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Latest Podcasts in Biblical Basics
Now Is The Time w/Rabbi Steve Berkson – Covenant Community 101: Are You Saved? Part 6
What does the Hebrew name Yeshua mean? Why was Yeshua born into this world as the Messiah? In this teaching Rabbi Steve Berkson continues the topic on the relationship between salvation, faith/belief and works by looking at Yeshua as the Savior…the one who saves....
Defining the New Covenant PART 1
Exactly what is the New Covenant of Jeremiah 31:31-34? Precisely, what is this referring to considering that Yeshua referenced it in Matthew 26:28. I have a working answer for you based on the Hebrew word "Brit," which is derived from the Hebrew root Beyt-Resh-Heh.
Image Bearers Radio Ep. 16- Noah, The Promised Seed?
In this week's episode, we continue our walk through the flood narrative and the story of Noah. Noah's story is full of Eden imagery, including chaotic water, trees, mountain tops, and priestly functions. The Flood narrative is not a story of cosmic destruction by the...
Now Is The Time w/Rabbi Steve Berkson – Covenant Community 101: Are You Saved? Part 5
Rabbi Steve Berkson focuses on the topic of “Who Shall be Saved?”, as he takes us to the Gospel of Matthew, chapter 13. There we find the parable Yeshua taught about “The Wheat and the Tares” – which was meant to describe two types of people within the congregation of...
Defining Faith PART 2
Biblical faith and biblical grace. Exactly what is faith? What is grace? What do these concepts look like? How should we understand and apply them to our everyday life? This podcast is PART 2 of 2 episodes to complete our study into these core issues of our...
Image Bearers Radio Ep. 15- The Restoration Through Noah
In this episode, we are going to look at the story of Noah. Since Adam & Chavah's exile from the garden, Chavah was promised a seed that would crush the serpent's head, bringing restoration of mankind back to the Garden. As we look at Noah's story in a different...
Image Bearers Radio Ep. 14- Exile & Hope w/guest Kyle Sylvest (Part 3)
This week, Kyle and Joe wrap up their three week discussion on the theme of exile and hope in the Biblical narrative. We are devoting this episode to exile language in the Gospels. Over the last couple of weeks, we have developed an "exile vocabulary" that will enable...
Mark Call – Parsha “Yitro”– teaching from Shabbat Shalom Mesa
Join Mark Call of Shabbat Shalom Mesa fellowship a two-part study of parsha "Yitro," (Exodus chapters 18 through 21) which might certainly be one of the most "fundamental" in the Torah, if not even among the most important. Mark sets out the overview in the Erev...
Defining Faith PART 1
PART 1 - What is "Faith;"that is, biblical faith? Is there a difference between what the religious world calls faith today and how the Almighty Eternal One defines faith in Hebrew scripture? Definitely, YES, there is a difference and we are going to learn about it...
Now Is The Time w/Rabbi Steve Berkson – Covenant Community 101: Are You Saved? Part 3
What’s wrong with Christianity? Aren’t there “good people” there? Most of us who are now in the Messianic Torah Observant community came from Christianity. Wasn’t there anything good we learned from being there? Can’t we bring something over with us as we’ve...
Defining Righteousness PART 2
This is PART 2 of the podcast series on defining righteousness. In English “righteousness”often is used to describe a person’s saintliness or piousness.
Image Bearers Radio Ep. 13- EXILE & HOPE W/GUEST KYLE SYLVEST (PART 2)
In last week's episode, Kyle Sylvest and I dove into the topic of exile as a theme in Scripture. We established a basic exile vocabulary that can help us to read the Bible better. In this week's episode, Kyle joins me again and we look at how this exile language is...






