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Beth El of Manhattan, Two-Testament Synagogue — 296 episodes

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1

Sermon On Synagogue's 28th Anniversary

2

Do-Be-Do-Be-Do 🎶

3

Theology Affects Translations

4

HaBayitah (Home) Part 2

5

Hearing

6

Two Leaders Sharing (Abbreviated Service)

7

God *Does* In The Real World

8

Not For Nothing (Schrödinger's Futility) :-)

9

Not My Toy Or Trophy

10

Beyond The Emoji Exodus

11

The Flying "Nuun"

12

Change Is Coming

13

Commanded To Command

14

The Power Of Two ... Or More

15

According To The Pattern ...

16

Love & Love ... And Love

17

God Ideas vs. Good Ideas

18

Saved To The Uttermost (on "Shabbat Shirah")

19

Becoming A Marvel

20

The Name Above Every Name

21

And They All Lived Happily Ever After

22

Mercy Is The Air We Breathe

23

Dysfunction Junction

24

Going On While Bereaved

25

The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner

26

HaBai'yitah (Home)

27

The Honey AND (Not OR) The Stinger

28

We Can't Deliver Perfection To God Or Each Other

29

The Mercy Of Return (with Special Musical Treat At End)

30

Newness From Here And Now

31

Rise And Shine. Or ...

32

Othering: Am I My Brother's Keeper? - Part 2

33

The Sure Mercies Of David

34

Haftarat "Nachamu" Reading

35

Right For Me, Right For Us - Part 2

36

Boundary-Making (with "Messiah Morsel" After Sermon)

37

God Remembers Devotion

38

Daily Bread

39

The Song of "It Can't Be Done."

40

The Shining (God's Name Placed Upon Us)

41

A Promise, Not A Command

42

A Place For Us

43

Obedience

44

The Fleas Come With The Dog

45

Heartbreak

46

"Hard Hearts, Soft Hearts"

47

Hineini Again

48

The Interrupted Conversation - Pilot: "I was there when it happened."

49

Relationship Rupture and Repair

50

Hanukkah - Messiah As The Ultimate Shamash

51

"Hated"

52

Overflowing

53

God Invites - Will We Accept?

54

On The Edge

55

"Lech Lecha" - Go To Your Very Self

56

Yesh Lanu Torah (We Have A Teaching)

57

We CAN Decide (A Non-Partisan Pre-Election Message)

58

The Indispensable Yeshua (Rescue)

59

Some Kind Of Game

60

The Erasure Of Shame

61

Somm Sechel (Put Sense)

62

Quixotic

63

What You Have HERE Comes From BACK THERE

64

Sophomore (Wise & Foolish)

65

Yashar - Right In God's Sight

66

To See or Not To See

67

Are We Hearing When God Calls?

68

The Greatest Comfort Of All

69

Life DURING Strife

70

Now Is All We Have

71

A Soothing Aroma To The Lord

72

Dewdrops & Lions

73

Facing A Magnified Challenge

74

Research Me

75

High Treason ... In A Good Way! :-)

76

When God Declares His Intentions (And Shows Up)

77

Accepting Our Assignment

78

When The Desert Is Moving Toward You

79

No Big Prayers Answered, Only Little Ones

80

Counting - And Counting On

81

The Always Candle

82

With God And The 'Right' People

83

A Dermatologist On Leprosy - and More

84

"The Kindness and Severity of God"

85

Be Ready (Guest Speaker Scott Poticha)

86

Purim: The Beauty and Necessity Of Heroism

87

No Promise Is Needed

88

"We Are Not 'Orphans'"

89

Sound Bites vs Sound Doctrine

90

Following God's Pattern

91

All "Politics" Is Local

92

Right And Wrong "Fear Of God"

93

Follower, Fighter, or Fool?

94

They Knew

95

This Too Shall Pass

96

A Map of Sincerity and Its Opposite

97

The Prayer In Every Human Heart

98

Covenant Creates Meaning By Creating Community

99

The Word Creates Hope

100

Show Them Yeshua - A "Sermon-PLUS"

101

It Was Not Supposed To Be ThIs Way

102

Esau, The Good Ol' Boy

103

Balancing Engagement With Recovery

104

If Not For God, We Would Have Lost

105

Beauty And The Beast

106

In The Beginning - The Hamas Pogrom

107

The Universe Is A Sukkah

108

Rosh Hashanah 2023 A New Wave Of Galileos

109

Year 30 Sermon 1 "The Ballad Of Ethel Mertz"

110

Taming The Bandit In All Of Us

111

Righting Our Boats

112

The Way Out Of Fear

113

Shown

114

The Staff And The Scepter

115

Redeeming (Not Wasting) Your Time

116

Sermon in Cape Town, South Africa 7 July 2023

117

Accessing Messiah's Joy

118

Useful Religion

119

Moses And God Lost "All The 'Best' People"

120

Two Affirmers vs. Ten Nullifiers

121

The Chair and The Coffee Can

122

"'Perishing' Was Not The Last Word"

123

What Comes Naturally - NOT!

