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Beth El of Manhattan, Two-Testament Synagogue — 296 episodes
Sermon On Synagogue's 28th Anniversary
Do-Be-Do-Be-Do 🎶
Theology Affects Translations
HaBayitah (Home) Part 2
Hearing
Two Leaders Sharing (Abbreviated Service)
God *Does* In The Real World
Not For Nothing (Schrödinger's Futility) :-)
Not My Toy Or Trophy
Beyond The Emoji Exodus
The Flying "Nuun"
Change Is Coming
Commanded To Command
The Power Of Two ... Or More
According To The Pattern ...
Love & Love ... And Love
God Ideas vs. Good Ideas
Saved To The Uttermost (on "Shabbat Shirah")
Becoming A Marvel
The Name Above Every Name
And They All Lived Happily Ever After
Mercy Is The Air We Breathe
Dysfunction Junction
Going On While Bereaved
The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner
HaBai'yitah (Home)
The Honey AND (Not OR) The Stinger
We Can't Deliver Perfection To God Or Each Other
The Mercy Of Return (with Special Musical Treat At End)
Newness From Here And Now
Rise And Shine. Or ...
Othering: Am I My Brother's Keeper? - Part 2
The Sure Mercies Of David
Haftarat "Nachamu" Reading
Right For Me, Right For Us - Part 2
Boundary-Making (with "Messiah Morsel" After Sermon)
God Remembers Devotion
Daily Bread
The Song of "It Can't Be Done."
The Shining (God's Name Placed Upon Us)
A Promise, Not A Command
A Place For Us
Obedience
The Fleas Come With The Dog
Heartbreak
"Hard Hearts, Soft Hearts"
Hineini Again
The Interrupted Conversation - Pilot: "I was there when it happened."
Relationship Rupture and Repair
Hanukkah - Messiah As The Ultimate Shamash
"Hated"
Overflowing
God Invites - Will We Accept?
On The Edge
"Lech Lecha" - Go To Your Very Self
Yesh Lanu Torah (We Have A Teaching)
We CAN Decide (A Non-Partisan Pre-Election Message)
The Indispensable Yeshua (Rescue)
Some Kind Of Game
The Erasure Of Shame
Somm Sechel (Put Sense)
Quixotic
What You Have HERE Comes From BACK THERE
Sophomore (Wise & Foolish)
Yashar - Right In God's Sight
To See or Not To See
Are We Hearing When God Calls?
The Greatest Comfort Of All
Life DURING Strife
Now Is All We Have
A Soothing Aroma To The Lord
Dewdrops & Lions
Facing A Magnified Challenge
Research Me
High Treason ... In A Good Way! :-)
When God Declares His Intentions (And Shows Up)
Accepting Our Assignment
When The Desert Is Moving Toward You
No Big Prayers Answered, Only Little Ones
Counting - And Counting On
The Always Candle
With God And The 'Right' People
A Dermatologist On Leprosy - and More
"The Kindness and Severity of God"
Be Ready (Guest Speaker Scott Poticha)
Purim: The Beauty and Necessity Of Heroism
No Promise Is Needed
"We Are Not 'Orphans'"
Sound Bites vs Sound Doctrine
Following God's Pattern
All "Politics" Is Local
Right And Wrong "Fear Of God"
Follower, Fighter, or Fool?
They Knew
This Too Shall Pass
A Map of Sincerity and Its Opposite
The Prayer In Every Human Heart
Covenant Creates Meaning By Creating Community
The Word Creates Hope
Show Them Yeshua - A "Sermon-PLUS"
It Was Not Supposed To Be ThIs Way
Esau, The Good Ol' Boy
Balancing Engagement With Recovery
If Not For God, We Would Have Lost
Beauty And The Beast
In The Beginning - The Hamas Pogrom
The Universe Is A Sukkah
Rosh Hashanah 2023 A New Wave Of Galileos
Year 30 Sermon 1 "The Ballad Of Ethel Mertz"
Taming The Bandit In All Of Us
Righting Our Boats
The Way Out Of Fear
Shown
The Staff And The Scepter
Redeeming (Not Wasting) Your Time
Sermon in Cape Town, South Africa 7 July 2023
Accessing Messiah's Joy
Useful Religion
Moses And God Lost "All The 'Best' People"
Two Affirmers vs. Ten Nullifiers
The Chair and The Coffee Can
"'Perishing' Was Not The Last Word"
What Comes Naturally - NOT!
