Daniel Botkin
- Dec 5, 2021
Scholars Who Study, or Prophets Who Pray: Which is Our Greater Need Now in the Messianic Community?
In the Body of Messiah we always need scholars who study and teach. It is important for God’s people to think rightly about God. The...
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Daniel Botkin
- Nov 28, 2021
Light that is Darkness
Two times in the Gospels, Yeshua spoke about a light that is in reality darkness. The first time: “The light of the body is the eye: if...
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Daniel Botkin
- Nov 21, 2021
The Israel of God
The meanings of words change over the centuries. Linguists call this phenomenon semantic shift. Semantic shift happens, even to some...
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Daniel Botkin
- Nov 14, 2021
Letting the Devil Redefine Words and Symbols
I’m gay and not ashamed to admit it. Yes, readers, I’m coming out of the closet and admitting that I am gay. I’m happy and carefree....
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Daniel Botkin
- Nov 7, 2021
Purple Hayes
A few years ago I had some of my artwork in a booth at an outdoor art fair in Peoria. A man stopped by and looked at my work. He said...
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Daniel Botkin
- Oct 31, 2021
Linguistic Superstition and the Sacred Name Movement
Linguistic superstition is the belief that saying certain "negative" words will produce negative results, and saying certain "positive"...
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Daniel Botkin
- Oct 24, 2021
Ephraim: Counting the Torah as a Strange Thing
“Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin. I have written to him the great things of My law, but...
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Daniel Botkin
- Oct 17, 2021
The Feminizing of the Faith
I recently read a quote: “The average church today is an institution supported by the husbands of its members.” This quote appeared in...
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Daniel Botkin
- Oct 3, 2021
In Your Beginning
"In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void: and darkness was upon the face of the...
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Daniel Botkin
- Sep 26, 2021
When the Son of Man Marveled
“You either got faith or you got unbelief, and there ain’t no neutral ground.” - Bob Dylan in “Precious Angel,” from the Slow Train...
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Daniel Botkin
- Sep 19, 2021
Just One Night in a Bad Motel
I read somewhere that one of the four noble truths of Buddhism is that “Suffering exists,” or “Life is difficult,” or something like...
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Daniel Botkin
- Sep 12, 2021
Fasting for Spiritual & Physical Benefits
Should we fast for spiritual benefits, or for physical benefits? I say yes. If you fast for spiritual benefits, you will also reap some...
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Daniel Botkin
- Sep 5, 2021
Celebration of the New Moon
On the fourth day of creation, God said, “Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let...
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Daniel Botkin
- Aug 29, 2021
Power to Please Our Heavenly Father
Congregational activities take different forms in different congregations and denominations. Some people pray and praise loudly and...
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Daniel Botkin
- Aug 22, 2021
Separation: Another Word for Holiness
SEPARATION VERSUS MINGLING Leviticus 19:19 lists three Torah commandments that talk about separation versus mingling: “Ye shall keep My...
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Daniel Botkin
- Aug 15, 2021
Believing Into The Son of God
If I say the words “For God so loved the world,” most of you reading this could probably finish the statement. “For God so loved the...
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Daniel Botkin
- Aug 8, 2021
If . . . Then . . . Using Our God-Given Common Sense to Think Things Through
“If... then...” statements are used many places in the Bible. Sometimes they are used to make a point by the line of reasoning called in...
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Daniel Botkin
- Aug 1, 2021
A Time to Heal
If you had a choice of living to the age of 88 in perfect health, or living to the age of 90 with two years of sickness spread out...
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Daniel Botkin
- Jul 25, 2021
Torah, The Heart & Deception
Written sometime in the 1990s, a short time after having my eyes opened to the Torah. -DB When discussing how to determine the truth and...
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Daniel Botkin
- Jul 18, 2021
The Believer and God’s Law
The Book of Psalms opens by offering the reader two roads from which he can choose: the way of the godly or the way of the ungodly.
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Daniel Botkin
- Jul 11, 2021
The Seventh Sneeze
Pagan cultures have different superstitions about sneezing. Sneezing, depending on the number or type of sneezes, is believed to be a sign
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Daniel Botkin
- Jul 4, 2021
Our Need for Another Nation-Wide Spiritual Revival
When I first became a committed disciple of Jesus during the winter of 1971-1972, there was a revival happening all over the United States.
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Daniel Botkin
- Jun 27, 2021
The Way, The Error & The Doctrine of Balaam
Yeshua (Jesus) and the Apostles warned us to beware of false prophets. A few false prophets are mentioned in the Bible, but there is one...
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Daniel Botkin
- Jun 20, 2021
Hineni: Behold, Here Am I
Most Messianic disciples are familiar with the Hebrew word hineh from the popular song Hineh Mah Tov, taken from Psalm 133. Hineh mah tov...
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