnation. How to reach a generation. Understanding versus condemnation.