Daniel Botkin
Feb 20, 2022
Walking in the Truth or Sitting in the Truth: Which Are You Doing?
There are many things I enjoy in life. As a father, I agree with what John wrote when he said: “I have no greater joy than to hear that...
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Daniel Botkin
Feb 13, 2022
The Transgendering of Junia
“Salute Andronicus and Junia, my kinsmen, and my fellowprisoners, who are of note among the apostles, who also were in Christ before me”...
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Daniel Botkin
Feb 6, 2022
The Seed and its Fruit
Ancient Israel was an agrarian nation. The annual feasts given to Israel were based on the agricultural seasons and cycles. Agricultural...
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Daniel Botkin
Jan 30, 2022
Finding God’s Plan for Your Life
A lot of believers, especially young people with their whole adult life ahead of them, struggle with knowing the will of God for their...
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Daniel Botkin
Jan 23, 2022
Salvation from Sin
One serious problem among 21st-century American Christians is a misunderstanding of what the Bible means when it speaks about an...
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Daniel Botkin
Jan 16, 2022
Until the Seed Should Come
“Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, until the seed should come to whom the promise was made” (Gal....
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Daniel Botkin
Jan 9, 2022
The Crucifixion: Wednesday, Thursday or Friday? Or is it Ambiguous?
Most of the mainstream Christian world believes the Crucifixion of Jesus took place on a Friday, which is why the Friday before Easter is...
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Daniel Botkin
Jan 2, 2022
The End of the Law
"For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone that believeth.” -Romans 10:4 Many Christians are taught from today's...
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Daniel Botkin
Dec 26, 2021
The Curse and the Cure
The Curse: A God-Sent Insanity Upon Our Land “The LORD shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, and astonishment of heart” (Deut....
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Daniel Botkin
Dec 19, 2021
David’s Mighty Men
As a youth David was anointed by the Prophet Samuel to replace King Saul. Saul had refused to exterminate all the Amalekites and their...
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Daniel Botkin
Dec 12, 2021
The Use and Misuse of Emotion
As humans, we are creatures of emotion. We are capable of experiencing a very wide range of emotions, from deep depression to hilarious,...
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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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