Daniel Botkin
May 26, 2019
Appointed Times: Is He the Lord of Your Calendar?
I became a born-again Christian in 1972. In the 1970s a popular Christian slogan was "Jesus is Lord!" This slogan was shouted and
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Daniel Botkin
Mar 24, 2019
Sabbath-Keeping in the Messianic Movement
My spiritual identity is centered in Jesus (Yeshua), not in Sabbath-keeping. However, this does not lessen the importance of keeping the Sab
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Daniel Botkin
Sep 30, 2018
The Four Species for Sukkot - or is it Five?
Judaism makes much of the arba’a minim, the four species traditionally used in the celebration of Sukkot: the etrog or citron fruit, which i
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Daniel Botkin
Sep 23, 2018
The Feast: What Shall We Call It?
Christians who read the KJV usually know it as the Feast of Tabernacles (Zech. 14 & John 7) or the Feast of Booths (Lev. 23 & Neh. 8
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Daniel Botkin
Sep 16, 2018
Shabbat Shuvah in the Season of Repentance and Atonement
On the Jewish calendar, the Sabbath between Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur is called Shabbat Shuvah. It is the Sabbath which occurs during yam
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Daniel Botkin
Sep 9, 2018
The Blowing of the Shofar: Discerning the Sound of the Trumpet for Our Generation
Rosh HaShanah, the first of the Fall Feasts, is marked by the blowing of the shofar, the ram's horn. In Biblical times the blowing of tr
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Daniel Botkin
Aug 5, 2018
"Church" Versus Ekklesia
The Greek word ekklesia is usually translated "church" in English translations of the New Testament. When people hear the word &qu
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Daniel Botkin
May 20, 2018
From Passover to Pentecost
A few years ago I was asked to teach a seminar on “Hebrew Holidays and Their Import For Christians” at Bradley University’s Osher Lifelong L
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Daniel Botkin
Apr 29, 2018
Appointed Times: Is He the Lord of Your Calendar?
How an individual uses his time is indeed of utmost importance. But in addition to the "how," there is another aspect of our stewa
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