124

Messiah's Memorial in Passover

125

Everyone's Favorite Book (of the Torah) Part 2

126

Gathered

127

"'The' Focus"

128

Oui, Chef! (Yes, Boss!)

129

Profiting From Experience

130

Messiah's Rx

131

With A Little Help From My Friends

132

Are We Cleansed, Or Aren't We?

133

I'm Saving You Anyway

134

When God Comes Calling

135

I Want Whatever You're Smoking

136

A Promise Is A Promise

137

Rightly Using A New Season

138

Worthy of Worship

139

The Puzzle Of God's "Goodness"

140

Hard To Ignore ... But Not Impossible

141

UnDumbing The Faith

142

Bark And Water

143

Why God Teaches Humans (Audio Only)

144

Shoftim - Real Leaders For A Real Time

145

Time For Another Adventure (CBE 29th Anniversary)

146

God's Food - The Narrow Path

147

Comfort - And Now Something Completely Different!

148

Why God Erased His Own Temple

149

The Journey Continues

150

1992 Class On Messiah In The Dead Sea Scrolls

151

Bridge-Burners and Sky-Lighters

152

Invasion Of The Body Snatchers

153

Rising Above Challenges Not Drowning In Them

154

Singing While Working - The "Anti-Korakh"

155

NEW SERMONS AGAIN ! :-) "Wisdom From Experience"

156

Erev Pesach, So No Shabbat Svc Tonight

157

Special Announcement

158

Advice vs. Orders

159

Through The Looking Glass

160

Things You Can't Un-See

161

The Essence of Healthy Prayer

162

A Person Has Arrived Seeking Good For Israel

163

God Fanning Fires

164

Today Jumps Off The Page

165

Life’s Two Fake-Outs

166

The Reality Of Duality (Spoken "in" South Africa)

167

What Brings You Joy?

168

Two Comforts: Integrity & Ubiquity

169

To All Our Jewish People Everywhere

170

Enough Is Enough

171

Genesis - The "Day" Objection

172

The Joy Of Having A Torah Pt. 2

173

Sukkot - We Are About What We DO, Not What We HAVE!

174

Nine Eleven: We Were Right Here

175

Rosh Hashanah 2021 in Cape Town, South Africa

176

Until

177

Appetite: How Laws Rescue Us From Self-Delusion

178

Bonus Teaching: Israel Is More Than A Destination Resort For Bible People

179

There Is No Other You

180

Shabbat Hazon - The Sabbath Of "Vision" (Clarity)

181

Passion As An Indicator (with Bonus "A Tale Of Two Spellings")

182

Analyze This - Taking A "No" From God

183

The Prayer In Every Heart

184

Why We Rewrite History

185

Which Truth Will Set You Free? (South Africa Sermon 3 in 2021)

186

Celebrating Asian Jewishness

187

On The Page And In Your Ear

188

Better Days Are Not A Pipe-Dream

189

Eema ("Mom")

190

Sound Doctrine & Sane Faith

191

Seeking So We Find

192

The Rational Making Room For The Impossible

193

Recovering Joy (Yom HaShoah Sermon)

194

"Is Truth Also Love?" (The "Afikomen" Dilemma)

195

"'The Great Shabbat' Is Also About Return"

196

"When Life Is Just Too Gross"

197

"People Who Move and Work"

198

"Having A 'God'Tan'"

199

Sermon In Cape Town, South Africa - after 21 Years Away

200

“Living The V’Ahavtah"

201

“Mentoring: How Not To Make Mistakes"

202

“How To Study The Bible – Part 2"

203

“How To Study The Bible - Part 1"

204

“Will Or Won’t Listen"

205

“The Truth-Hungry Heart”

206

“What Got You HERE Won’t Get You THERE"

207

“The Christ In Christmas"

208

“Two Responses To Truth"

209

“Hallel For What On Hanukkah?"

