What was the prophetic significance of Yeshua being wrapped in swaddling clothes as an infant?  What was the significance of Him being laid in a manger?  What was the significance of where He was born?  Rabbi Jim answers these questions and more in this teaching given on December 22, 2018.  To learn more about or from Congregation Shema Yisrael visit our website at www.shemayisrael.org. Click here to listen to Swaddling Clothes

What does the Bible say is the difference between a servant/master relationship and a relationship between friends?  Does G-d want you to have a friend relationship with Him?  What do you have to do to participate in a friend relationship with G-d?  Rabbi Jim answers these questions and more in this teaching given on December 15, 2018.  To learn more about or from Congregation Shema Yisrael please visit our website at www.shemayisrael.org. Click here to listen to Servant, Friend, Child

What is G-d's Fourth Temple?  What does the construction of Moses' Tabernacle and that of the First Second Temples in Jerusalem teach us about how to come into His presence?  Elder Judith Benhamou answers these questions and more in this teaching given on December 1, 2018.  To learn more about or from Congregation Shema Yisrael visit our website at www.shemayisrael.org. Click here to listen to The Fourth Temple

Why would there be no Christmas if there had been no Chanukkah?  How was assimilation a problem in the time of the Maccabees?  Is the war the Maccabees fought still going on?  Rabbi Jim answers these questions and more in this teaching given on December 8, 2018.  To learn more about or from Congregation Shema Yisrael visit our website at www.shemayisrael.org Click here to listen to Be Maccabees

What is the pattern G-d followed in the creation account in Genesis 1?  What can the steps of creation, light, darkness, separation, water, time, fruit represent?  How can we apply these steps to our lives?  Pastor Tom answers these questions and more in this teaching given on November 17, 2018.  To learn more about or from Congregation Shema Yisrael visit our website at www.shemayisrael.org. Click here to listen to Understanding and Applying God's Pattern of Creation

What is there about God's nature that causes Him to promise us rewards for supporting the work of His Kingdom?  How can we know if something is truly part of His plan?  Rabbi Jim answers these questions and more in this teaching given at our Celebration Service on November 10, 2018.  To learn more about or from Congregation Shema Yisrael visit our website at www.shemayisrael.org. Click here to listen to The Threshing Floor Paradism

In what nine ways does the story of Abraham being told to sacrifice Isaac foreshadow the events in the life of Yeshua?  What does the Bible mean by being a living sacrifice?  What three things are necessary to be a living sacrifice acceptable to God?  To learn more about or from Congregation Shema Yisrael visit our website at www.shemayisrael.org.  Click here to listen to Being A Living Sacrifice

Why should the establishment of Congregation Shema Yisrael be important to you?  Has this congregation fulfilled the purposes G-d has called us to? How will the "For Such A Time As This" campaign fulfill those purposes?  How can you participate in bringing about that fulfillment?  Rabbi Jim answers these questions and more in this message given on September 27, 2018.  To learn more about or from Congregation Shema Yisrael visit our website at www.shemayisrael.org.  Click here to listen to Vision

What was G-d's purpose in giving you the talents you have?  How much of your finances should be submitted to the Lord?  How can you invest in the Kingdom of God?  What is needed in addition to tithing to experience God's blessing on your finances?  Rabbi Jim answers these questions in this teaching given on October 20, 2018.  To learn more about or from Congregation Shema Yisrael visit our website at www.shemayisrael.org. Click here to listen to Stewardship

How much forgiveness do you need from G-d?  How often do you need forgiveness from G-d?  How does an appreciation for  your need for forgiveness effect your love for G-d?  Rabbi Jim answers these questions and more in this teaching given on September 13, 2018.  To learn more about or from Congregation Shema Yisrael visit our website at www.shemayisrael.org Click here to listen to Increasing Your Love