How should we be preparing for times of economic uncertainty? What does fincanical stewardship look like for disciple of Yeshua? A parable from Rabbi Bachya offers some perspective on Parahsaht Behar.

A short discussion on a few of the mystical implications of the Bible's ritual purity laws in Leviticus 12-15 (Tazria Metzora) and their significance in view of the journey of the soul and the resurrection of the dead.

Is unstructured worship more spiritual than formal types of worship? Many Christian teachers eschew formalism, protocol, and distinction in favor of universalism and homogenization which eliminates distinction, diversity, and protocol in the service of God. In this lesson from 1 Clement, Peter's number-one disciple weighs in on the discussion with an argument for maintaining boundaries within the body of Messiah. Here's where Clement stands on the debtate between One Law Theology and Distinction Theology. 

Why doesn't God appear to us? Why can't we see God? Take a headlong dive into some deep Torah thoughts on parashat Shemini where the Glory of the LORD appears to Israel on the eighth day. 

More deep thoughts, mystical ideas, quotations from no-longer extant sources, and beautiful Jewish exegesis from Clement of Rome. Lesson 6 in our study of The Holy Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians takes us from 1 Clement 28-34.

Clement makes an appeal to nature and the natural order of creation to argue for the resurrection of the dead and the order of authoirty in the assembly of Messiah. Listen in on this class on 1 Clement 20-27. 

What do you think? The Torah says that the burnt offering atoned for the worshipper, but for what sins did it atone? The sages looked for answers in the book of Job. Here's a discussion based on parashat Vayikra about the meaning of the burnt offering in Jewish teaching. 

Beginning with a lost saying of the Master, the Epistle of 1 Clement launches into a discourse on humility with examples from the lives of the great men of God. Hear Moses say, "I am only steam from a pot." Download a pdf of the original handout below.

If Moses already had a tent of meeting where God appeared to him and spoke to him face to face, for what did he need to spend forty days on Mount Sinai receiving the instructions for building a tent of meeting? If you’ve already got a tent of meeting, why build another one?

The Epistle of Clement preserves otherwise lost, authentic, apostolic teachings about the Torah rooted in forgotten teachings of Yeshua. As Irenaeus, the second-century Bishop of Lyons puts it, "Clement had seen the blessed apostles and conversed with them, their teaching was still ringing in his ears." This lesson looks at how the apostles taught the stories of Enoch, Abraham, Lot, and Rahab.