Syncretism is defined as "the combination of different forms of belief or practice" (Webster's). The word syncretism does not appear in...

“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...

This article was originally published in The Messianic Outreach in 1990 (Vol. 10:1), just a couple of years after I started keeping the...

Most Messianic disciples are familiar with the Hebrew word hineh from the popular song Hineh Mah Tov, taken from Psalm 133. Hineh mah tov...

The following is excerpted and adapted from my booklet The Ghost of Marcion, written circa 1990. – DB How should a disciple of...

“Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh His name in vain” (Ex....

Satan often twists the meaning of God’s Word and uses his distortion of truth as a weapon against God’s people. Satan uses his...

“And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that He had answered them well, asked Him, Which...

Congregations like the one I attend are most commonly described as Messianic, and the movement with which I identify is commonly called...

“All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits” (Prov. 16:2). To rationalize means to try to justify...