Why is it important for people to know that they are loved?  Why do some people have a hard time believing that God loves them?  How can you experience God's love?  Rabbi Jim answers these questions and more in this teaching given on May 18, 2019.  To learn more about or from Congregation Shema Yisrael visit our website at www.shemayisrael.org Click here to listen to Receiving God's Love

What is the penalty for disobeying the 5th Commandment to honor your parents?  Why is the penalty so harsh?  What does it mean to dishonor your parents?  Rabbi Jim answers these questions and more in this teaching given on May 11, 2019.  To learn more about or from Congregation Shema Yisrael visit our website at www.shemayisrael.org. Click here to listen to Honor Your Parents

How did Yeshua fulfill the Counting of the Omer?  Why did He wait fifty days to send the Holy Spirit?  How did His sending the Holy Spirit fulfill what happened at Mt. Sinai?  Rabbi Jim answers these questions and more in this teaching given on April 27, 2019.  To learn more about or from Congregation Shema Yisrael visit our website at www.shemayisrael.org Click here to listen to Fulfilling the Omer

Do you understand the significance of God's Name, "I AM"? Do you know how we know that we can trust God? Do you know why the universe and everyone in it is constantly changing? Have you done what you need to do to allow I AM to free you from sin and self-condemnation?  To learn more about or from Congregation Shema Yisrael visit our website at www.shemayisrael.org Click here to listen to God Who Is

What is the connection between the Israelites crossing the Red Sea and the resurrection of Yeshua?  What does the Ruakh want to teach us from this connection?  What are your Firstfruits?  Rabbi Jim answers these questions and more in this teaching given on April 21, 2019.  To learn more about or from Congregation Shema Yisrael visit our website at www.shemayisrael.org Click here to listen to How the Resurrection Fulfilled Firstfruits and Exodus

How did Yeshua fulfill the Passover Seder tradition of the Afikomen?  How did He fulfill the tradition of the Cups of the Covenant?  What are the lessons we learn from His washing His disciples' feet?  Rabbi Jim answers these questions and more in this teaching given on April 13, 2019.  To learn more about or from Congregation Shema Yisrael visit our website at www.shemayisrael.org Click here to listen to Do As I Have Done

What is the Oral Torah?  What authority does Rabbinic Judaism give to the Oral Torah?  What does the Bible say about the existence of an Oral Torah?  What did Yeshua say about the Oral Torah?  Rabbi Jim answers these questions and more in this teaching given on April 6, 2019.  To learn more about or from Congregation Shema Yisrael visit our website at www.shemayisrael.org. Click here to listen to Who Sits in the Seat of Moses

Did Rabbi Sha'ul (Paul) predict Western society's turn away from G-d and the results of that turn?  Are we currently experiencing G-d's wrath?  What is the purpose of G-d's wrath?  How is G-d's wrath an act of His love?  Pastor Tom answers these questions and more in this teaching from Romans 1:18-32 given on March 30, 2019.  To learn more about or from Congregation Shema Yisrael visit our website www.shemayisrael.org. Click here to listen to What in the World Is Going On?

In the Book of Esther, why didn't Mordecai bow to Haman?  How did Queen Esther know the time was not right to make her plea for the deliverance of her people at the first banquet she made for the King?  How did she know the time was right to make her plea at the second banquet?  Rabbi Jim solves these mysteries and explains several important lessons on walking in the Spirit in this teaching at our Purim celebration on March 23, 2019.  To learn more about or from Congregation Shema Yisrael visit our website at www.shemayisrael.org Click here to listen to For Such A Time As This

Has anti-Semitism been increasing?  What has caused this increase?  How is the Book of Esther a warning to us about the need to stand against anti-Semitism?  Rabbi Jim answers these questions and more in this teaching given on March 16, 2019.  To learn more about or from Congregation Shema Yisrael visit our website at www.shemayisrael.org. Click here to listen to A Strategic Time