Messiah's Memorial in Passover
Everyone's Favorite Book (of the Torah) Part 2
Gathered
"'The' Focus"
Oui, Chef! (Yes, Boss!)
Profiting From Experience
Messiah's Rx
With A Little Help From My Friends
Are We Cleansed, Or Aren't We?
I'm Saving You Anyway
When God Comes Calling
I Want Whatever You're Smoking
A Promise Is A Promise
Rightly Using A New Season
Worthy of Worship
The Puzzle Of God's "Goodness"
Hard To Ignore ... But Not Impossible
UnDumbing The Faith
Bark And Water
Why God Teaches Humans (Audio Only)
Shoftim - Real Leaders For A Real Time
Time For Another Adventure (CBE 29th Anniversary)
God's Food - The Narrow Path
Comfort - And Now Something Completely Different!
Why God Erased His Own Temple
The Journey Continues
1992 Class On Messiah In The Dead Sea Scrolls
Bridge-Burners and Sky-Lighters
Invasion Of The Body Snatchers
Rising Above Challenges Not Drowning In Them
Singing While Working - The "Anti-Korakh"
NEW SERMONS AGAIN ! :-) "Wisdom From Experience"
Erev Pesach, So No Shabbat Svc Tonight
Special Announcement
Advice vs. Orders
Through The Looking Glass
Things You Can't Un-See
The Essence of Healthy Prayer
A Person Has Arrived Seeking Good For Israel
God Fanning Fires
Today Jumps Off The Page
Life’s Two Fake-Outs
The Reality Of Duality (Spoken "in" South Africa)
What Brings You Joy?
Two Comforts: Integrity & Ubiquity
To All Our Jewish People Everywhere
Enough Is Enough
Genesis - The "Day" Objection
The Joy Of Having A Torah Pt. 2
Sukkot - We Are About What We DO, Not What We HAVE!
Nine Eleven: We Were Right Here
Rosh Hashanah 2021 in Cape Town, South Africa
Until
Appetite: How Laws Rescue Us From Self-Delusion
Bonus Teaching: Israel Is More Than A Destination Resort For Bible People
There Is No Other You
Shabbat Hazon - The Sabbath Of "Vision" (Clarity)
Passion As An Indicator (with Bonus "A Tale Of Two Spellings")
Analyze This - Taking A "No" From God
The Prayer In Every Heart
Why We Rewrite History
Which Truth Will Set You Free? (South Africa Sermon 3 in 2021)
Celebrating Asian Jewishness
On The Page And In Your Ear
Better Days Are Not A Pipe-Dream
Eema ("Mom")
Sound Doctrine & Sane Faith
Seeking So We Find
The Rational Making Room For The Impossible
Recovering Joy (Yom HaShoah Sermon)
"Is Truth Also Love?" (The "Afikomen" Dilemma)
"'The Great Shabbat' Is Also About Return"
"When Life Is Just Too Gross"
"People Who Move and Work"
"Having A 'God'Tan'"
Sermon In Cape Town, South Africa - after 21 Years Away
“Living The V’Ahavtah"
“Mentoring: How Not To Make Mistakes"
“How To Study The Bible – Part 2"
“How To Study The Bible - Part 1"
“Will Or Won’t Listen"
“The Truth-Hungry Heart”
“What Got You HERE Won’t Get You THERE"
“The Christ In Christmas"
“Two Responses To Truth"
“Hallel For What On Hanukkah?"
