Daniel Botkin
Apr 18, 2021
Immigrants & Immigration
You see, we are all immigrants to the kingdom of heaven. We have all been translated from darkness to light.
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Daniel Botkin
Apr 11, 2021
The Slippery Slope of Sola Scriptura
“‘The Slippery Slope of Sola Scriptura’? Did I read that right, Daniel? Haven’t you written in favor of sola scriptura in the past?”
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Daniel Botkin
Apr 4, 2021
The Necessity of Non-Punitive Suffering
For disciples of Yeshua, the events of the Hebrews’ Exodus from Egypt and the subsequent forty years in the wilderness are supposed to be
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Daniel Botkin
Mar 28, 2021
PASSOVER: A Time for Separating Hebrews from Egyptians
There are two kinds of people in the world: those who put everybody into one of two categories, and those who don’t. I do because the Bible
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Daniel Botkin
Mar 21, 2021
Suffering and Art ~ an Essay by Daniel Botkin
Tisha B'Av: The Destruction of Jerusalem by Daniel Botkin Picasso’s Guernica, Géricault’s The Raft of the Medusa, Goya’s The Third of May...
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Daniel Botkin
Mar 13, 2021
The Artist's Signature ~ an Essay by Daniel Botkin
The book Art For Dummies downplays the importance of an artist's signature on a work of art. Art For Dummies states that "the presence or
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Daniel Botkin
Mar 7, 2021
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...
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Daniel Botkin
Feb 28, 2021
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:...
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Daniel Botkin
Feb 21, 2021
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...
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Daniel Botkin
Feb 14, 2021
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 Peoria....
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Daniel Botkin
Feb 7, 2021
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 wants...
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Daniel Botkin
Jan 31, 2021
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...
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Daniel Botkin
Jan 24, 2021
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 of...
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Daniel Botkin
Jan 17, 2021
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 If you are saved,...
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Daniel Botkin
Jan 10, 2021
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...
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Daniel Botkin
Jan 2, 2021
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...
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Daniel Botkin
Dec 27, 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 me...
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Daniel Botkin
Dec 20, 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...
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Daniel Botkin
Dec 13, 2020
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...
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Daniel Botkin
Dec 6, 2020
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
Nov 29, 2020
Forbid Not To Speak With Tongues
“Forbid not to speak with tongues” (1 Cor. 14:39). Among Christians there are two extreme views of speaking in tongues. One extreme view...
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Daniel Botkin
Nov 22, 2020
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...
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Daniel Botkin
Nov 15, 2020
What was Nailed to the Cross in Colossians 2:14?
"Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his...
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Daniel Botkin
Nov 8, 2020
Heady Days of Dreamers and Devils
It is a Jewish custom to recite a psalm before saying grace after meals. On the six weekdays, Jews recite Psalm 137: "By the rivers of...
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