Daniel Botkin
Nov 24
The Mystery of God Finished
Suppose an evil man plans to abduct, abuse, and murder a child. Each day he hides in a clump of trees by a playground in a park. He waits...
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Daniel Botkin
Nov 10
The Flaws of Father Abraham
For Jews and Christians, Abraham is the father of our faith. We do not want to dishonor Abraham by criticizing him, but at the same time,...
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Daniel Botkin
Oct 27
THE GOSPEL Something To Be Obeyed
The gospel is the good news that God sent His Son into the world to save sinners. What are we supposed to do with the gospel? “That’s...
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Daniel Botkin
Oct 20
Morality & Mortality
The English words morality and mortality sound very similar but have very different meanings and different etymologies. The word...
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Daniel Botkin
Oct 13
“He Made Me Do It!”
Blaming someone else for one’s sins goes all the way back to Adam and Eve. God asked Adam if he had eaten the forbidden fruit. “The...
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Daniel Botkin
Sep 8
Disciples: Devotion, Diligence, Discipline
If you took geometry in high school, you learned the difference between 2-D (two dimensional) and 3-D (three dimensional) geometry. In...
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Daniel Botkin
Aug 18
The Tree of Knowledge & The Tree of Life
TWO TREES God planted a garden eastward in Eden. In this garden were various kinds of trees, but two specific trees were singled out from...
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Daniel Botkin
Apr 7
Kedoshim: Defining the Set-Apart Life
On May 11 this year, synagogues and Messianic congregations around the world will be reading Leviticus chapters 19 and 20, the Torah...
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Daniel Botkin
Mar 10
Prodigal Sons
One of the best-known parables in the Gospels is The Parable of the Prodigal Son in Luke chapter 15. A certain man had two sons. The...
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Daniel Botkin
Mar 3
What is Man? A Hunk of Bloody Flesh Destined to Walk in the Spirit
One night I was lying in bed pondering the mysteries of life, as I am wont to do. I turned to my wife and said, “Have you ever thought...
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