Daniel Botkin
Aug 20, 2023
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 13, 2023
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 6, 2023
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
Jul 30, 2023
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 23, 2023
Torah, The Heart & Deception
When discussing how to determine the truth and error of spiritual matters, people often make statements like the following: “I just...
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Daniel Botkin
Jul 16, 2023
The Believer and God’s Law
This article was originally published in The Messianic Outreach in 1990 (Vol. 10:1), just a couple of years after I started keeping the...
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Daniel Botkin
Jul 9, 2023
The Seventh Sneeze
Pagan cultures have different superstitions about sneezing. Sneezing, depending on the number or type of sneezes, is believed to be a...
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Daniel Botkin
Jul 2, 2023
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...
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Daniel Botkin
Jun 25, 2023
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 18, 2023
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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Daniel Botkin
Jun 11, 2023
Seven Guidelines for Understanding Paul’s Letters
The following is excerpted and adapted from my booklet The Ghost of Marcion, written circa 1990. – DB How should a disciple of...
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Daniel Botkin
Jun 4, 2023
The Seventh Day Sabbath: How Important is it Really?
“Another article about the Sabbath? Haven’t you already written enough articles about the Sabbath?” Apparently not, because the majority...
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Daniel Botkin
May 28, 2023
Sodom and Gomorrah on Steroids
The title of this article is a line I borrowed from Art Cox, the pastor of our local congregation. Some time ago Art was preaching about...
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Daniel Botkin
May 21, 2023
Be Mindful of Bemidbar
In English we call the fourth book of the Bible “Numbers,” but in Hebrew it is called BeMidbar, which means “in the wilderness.” This...
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Daniel Botkin
May 14, 2023
A Fresh Revelation for Shavuot
About a week before Shavuot (Pentecost) a few years ago, I was driving by myself, coming home from my trip to Pennsylvania and New York....
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Daniel Botkin
May 7, 2023
Covet to Prophesy
“If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments...
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Daniel Botkin
Apr 30, 2023
The Presence of the LORD
In 1969 Eric Clapton and three other musicians released an album that became quite popular among the hippies. The album was called Blind...
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Daniel Botkin
Apr 23, 2023
Kedoshim: Defining the Set-Apart Life
On April 29 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
Apr 16, 2023
"The Sabbath Abolished" A Book Review
It’s not exactly a book. It’s a 16-page booklet written by the late Jack Meyer, Sr., and published by Quality Publications in Abilene,...
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Daniel Botkin
Apr 9, 2023
Jonah and the Joy of Salvation
“Now the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the son of Amitai....” Before I write about Jonah, I want to first write about Jonah’s father,...
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Daniel Botkin
Apr 2, 2023
The Parable of the Hidden Leaven
“The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened” (Matt....
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Daniel Botkin
Mar 26, 2023
Bede Bashing by Facebook Buddies
About this time of year, we can look forward to seeing the first signs of spring: flowers pushing their way up through the soil, robins...
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Daniel Botkin
Mar 19, 2023
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 12, 2023
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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