Prayer is a skill that can be taught. This session discusses prayers and proclamations, what each is, and which to use when.

There is some confusion within the Body of Messiah about the terms and parties of the New Covenant.

Scripture demands that we love God and love our neighbor as ourselves. Last time, we discussed what it means to love God. This time, in the context of the Book of Ruth, we develop an understanding of what God means when He says to love your neighbor as yourself.

Both the Tanak and the New Testament say that we should love God with all our heart, soul and might. What did that mean in the culture and context that it was given?

Affectionately known as Torah 101, this series of discussions is intended as an introduction to Messianic Judaism. This first session discusses the difference between one house and two house congregations. It also discusses whether there are different requirements for Jews and believing gentiles.

At the end of the letter, James returns to the theme that great wealth is dangerous. Here he speaks against the one who has accumulated wealth by oppression, withholding the wages of those who labor in his fields. The letter concludes with a call to prayer and helping one another stay on the path.

The tongue reveals the contents of the heart. In Scripture, God does not have a high opinion of man's heart. Accordingly James counsels keeping the tongue under control to avoid being consumed by the fires it can start.

Some have trouble reconciling James with Paul's emphasis on grace. There is really no conflict. James is emphasizing that a faith which does not translate into action is of no use. In other words, it would not meet Paul's definition of faith.

James' letter is specifically addressed to the 12 Tribes in the dispersion. Thus we (and he) may assume that the recipients are familiar with the TANAK. The letter has been called the proverbs of the New Testament, since the things it says can generally be found in slightly different form in Proverbs. Because Proverbs was written over 1000 years earlier than James, it is useful to regard James as a cultural and linguistic update.

Mordecai's plan to deliver the Jews from the planned destruction.