Daniel Botkin
May 17, 2020
Don't be Numb to Numbers
In English we call the fourth book of the Bible “Numbers.” This is a translation of the Latin title of the book, Numeri, which is a transla
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Daniel Botkin
May 10, 2020
The Superhero: Jewish Origins, Universal Appeal
Growing up as a kid in the 1950s and early 60s, I read a lot of superhero comic books. I even read the Letters pages, where readers sent com
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Daniel Botkin
May 3, 2020
Appointed Times: Is He the Lord of Your Calendar?
I became a born-again Christian in 1972. In the 1970s a popular Christian slogan was "Jesus is Lord!" This slogan was shouted and
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Daniel Botkin
Apr 26, 2020
Focusing on the Surpassing Glory of Messiah: That We May be One
The modern Messianic Jewish Movement began in the late 1960s and early 1970s, when great numbers of Jewish people came to the conclusion tha
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Daniel Botkin
Apr 19, 2020
Things That Should be Left Behind
As I write this, Passover, the festival of freedom, has passed. Now we are counting the seven Sabbaths to Shavuot (Pentecost), the anniversa
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Daniel Botkin
Apr 12, 2020
Forty Exciting Days: Always Watching for Yeshua to Appear
“He showed Himself alive after His passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days” (Acts 1:3) “After these things Yeshua s
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Daniel Botkin
Apr 5, 2020
Horseradish and Other Items on the Seder Plate
In the spring of 2000, I had a solo exhibition of my artwork at Peoria’s Contemporary Art Center. My exhibition consisted of around thirty
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Daniel Botkin
Mar 29, 2020
The Fear of the LORD
"Then had the churches rest throughout all Judea and Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort
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Daniel Botkin
Mar 22, 2020
Yeshua, the Holy Terrorist
We live in a world inhabited by two sorts of intelligent beings: visible and invisible. There are two categories of visible beings: children
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Daniel Botkin
Mar 15, 2020
The Spirit Behind Art
I have often heard people use the words spirit and spiritual when talking about art and art-related topics, but I have rarely if ever heard
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Daniel Botkin
Mar 8, 2020
O Taste and See!
"O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in Him." ~ Psalm 34:8
I grew up in the 1950s and 60s in
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Daniel Botkin
Mar 1, 2020
Happy is the People Whose God is Yahweh
"Happy is that people that is in such a case: yea, happy is that people, whose God is Yahweh." (Psalm 144:15)
Every loving father
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Daniel Botkin
Feb 23, 2020
Why So Many Unanswered Prayers?
You have probably heard the old worn-out cliché about God answering prayer: "God always answers prayer. Sometimes He says Yes, and some
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Daniel Botkin
Feb 16, 2020
The Jethro Model: Of God or Man?
What is the Jethro model? For readers who may not be very familiar with the Bible, we are not talking about television's Jethro Bodine o
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Daniel Botkin
Feb 9, 2020
How Saved Are You?
"Behold, Yahweh's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither His ear heavy, that it cannot hear." Isaiah 59:1
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Daniel Botkin
Feb 2, 2020
Compromise: Identifying Enemy Warfare Tactics
Compromise can be good or bad, depending on the situation. It can be good when trying to make a decision that will satisfy everyone. For exa
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Daniel Botkin
Jan 26, 2020
October 31st & December 25th
About 25 years ago the pastor of the congregation I attended preached a sermon telling Bible believers why they should not celebrate Hallowe
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Daniel Botkin
Jan 19, 2020
Yom Sylvester: January 1st in Israel
According to the Bible, spring marks the beginning of the year. “This month [Aviv, the month of Passover] shall be unto you the beginning of
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Daniel Botkin
Jan 12, 2020
The Name of God: "I AM THAT I AM"
"And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent m
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Daniel Botkin
Jan 5, 2020
A Time for Wheat, a Time for Tares
“To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven....” (Eccl. 3:1)
From Ecclesiastes chapter 3, we learn th
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Daniel Botkin
Dec 29, 2019
Preparing the Way of the Lord: Landscaping & Road Reconstruction
The gospel of Jesus Christ (the good news of Yeshua the Messiah) does not begin with a manifestation of the Messiah Himself. The gospel begi
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Daniel Botkin
Dec 22, 2019
Hellenization or Hanukkization: "How Long Halt Ye Between Two Opinions?"
The Hanukkah story is found in the Book of Maccabees, a Jewish inter-testamental book. The Jews, to whom "were committed the oracles of...
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Daniel Botkin
Dec 14, 2019
Forbid Not To Speak With Tongues
Among Christians there are two extreme views of speaking in tongues.
One extreme view is the belief that people who never speak in tongue
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Daniel Botkin
Dec 8, 2019
Climbing Jacob's Ladder
With some help from his mother, Jacob tricked his father Isaac into giving him the blessing that Isaac had planned to bestow on his firstbor
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