Changes are coming. What will Beth Immanuel services be like after the Covid-19 shut downs? Here's a teaching about Jewish/Gentile identity confusion and the transition from the One Law Theology synagogue service to the Distinction Theology model. 

Everyone agrees that we need effective Covid-19 testing so the world can get back to normal, but are you ready for the real Covid-19 test? Its a spiritual test, and if you pass it, you will never go back to being normal. This teaching for Shabbat Tazria-Metzora looks at the similarities between biblical leprosy and the 2020 Coronavirus Pandemic. 

On the last day of Passover we, remember the crossing of the Red Sea and celebrate the Meal of Messiah, a celebration of Messiah, his resurrection, and our hope in the coming kingdom. The chasidim teach that the last day of Passover brings spiritual insights and revelations about Messiah. Here's a teaching on the origin of the Meal of Messiah custom. 

Are you in love with Yeshua, or is your relationship merely a formality based on dogmas and beliefs? On the Sabbath that falls during Passover, we read Solomon's Song of Songs. Use the opportunity to take your relationship with the Messiah to a deeper place. 

The secret of what it means to be "born again" is contained in the story of the resurrection of Yeshua. This teaching from the second day of Passover 2019 unpacks the apostolic-era meaning of the term "born again" while urging us to take hold of "an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading." 

"Unless a person is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God." So what does it mean to be born again. This teaching from Passover 2019 explains how being "born again" is a Passover experience and why the festival of Passover is the born again festival. Part one of a two part teaching. 

Signs of the times are mounting up during the Coronavirus epidemic. Are we in the birth pangs of the Messiah? Passover during the Coronavirus lockdowns urges us to engage with Messiah in joy and gratitude despite the end of the world. Here's a teaching to help you get the most of the Passover season this year while you wait for the arrival of Messiah. 

Locust plague, pestilence and disease, a river of blood, earthquakes and storms -- the ten plauges on Egypt? No. It's the headlines from the news. This teaching for Parashat Vayikra looks at the current signs of the times and the "Birth Pangs of Messiah" and tries to place it all in context.

The birth pangs of the Messiah! So what now? Whether your quarentined, under mandatory lockdown, or just stuck at home for Shabbat, here's a teaching about how to make the best of the Shabbat at home experience. 

Who are you really? Before we can begin to discuss the riddle of Jewish identity and Gentile identity in Messiah, we need a firm grasp on spiritual identity. This teaching from Shabbat Zachor removes the costume to reveal the real person inside you.