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What is Passion Week?

Posted on March 28, 2023 | 1 comment

Surely you have heard of Mel Gibson’s movie “The Passion of the Christ.” The title comes from the idea that the Messiah was so passionate about His mission that nothing would stop Him from going to the cross. Passion Week is the cumulation of days during the week of the crucifixion, starting with the Triumphal Entry commonly known as Palm Sunday, and going through until Ressurection Sunday which everyone knows as Easter. But is it really a week long? Or longer? Or is it just a tradition of the Church? We’re going to look at each day leading up to the cross and beyond as it’s recorded in the Gospels. Let’s go.

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I’m back ???

Posted on August 27, 2022 | Comments Off on I’m back ???

Well, this has been a crazy year, and my wife has had too many projects for me. Needless to say, this blog took a back seat, to which I hold a lot of regrets. I wish I had the time to fully invest in this blog and my other dreams, but such is not the case.

To that end, I am working on some things and hope to be posting regularly in the future. I may just have to highlight some things in the Torah portions rather than trying to cover everything for the week. I would like to have a Bible study with a group where we could discuss things and then post those highlights on the blog. Unfortunately, I’ve never been able to find anyone who wants to come over for a Bible study, so I’m a one-man show. It’s just me sharing what I’ve seen and learned. I hope you enjoy it and can learn along with me.

Stay tuned for more to come.

Oh, and today is the first day of Teshuva. The new cycle of Torah portions begins in 8 weeks!

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Reminder on the Timing of Posts

Posted on September 19, 2021 | Comments Off on Reminder on the Timing of Posts

The Feast of Tabernacles begins on Monday, September 20th, as the sun goes down. That means that the first Torah portion will be the Sabbath after the Feast is over in eight days. The posts for that Torah portion will begin the Sunday before that Sabbath. Each Torah Portion will be the same way, with the post beginning the Sunday before and going through the week. Just to be clear, the first post for the first Torah portion will be on Sunday, September 26th during the Feast of Tabernacles. All the posts during that week will be for the first study on Sabbath, October 2nd.

Enjoy the Feast, and get ready for Bible Study!

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How is This Bible Study Going to Work?

Posted on September 12, 2021 | Comments Off on How is This Bible Study Going to Work?

I decided to start this Bible Study blog for a few reasons. For starters, I’ve worked with both youth and adults and sadly have found that no matter the age, a lot of people come to a study unprepared for the topic. In other words, they don’t read the material beforehand so that they are ready to discuss it. This means that most of the time is spent going over the material rather than having discussions about it, and in a Sunday School setting that only has about 50 minutes, that means a lot of the material gets missed or overlooked simply because of time constraints.

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How Do You Return to a Place You’ve Never Been?

Posted on September 4, 2021 | Comments Off on How Do You Return to a Place You’ve Never Been?

The Days of Teshuva, Part 4

In part 2, we learned that teshuva means to return to the paths of righteousness as written in the Torah. But what if you’ve never been taught the Torah? What if you were taught that Christians don’t need the Torah? Do we really need to do teshuva in that way?

Torah simply means instructions. The Torah is God’s instructions for how He wants us to live. What follower of God doesn’t want to live the way He designed for us? Maybe you’ve been taught that the Torah was just for the Jews and not for Gentile believers. Is it possible that God gave instructions to one group of people that He didn’t expect the rest of humanity to follow?

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Introduction to Emmaus Road’s Bible Study

Posted on August 28, 2021 | Comments Off on Introduction to Emmaus Road’s Bible Study

When I started this Bible study a couple of years ago, the first session was simply called, “An Introduction to the Bible.” I won’t rehash all of that here because it would be a very long post, but I thought that since we have a new site and may attract new visitors, now would be a good time to let everyone know where we’re coming from and the sources we will be using on a regular basis. Things like that.

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To Lent or Teshuva, That is the Question

Posted on August 22, 2021 | Comments Off on To Lent or Teshuva, That is the Question

The Days of Teshuva, Part 3

So far, we’ve learned that the Days of Teshuva have begun and vaguely why they are at this time of year, and we’ve also learned what teshuva means. You may be able to see how Teshuva is similar to Lent. What I haven’t mentioned yet is that the days of teshuva are forty in number, just like Lent. One has to wonder, if the Days of Teshuva already exist, then why do most people celebrate Lent? I’ll get to that in a moment, but first I want to tell you about some observations and traditions about the 40 Days of Teshuva.

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The Meaning of Teshuva

Posted on August 21, 2021 | Comments Off on The Meaning of Teshuva

The Days of Teshuva, Part 2

If the Days of Teshuva sound foreign to you, that is not a surprise. Most pastors don’t preach on the subject. And if they do, they tend to associate it with Easter and the days more commonly known as Lent. That’s understandable since they are both relating to the same thing. So, why the change from Teshuva to Lent? We’ll get to that in part three.

What are the Days of Teshuva?

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The Days of Teshuva

Posted on August 14, 2021 | Comments Off on The Days of Teshuva

Part 1

The Days of Teshuva are upon us. And they came quicker than expected. That’s because of a calendar shift on my part as I will explain in a moment.

If the Days of Teshuva are something that is new to you, I will apologize in advance. That will be explained in part 2. For now, I need to explain the calendar change. That may also be new to you. Even though we still live under the Gregorian calendar and the posts will be dated by such, the timing of things that happen through this Bible study will follow the Creator’s calendar as mentioned throughout the Scriptures. Having said that, the Creator’s calendar is not a step-by-step method for determining when a day, month, or year begins. All you have to do is perform a web search to see that there are varying opinions on what the Scriptures say about how to keep the days, etc.

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