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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Daniel Botkin
Mar 5, 2023
Genesis Chapters 1-11: Fact or Fiction? Does it Matter?
There is a growing and disturbing trend among some Bible believers to view the first eleven chapters of Genesis as divinely inspired...
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Daniel Botkin
Feb 26, 2023
OBITUARY: Buttercup Botkin 2008 - 2023
Buttercup Botkin of East Peoria passed away on January 31, 2023, just a couple weeks shy of her 15th birthday. Buttercup was born in...
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Daniel Botkin
Feb 19, 2023
Rebirth of a Dead Language: A Short History of Hebrew
The Hebrew language has a history unlike the history of any other language. After the Romans destroyed Jerusalem in AD 70, the...
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Daniel Botkin
Feb 12, 2023
Sports
I never had a lot of interest in sports. In high school I was on the boys’ swim team for a while. Back then, the bigots wouldn’t allow...
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Daniel Botkin
Feb 5, 2023
Our Treatment of People
I recently read through the four Gospels again for the umpteenth time. I did not get any new revelation, but I did get an important...
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Daniel Botkin
Jan 29, 2023
Leaving the Ninety-Nine: The Parable of the Lost Sheep
“And He spake this parable unto them, saying, What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety...
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