Foundations with Mandy and Robbo

Today on Foundations, we'll continue our look at the Sabbath day and in particular, how the Jewish people celebrate it.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The day of rest dates all the way back to Creation Week, it's a blessing for all, and yet it can also be very controversial. In Foundations today and over the next few programs, we're going to take a deeper look at the Sabbath Day.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There are lots of uses of the word 'blessing' in the Bible and we use it a lot in our daily interactions with each other as well. Even non-Christians use the word blessing. But what does this word actually mean? That's what our conversation will be about today on Foundations.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today on Foundations we'll continue our conversation about sin and whether it's an action or a condition within the human heart, and maybe even the antidote.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In Foundations today, we'll take a look at sin. Is it an action, or is it a condition?Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tisha B'av is known to be the saddest day in the Jewish year as it's the anniversary of many tragedies in the history or these persecuted people. In the program today we'll look at the events that have devastated the Jewish people over the centuries that all took place on Tisha B'av - the 9th day of the month of Av in the Hebrew calendar.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We're concluding our short series on the relationship between God and man, we've learned how the Bible describes God's relationship with Israel as a marriage, and we've learned about the ancient Jewish wedding where we could see clearly Jesus and His future Bride, and we're about to finish our time in the book of Ruth, which gives us a picture of Israel with a broken marriage relationship being restored, with the acceptance of a Gentile bride and a Jewish redeemer.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our series on Foundations about God and man continues today, in particular we're continuing our conversation about the book of Ruth. Who the characters are, and how their relationships and the events that took place between them, seem to reflect the relationship described between Christ and the church. That's our topic in today's program.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For the last couple of programs, we've been learning about the book of Ruth, the relationship dynamics in that story and the prophetic picture that seems to be emerging about the relationship between Jesus Christ and the church. That conversation continues today on Foundations.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We're in a series at the moment about the relationship between God and man, we've learned a lot, and we're now looking at the story of the book of Ruth and beginning to see a picture with strong prophetic implications.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We're continuing our series on the relationship between God and man, we've looked at the ancient Jewish wedding and in our program today we're going to begin learning about a beautiful love story that has incredible prophetic implications.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We're in a series on Foundations at the moment learning about the relationship between God and man, and we've been looking at the ancient customs of the ancient Jewish wedding and how this beautiful custom unfolded. We're seeing a pattern and gaining greater understanding and implication of many passages in the New Covenant we've read so many times before.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We're currently in a series on Foundations about God's relationship with man and in our last program we began looking at the ancient Jewish wedding, who was involved in this ancient custom and how the wedding unfolded. We continue that conversation in our program today.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Over past programs on Foundations we've been learning about God's relationship with man, in particular His relationship with Israel. We're continuing the series by beginning to take a look at the Ancient Jewish Wedding.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We're in the middle of a series about God's relationship with man, we're particularly looking at God's relationship with Israel, and we're seeing how understanding Old Covenant events, helps us understand and rightly interpret New Covenant events.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the program today on Foundations, we continue the conversation regarding God's relationship with Israel, and how that relationship is described as a marriage.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We've begun a series on Foundations about the relationship between God and Man. In this program we look at the reason God chose to describe His relationship with Israel as that of a marriage relationship.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Over the next couple of weeks, we're going to cover a series about the relationship between God and Man. Particularly, we'll be looking at places in the Bible where God described the nation of Israel as His wife and the concept of them being 'one'.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We???ve been learning some safe boundaries for ourselves when it comes to studying future prophecy to be fulfilled, we???ll wrap that conversation up on Foundations.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bible prophecy is fascinating, especially speculating on what might happen in the future. This is why fortune tellers and clairvoyants are so popular! Bible prophecy buffs can be just as excitable, but there are some important things to remember and understand when studying Bible prophecy and that???s what we???re going to start talking about on Foundations.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today on Foundations, we???ll conclude our conversations about the significance of thorns in the Bible.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Thorns will be out conversation topic today on Foundations. We think of thorns and simply think of the torturous mocking crown that was pushed onto Jesus head when He was crucified. But the thorns represent so much more.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It???s easy to think that the men of the Bible must have been paragons of virtue and perfection, but when we read the Bible we quickly discover that nothing could be further from the truth. Many of the men God used for His purposes were terrible???and yet God used them in spite of them. Even Moses had a skeleton in his family closet. That???s out topic today on Foundations.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We???re continuing our conversation on Foundations today about whether Jesus lost His cool when He drove people out of the Temple, or cursed a poor fig tree for not having any fruit when it wasn???t fig season.