210

“Attaboy Expectations"

211

“The Song Of The Regiment"

212

11/20/2020 – “Turning The Page Of History"

213

11/13/2020 – “God's Stew of Order and Chaos"

214

11/6/2020 – “Pure Motives ARE Possible"

215

10/30/2020 – “Get Yourself Moving"

216

10/23/2020 – “How And Why God Tests People"

217

10/16/2020 – "Religious Firsts May Not Be Real Firsts"

218

10/11/2020 – “The Torah Sent For Us"

219

10/09/2020 – “A Person And A People"

220

10/3/2020 – Sukkot

221

9/28/2020 – Yom Kippur morning

222

9/27/2020 – Yom Kippur evening

223

9/25/2020 – Shabbat Shuva

224

9/18/2020 – Rosh Hashana 5781 – “Denting The Dark"

225

9/11/2020 – “Getting God Woke"

226

9/4/2020 – “Balancing Grace"

227

8/28/2020 – "God’s Kindness"

228

8/21/2020 – "Noticing Details"

229

8/14/2020 – The Clarity Of Fun And The Problem Of Pain

230

8/7/2020 – "Self-Loathing"

231

8/7/2020 – “Self-Loathing"

232

7/31/2020 – “The Art Of The Long View"

233

7/24/2020 – "Prying Your Heart Loose From The World"

234

7/17/2020 – “Mask Wearing"

235

7/10/2020 – Remember Love?

236

7/3/2020 – "The Passed Over Messiah" (repost)

237

7/3/2020 – "The Passed Over Messiah"

238

6/26/2020 – These Values

239

6/19/2020 – “God In The Fire"

240

6/12/2020 – "Conquering Self-Pity Shelakh"

241

6/12/2020 – "Conquering Self-Pity"

242

6/5/2020 – “Saving Truth”

243

5/29/2020 – “OOF” (audio fixed) – Shavuot

244

5/22/2020 – “Yom Yerushalayim”

245

5/15/2020 – “The Joy Of My Salvation”

246

5/8/2020 – “Unrecognized Habits”

247

5/1/2020 – “Positive Stillness”

248

4/24/2020 – “The Long View”

249

4/17/2020 – “One God And Tolerance”

250

4/10/2020 – “Understanding What Is Truly Possible”

251

4/3/2020 – “Shabbat HaGadol”

252

3/27/2020 – “God’s Economy”

253

3/20/2020 – “Barnabas”

254

3/13/2020 – “A New Normal”

255

3/6/2020 – “The Unfearing Life”

256

2/21/2020 – “Defeating Despair By Learning From Experience”

257

2/14/2020 – “Love Of The Truth”

258

2/7/2020 – “Truth Versus Benefits”

259

1/31/2020 – “Change Of Plans”

260

1/24/2020 – “Following God Or Using Him”

261

1/10/2020 – “How Destinies Are Made”

262

1/7/2020 – “Overcoming Training”

263

1/3/2020 – “Sheep Life In Wolf Town”

264

12/27/2019 – Hanukkah – “A Memorial Doughnut”

265

12/20/2019 – “Amadeus”

266

12/13/2019 – “Glory In The Mess”

267

12/6/2019 – “House of God”

268

11/27/2019 |”TNT” – Torah and Tefillah

269

11/22/2019 – “Living With Plan B”

270

11/15/2019 – “Is Anything Too Hard For The Lord?”

271

11/9/2019 – “Git”

272

11/1/2019 – “A True New Beginning – Part 2”

273

11/1/2019 – REDUB “A New True Beginning Part 2

274

10/25/2019 – “A New True Beginning”

275

Simchat Torah 2019 – “Joy Of One Torah”

276

10/18/2019 – “Rejoice For Seven Days”

277

10/11/2019 – “Change”

278

Yom Kippur – “Confidence In Mercy”

279

Kol Nidre Yom Kippur – “Atonement Goes Boink”

280

10/4/2019 – Your Sputnik Moment

281

Your Sputnik Moment

282

Rosh HaShanah 2019 – “Let’s Get This Party Started”

283

Rosh HaShanah 2019 – “Let’s Get This Party Started”

284

9/20/2019 – “Selichot, The Missing Piece”

285

9/20/2019 – “Selichot, The Missing Piece”

286

9/13/2019 – “Evading Is Not Erasing”

287

9/6/2019 – “Driven To Speak”

288

9/6/2019 – “Driven To Speak”

289

8/23/2019 – “Justice And Mercy”

290

8/23/2019 – “Justice And Mercy”

291

8/16/2019 – “People OFF The Book”

292

8/9/2019 – Tish’a B’Av

293

8/2/2019 – “Golda On Broadway”

294

7/26/2019 – “Useful Righteousness”

295

7/19/2019 – “Savor The Awesome”

296

7/12/2009 – “Rewriting History”