Ohev Yisrael http://www.ohevyisrael.org Wed, 15 Feb 2012 20:25:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 January 1-7 http://www.ohevyisrael.org/2012/01/02/170/ http://www.ohevyisrael.org/2012/01/02/170/#comments Mon, 02 Jan 2012 16:26:22 +0000 Michael Rudolph http://ohev.voyagemg.net/?p=170 January 1-7]]> http://www.ohevyisrael.org/2012/01/02/170/feed/ 0 Discerning What Is Jewish http://www.ohevyisrael.org/2011/12/05/discerning-what-is-jewish/ http://www.ohevyisrael.org/2011/12/05/discerning-what-is-jewish/#comments Mon, 05 Dec 2011 16:12:47 +0000 voyage http://ohev.voyagemg.net/?p=114 In a way, this article begins in the middle of the subject because it assumes the reader has already decided that Jewish traditions, in some form, and to some degree, have a place in his or her life.  Because many Messianic believers do not venture into and participate in the wider Jewish world, their knowledge …

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Part II:  The Vision
I believe that a Messianic Jewish congregation such as Ohev should structure itself today to be a model for …

Click here to continue reading →]]> http://www.ohevyisrael.org/2011/12/05/a-new-covenant-jewish-vision/feed/ 0 Faith is God’s Antidote for Fear http://www.ohevyisrael.org/2011/12/05/faith-is-god%e2%80%99s-antidote-for-fear/ http://www.ohevyisrael.org/2011/12/05/faith-is-god%e2%80%99s-antidote-for-fear/#comments Mon, 05 Dec 2011 16:11:22 +0000 Michael Rudolph http://ohev.voyagemg.net/?p=110 This article is a portion of a message I delivered on Shabbat several weeks ago but, because the substance of it is so relevant for us in this season and so very important in our overall walk as believers, I have decided to re-present it in this shortened written form.

2 Timothy 1:7 tells us:

“For God has …

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Click here to continue reading →]]> http://www.ohevyisrael.org/2011/12/05/moving-of-the-spirit-proof-of-the-pudding/feed/ 0 Not All Messianic Believers Are Jews http://www.ohevyisrael.org/2011/12/05/not-all-messianic-believers-are-jews/ http://www.ohevyisrael.org/2011/12/05/not-all-messianic-believers-are-jews/#comments Mon, 05 Dec 2011 16:08:20 +0000 Michael Rudolph http://ohev.voyagemg.net/?p=102 There are some in the Messianic Movement who are teaching that all believers in Yeshua are Jews.  This view is the reverse of replacement theology (but equally incorrect) which holds that Israel has fallen from grace through its rejection of Yeshua, and that the Christian Church has therefore replaced it as God’s people.  Similar to …

Click here to continue reading →]]> http://www.ohevyisrael.org/2011/12/05/not-all-messianic-believers-are-jews/feed/ 0 Ohev Members: Meet Tikkun! http://www.ohevyisrael.org/2011/12/05/ohev-members-meet-tikkun/ http://www.ohevyisrael.org/2011/12/05/ohev-members-meet-tikkun/#comments Mon, 05 Dec 2011 16:06:06 +0000 Michael Rudolph http://ohev.voyagemg.net/?p=100 I recently became aware that many of our members do not know and understand what Tikkun is, what it does, and how we benefit from it.  All they know (or may not know) is that we help support Tikkun through giving a tithe of our congregational income, and that I, your Congregational Leader, also tithe …

Click here to continue reading →]]> http://www.ohevyisrael.org/2011/12/05/ohev-members-meet-tikkun/feed/ 0 On Believers Having Fun http://www.ohevyisrael.org/2011/12/05/on-believers-having-fun/ http://www.ohevyisrael.org/2011/12/05/on-believers-having-fun/#comments Mon, 05 Dec 2011 16:05:16 +0000 Michael Rudolph http://ohev.voyagemg.net/?p=98 It happened that this edition of the Rabbi’s Corner fell due just a day after I returned from a week’s vacation in Southern Maryland with my granddaughters, so I decided to write on what was freshest on my mind – having fun.

Before I became a believer, having fun was uppermost on my list of …

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