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Reading the New Covenant (or the Old) without context or having even a light understanding of the culture of the time, can leave you scratching your head over some of the things people did. Some people feel that way about Jesus as well. He was so loving and gracious and forgiving, and then He seeming get angry with a fig tree and curse it, or make a whip and drive people out of the Temple. Why did He do that? Was He in control, or did He completely lose control? That???s the focus on Foundations.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On our program today, we???re going to look at how praise is actually linked to victory, in the Hebrew language.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We???re going to finish our conversation about repeating our prayers to God, and to be tenacious with our prayer requests.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On Foundations today we???ll look at a parable that seems to indicate that when we pray, we should repeat ourselves. Why would God require us to repeat our prayers to Him? He doesn???t have a bad memory?Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We've touched on the word Hineni before, when we were learning that God called Abraham his friend, so this time we're going to spend a little more time learning more clearly what hineni means.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Most Christians believe that the Law has absolutely no bearing on us at all, that's it's an Old Covenant system that's no longer in operation for those who belong to the New Covenant. We're going to look at a New Covenant event that challenged the first church in Jerusalem to see what conclusions they came to on this issue.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We've been learning on Foundations that the Law was given to man so he would know not only what God's standards and expectations are, but that we're incapable of observing them. Today we'll look at the consequences on the Jewish people for their rebellion against God's standards and begin to look at the application for our own lives in our modern age.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

After God gave His Law to Moses on Mt Sinai, it became apparent very quickly that it was almost impossible for His people to keep it. And yet, the Law was important to reveal the standards of God, and what His expectations were. That's the topic of discussion on Foundations.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Christians tend to look down their noses at the Law given to Moses, as though the Law is a terrible thing. However, Paul said that the Law is Holy, it was given by God for a purpose. That's going to be our focus for a few days on Foundations.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We'll finish our conversation today on Foundations about the Trinity, probably still agreeing that it's a mystery, but maybe not quite so impossible to understand.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We're going to continue our conversation about the Trinity, because it's important to understand because the Bible speaks about it. It's a mystery to be sure, but then if God was easy to understand, He wouldn't be God.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The concept of the Trinity has created headaches for people for millennia. It's very hard to understand, and yet, it's clearly evident in Scripture. We're going to tackle this mystery to see if we can find some understanding.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We're going to continue our conversation on Foundations about the blessing of the dew that greets us early in the morning.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On Foundations today, we'll be looking at the differences between rain and dew, and see why dew is such a blessing.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Can you imagine what it must have been like for Abraham to be known as the 'friend of God'? That's what we'll be learning about today on Foundations.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We continue our conversation today on Foundations about the importance of the Old Covenant, that's it's not obsolete and in fact is necessary to properly understand the New Covenant.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sadly, there's a prevailing belief within Christendom that the Old Covenant is obsolete and therefore, we don't need to know it or read it anymore; that's it's no longer relevant? We'll challenge that view today on Foundations.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We'll be continuing our conversation today on Foundations about the identity of the suffering man of sorrows described in Isaiah 53. There's great debate between Jews and Christians, and sometimes Isaiah 53 is completely left out of Synagogue readings. The identity of this man is essential to know.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We learned last time that the Talmud of the Jewish people, describes the Messiah as a leper, and we'll look at how that concept can be, or not, reconciled with Biblical prophecy about Messiah.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our program today looks at the conceptual idea that the Jewish Messiah would be like a leper, something Messiah is described as in the Jewish Talmud.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We learn pretty quickly that everything in the Bible, no matter how day to day or mundane, has significance to help us understand important spiritual lessons. That's our focus today when we wrap up our conversation about the ear piercing of slaves and possibly, why it had to be done against a wooden door.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We'll continue our conversations about the practice of piercing the earlobes of slaves who decide they want to remain with their masters rather than being set free.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On Foundations today we're going to begin looking into the ancient practice of piercing the earlobe of a slave.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In our previous program we began looking at the apparent revealing of two different Messiahs in Bible prophecy, one who would suffer and the other who would be a warrior. We'll bring those possibilities together in our program today on Foundations.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In our program today we're going to look at the issue that Bible prophecy appears to describe two different Messiahs, a suffering servant and a warrior king. Which one's correct?Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On Foundations today, we're going to wrap up our series on the names of God, and there are so many more beyond these ones. All these names reveal to us the kind of character and attributes He has and how He wants to reveal Himself to us.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://www.vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.