“Attaboy Expectations"
“The Song Of The Regiment"
11/20/2020 – “Turning The Page Of History"
11/13/2020 – “God's Stew of Order and Chaos"
11/6/2020 – “Pure Motives ARE Possible"
10/30/2020 – “Get Yourself Moving"
10/23/2020 – “How And Why God Tests People"
10/16/2020 – "Religious Firsts May Not Be Real Firsts"
10/11/2020 – “The Torah Sent For Us"
10/09/2020 – “A Person And A People"
10/3/2020 – Sukkot
9/28/2020 – Yom Kippur morning
9/27/2020 – Yom Kippur evening
9/25/2020 – Shabbat Shuva
9/18/2020 – Rosh Hashana 5781 – “Denting The Dark"
9/11/2020 – “Getting God Woke"
9/4/2020 – “Balancing Grace"
8/28/2020 – "God’s Kindness"
8/21/2020 – "Noticing Details"
8/14/2020 – The Clarity Of Fun And The Problem Of Pain
8/7/2020 – "Self-Loathing"
8/7/2020 – “Self-Loathing"
7/31/2020 – “The Art Of The Long View"
7/24/2020 – "Prying Your Heart Loose From The World"
7/17/2020 – “Mask Wearing"
7/10/2020 – Remember Love?
7/3/2020 – "The Passed Over Messiah" (repost)
7/3/2020 – "The Passed Over Messiah"
6/26/2020 – These Values
6/19/2020 – “God In The Fire"
6/12/2020 – "Conquering Self-Pity Shelakh"
6/12/2020 – "Conquering Self-Pity"
6/5/2020 – “Saving Truth”
5/29/2020 – “OOF” (audio fixed) – Shavuot
5/22/2020 – “Yom Yerushalayim”
5/15/2020 – “The Joy Of My Salvation”
5/8/2020 – “Unrecognized Habits”
5/1/2020 – “Positive Stillness”
4/24/2020 – “The Long View”
4/17/2020 – “One God And Tolerance”
4/10/2020 – “Understanding What Is Truly Possible”
4/3/2020 – “Shabbat HaGadol”
3/27/2020 – “God’s Economy”
3/20/2020 – “Barnabas”
3/13/2020 – “A New Normal”
3/6/2020 – “The Unfearing Life”
2/21/2020 – “Defeating Despair By Learning From Experience”
2/14/2020 – “Love Of The Truth”
2/7/2020 – “Truth Versus Benefits”
1/31/2020 – “Change Of Plans”
1/24/2020 – “Following God Or Using Him”
1/10/2020 – “How Destinies Are Made”
1/7/2020 – “Overcoming Training”
1/3/2020 – “Sheep Life In Wolf Town”
12/27/2019 – Hanukkah – “A Memorial Doughnut”
12/20/2019 – “Amadeus”
12/13/2019 – “Glory In The Mess”
12/6/2019 – “House of God”
11/27/2019 |”TNT” – Torah and Tefillah
11/22/2019 – “Living With Plan B”
11/15/2019 – “Is Anything Too Hard For The Lord?”
11/9/2019 – “Git”
11/1/2019 – “A True New Beginning – Part 2”
11/1/2019 – REDUB “A New True Beginning Part 2
10/25/2019 – “A New True Beginning”
Simchat Torah 2019 – “Joy Of One Torah”
10/18/2019 – “Rejoice For Seven Days”
10/11/2019 – “Change”
Yom Kippur – “Confidence In Mercy”
Kol Nidre Yom Kippur – “Atonement Goes Boink”
10/4/2019 – Your Sputnik Moment
Your Sputnik Moment
Rosh HaShanah 2019 – “Let’s Get This Party Started”
Rosh HaShanah 2019 – “Let’s Get This Party Started”
9/20/2019 – “Selichot, The Missing Piece”
9/20/2019 – “Selichot, The Missing Piece”
9/13/2019 – “Evading Is Not Erasing”
9/6/2019 – “Driven To Speak”
9/6/2019 – “Driven To Speak”
8/23/2019 – “Justice And Mercy”
8/23/2019 – “Justice And Mercy”
8/16/2019 – “People OFF The Book”
8/9/2019 – Tish’a B’Av
8/2/2019 – “Golda On Broadway”
7/26/2019 – “Useful Righteousness”
7/19/2019 – “Savor The Awesome”
7/12/2009 – “Rewriting History”