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The Torah Observer's Dilemma

Sometimes, your belief system has a fatal flaw. Sometimes, there’s a dilemma presented by your belief system that has no solution, because it exposes that flaw. Recently, if you pay any attention to Christian apologetics …

Responding to Caleb Hegg on Sin Sacrifices

Introduction Recently, there has been a bit of a controversy stirred up by R.L. Solberg, when he asked the question of whether God still requires animal sacrifices to atone for sin. In response to this question, Caleb …

Has 119 Ministries Read Galatians?

· Answering The Pauline Paradox

Every Torah Observance apologist has to eventually talk about Galatians. They all talk about how Christians tell them to “read Galatians”, and have a good chuckle. What they don’t typically do is engage …

How The Pauline Paradox Mishandles the Bible

· Answering The Pauline Paradox

In The Pauline Paradox book, the nameless author from 119 Ministries has a tall order. He has to reinterpret Paul to stop his epistles from contradicting Torah Observance theology. In order to do that, he has to make …

The Many Fallacies of The Pauline Paradox

· Answering The Pauline Paradox

People love to throw around charges of fallacious reasoning. Few actually know their own fallacies. Reading The Pauline Paradox book by 119 ministries was a great opportunity to catalog some clear examples. What is a …

Ignoring Paul in The Pauline Paradox

· Answering The Pauline Paradox

In The Pauline Paradox, 119 ministries’ nameless author wants to convince us that this book in your hands is going to answer the questions and problems that Paul’s epistles raise for Torah Observance …

Isaiah 66, Ezekiel's Temple Vision and Torah Observance

I probably get asked more often about Isaiah 66 than any other text when it comes to Torah Observance and Hebrew Roots. Not only in emails, but even when I was interviewed recently by Caleb Hegg. It really seems a lot of …

Does Paul's Sacrifice in Acts 21 Prove Torah Observance?

Does Acts 21 establish the ongoing requirement to keep the sacrificial system and the ceremonial law? I think it actually shows that the ones who think so are actually the ones who misunderstand Paul. Let’s look at …