Tishrei Journal

Arye Powlison The Tree in the Garden The story of the cross began in the Garden of Eden when Eve, and then Adam, ate from the tree that had been forbidden to them by the Lord. Actually, it began even before that, when G-d forbade them to eat of it. Or did it begin even […]

Hilary Le Cornu This article addresses one of the key elements concerning the nature of Scripture as a sacred text: how it is inspired. To state its rather simple, yet indubitably challenging, thesis right at the beginning: our claim is that the “doctrine of Inspiration” is dependent upon a prior theory of hermeneutics which regards […]

Dwight A Prior This article is adapted from the first lecture in a four-part seminar given by Dwight Pryor on his tour of Britain in 1994 under the auspices of Christian Friends of Israel-UK Introduction Prayer should be at the very heart of a disciple’s life. I am convinced that studying the patterns and principles […]

Tsvi Sadan These sermons were preached to a congregation of believers in The Land of Israel during the Summer of 1991. 1. Know Before Whom You Stand Proposition: Prayer will go up to the G-d to whom we pray. When I came to Yeshua, I began to pray for the first time in my life. […]

Tom Hamilton The idea of many people today of what praise is about is that of a congregation of people singing songs containing words such as “Hallelujah”, “Praise the Lord”, “Thank you Jesus” and “Glory”. These are, of course, valid expressions of praise taken, mostly from the Psalms. However, for many people such words, although […]

Howard Morgan This article is based on the transcript of a talk given to a congregation in the USA. Just as individuals were addressed in the context of their church fellowship on the occasion of the talk, so other individuals and fellowships can receive the message as if delivered to them. The message invites a […]

Karl D Coke Phylacteries, called in Hebrew: T’FILLIN When Jewish men pray, they wear two boxes containing Scriptures. One is worn on the forehead and the other is strapped to the left biceps with a long leather strap. The verses of Scripture inside the boxes are: Exodus 13:1-10, 11-16, Deuteronomy 6:4-9 and Deuteronomy 11:13-21. The […]

Clifford Denton This is both a contemporary issue in the Church and a relevant subject for this edition of Tishrei. The term Spiritual Warfare has been used very freely over the last few years, along with other terms like Power Praise, Power healing, Prayer Power, Powerful Intercession and Power Evangelism. The idea of special powers […]

Christopher Barder The broad title adopted here is the product principally of the widespread and pervasive nature of Greek and Roman cultural forms and patterns of thinking. The reason primarily far the dominance of these is that they seemed to represent the very best that mankind could achieve. The finest expressions of the creativity of […]