What’s the history behind this statement?  What’s wrong with Jewish food, anyway?  Today Rabbi Lansing addresses the subject of kosher food and it’s relevance in the B’rit Chadashah (New Testament).

It's an ananthema

What are mitzvot?  Commandments!  This week’s parshah contains more mitzvot than any other.  Some of these instructions apply to going to war.  How are they also applicable to us today?

Mitzvot! Mitzvot!

When G-d says to take an “eye for eye”, is he condoning violence?  Quite the contrary!  He is limiting the escalation of violence that is often commonplace with those seeking revenge.  How should we as believers react when we are wronged?  How are we to treat those that despise us?  Listen to today’s drash to find out.

Eye for an Eye

Do you want to have a close relationship with G-d?  What are the things that you should be doing in your daily life in order to Shema (listen and obey) Him?  Rabbi Lansing reviews this week’s torah portion and discusses how the commands listed there are relevant today and allow us to draw closer to his presence.

Come Near to G-d

This week’s Torah portion is “Eikev” or “Because”.  Have you ever explained your actions by saying “just because”?  Lots of people in society today are doing things “just because”: drug use, teen sex, abortions, and so forth.  Rabbi Lansing all these things and more in today’s drash, explaining why the synagogue needs to build and nurture a culture of life.

Just Because

Rabbi Don explains the importance of remaining faithful in G-d, even when it may seem that he is not answering your prayers.

Faithfulness (mp3)

Worship Leader Chris Koch describes how the wanderings of Israel in the wilderness for fourty years can be explained by Yeshua’s teaching of the grapevine in Jochanan (John) 15.

The Vineyard of G-d (mp3)

Vows and oaths are both addressed in Torah.  Have you ever made a promise and not kept your word?  How does this relate to us keeping G-d’s word?  Find out in this week’s drash.

Vows (mp3)

Life is a battle every day, and G-d gives us heroes that have faith in Him.  Pinchas (Phineas) was one of these heroes.  Rabbi Lansing describes some of his favorite heroes from the Bible and from today’s world.

Life is a Battle (mp3)

This past week we mourned the loss of Jordan Griner, who attended Congregation Beth Shalom before leaving Augusta to attend school at the University of Georgia.  No one was prepared for, or even thought that someone Jordan’s age would be taken from our midst.  How can we be prepared for such an event in our lives?  What can we learn from this tragedy?

Be Prepared (mp3)