Daniel Botkin
Feb 4
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 21
A Hot Furnace & A Cool Chimney
In the Parable of the Ten Virgins (Matt. 25:1-13), the five foolish virgins took no oil for their lamps, but the five wise virgins took...
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Daniel Botkin
Dec 24, 2023
Mary, Mother of Messiah
The Roman Catholic Church elevates Mary to the status of Regina Caeli, “Queen of heaven,” and declares her to be the Mediatrix, the...
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Daniel Botkin
Aug 6, 2023
If . . . Then . . . Using Our God-Given Common Sense to Think Things Through
“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...
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Daniel Botkin
Dec 11, 2022
Unconditional Surrender (“Thank God for the Atom Bomb”)
Around 1990 I read a book by Paul Fussell, a World War 2 veteran who became a college professor, author, and literary critic. The title...
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Daniel Botkin
Nov 13, 2022
God Does Not Need Our Prayers
God does not need our prayers. God can do whatever He wants to do without our prayers. The Almighty is All Mighty. He does not need our...
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Daniel Botkin
Jun 20, 2021
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
May 23, 2021
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
Jul 26, 2020
Tisha B'Av and the Book of Lamentations
Tisha B'Av (the 9th day of the lunar month of Av) falls on July 21 this year, but will be observed on July 22. If the morning of Av fall
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Daniel Botkin
Jul 19, 2020
The Blessing and the Curse of Independent Thinking
Several years ago I saw a book that was a compilation of testimonies of Jewish people who had come to the conclusion that Yeshua of Nazareth
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