Roots of Faith

Joseph Good, who was a pioneer of the ‘return to Hebrew Roots movement’ in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s, explains his current thoughts on the path of return for those who seek to turn to the Torah. Joseph talks from the heart concerning his current thoughts, beliefs and personal life for those who think they are of the lost tribes (or anyone), outlining the mindset and way of the Torah, and whole Bible as it relates to today. What he has found, describes and teaches is not what you usually hear. You will not want to miss his thought provoking talk, straight from the scriptures and current news.
Even if you don’t think you are a “lost tribe member”, but want to turn/return to The Way, this message will explain some things that must be considered on a basic level.

As a side note, as we are able to recover from the technical difficulties we experienced recording the conference, more will be made available, including commentary from Ross Nichols, the faithful leader of RootsOfFaith.org. [staff]

 

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Yom Teruah - A Day of Shouting!

Shalom!

This first day of the 7th month is known biblically as Yom Teruah, (a day of blasting, shouting), more commonly known as the Feast of Trumpets and traditionally as Rosh HaShana (or New Year’s day).

You are invited to listen to the Yom Teruah Service of the Roots of Faith Congregation. We assembled Thursday evening (September 13th) in the old Temple Sinai Synagogue for some shofar blowing and a discussion of the Biblical significance of Yom Teruah and the blowing of trumpets.

As you hear the voice of the Shofar - the Ram’s horn at this time of year, please begin to prepare yourself.  The Day of Atonement is approaching!

Shalom and please join us at this APPOINTED TIME!

 

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I have added some features to the site that I feel will be helpful to my guests.  The web is an incredible tool and there are many gifted people out there that have created some wonderful “gadgets” for web site builders like myself (even those without great talent for these sorts of things:).

One such gifted individual is Michael J. Radwin.  His site is www.hebcal.com. This web site is worth a look and I encourage you to check it out. I added some content on my site from his work.  On the splash page and welcome page I added a script that enables you to see the Hebrew calendar date. Also on the welcome page I added a script that shows holidays, the week’s Torah portion and candle lighting times for my own zip code. This display gives the name of the Torah reading, but you can click on the link to learn more.  This site is realy great and I am confident that you will use it often.  I know that I will.  I realize that the script for the Hebrew month does not contain the Torah readings though it does show the festivals.  I need to dig into this a bit..but not tonight.

Another gifted individual is David Rose. I got the moon phase display from his site - http://www.calculatorcat.com/moon_phases/moon_phases.phtml

A proper understanding of the Bible requires an aquaintance with the way that the Hebrew calendar works and one cannot begin to understand the Hebrew calendar without keeping an eye on the moon.   

I am hoping to add more content to the site as I am made aware of things such as these that will aid all of us in our quest for Biblical truth.

Check back often and be sure and email me if you have ideas that will make my site more helpful in your studies.

On Friday night @ 7:00 PM, December 15th, the congregation gathered at the synagogue to celebrate the first night of Hanukkah.

It was a very special service as the Morgan family acted out the story of Hanukkah.  Chris read the story as the Morgan boys (Tanner, Collin, Garrett, Dillan, and Jarred), dressed in constumes that their mom had made, put on a star performance.  Sheree played music on the keyboard during the service.  Everyone enjoyed the show and then Sheree gave a talk on the significance of this festival for believers.

I wish you all could have been there.  We look forward to many more services by the Morgan Family!