Mishkahn David Messianic Synagogue

Parshat Lech Lecha: In Luke's Gospel, Yeshua challenges His followers to a radical form of love: loving our enemies. But before He shares this profound teaching, He begins with a powerful phrase, "To those who are listening..."

Parshat Noach: The blessing of Japheth is found in dwelling within the tents of Shem, marking the first instance of Gentiles being grafted into Israel. It requires courage to step out of your comfort zone and choose to dwell in another's tent, where the blessing resides.

Parshat Beresheet: If Eden was so perfect, then why did it need to be cultivated and worked? This is the reality of the Kingdom of God. We are placed in His paradise, but we co-labor with Him to perfect it.

On Yom Kippur, the Day Of Atonement, there is really only one message that matters - that Yeshua came and died for our sins, so we can have true, eternal atonement.

Yeshua and the Apostles consistently tell us to be ready for the Day Of The Lord, so it does not overtake us like a thief. What does it mean to be ready? Yeshua's parables and other scriptures give us insight.

We often want to forget our troubled pasts. But God is able to extract gold from our past and use it to build His Kingdom.

We are an outcomes-based society. We always look for the empirical results of our work efforts. But God does not call us to effect outcomes. He simply calls us to obedience. The outcomes belong to Him.

This sermon warns the American church to remember God as the source of its blessings and to guard against the spiritual apathy that prosperity can breed.

The destruction of Jerusalem Temple certainly didn't come without prophetic warning. But amidst the devastation, another prophecy emerged: To build, plant, and prosper, within the city you are exiled to.

Forgiveness is something that is easy to say without truly meaning it, but hard to genuinely do in our hearts. However, there is a key to achieving true forgiveness and experiencing the freedom that comes with it. That key is Yeshua, who lives within you. When Yeshua forgives through you, the forgiveness is complete and transformative.

The parable of the wheat and weeds teaches that despite being surrounded by challenges, God transforms our mourning into joy, working all things together for good.

In the end-times, God is raising up an army of true prophets. In reaction, a spirit of false prophecy is also rising up at the same time. Bilaam is the prototype of the false prophet, and his spiritual failings are warnings to the body of Messiah in these times.

Our fear of the Lord is tested not at our church or synagogue, but when we are alone. How we speak, how we act, how we interact, when we are not in the presence of believers.

Pharaoh and his army may have drowned in the sea. But the lure of Egypt never left our ancestors. So it is with occultic practices that we've previously dabbled with. They want us back. And we need to renounce them completely.

Rabbi Brian details the laws pertaining to the "Nazir", the Nazarite, and how they pertain to our own struggles with addiction and taming the flesh.

Parshat Bamidbar: God is not only the God of heaven and earth, but the God of the individual. God is the One who speaks galaxies into existence, but also hears the cries of His one child that feels unloved and unseen.

Rabbi Brian explores the Autumn festivals of the Lord and discusses how they prefigure the events of the end times. This includes the tribulation, the rapture, the millennial reign, and notably, the return of Yeshua to Earth.

The purest meaning of Shabbat is that we work at something, but then rest, and let God do the miracle. We rest on Shabbat, but He doesn't!

Rabbi Brian's sermon centers on the central theme of the Torah and Prophets... to "Love your neighbor as yourself." What does it mean, not just to love your neighbor, but to love them "as yourself"? We will delve into the concept of loving ourselves, not in a prideful way, but truly in a Biblical way, connected to loving our neighbor. This message especially is an encouragement to the daughters of the King, on Mother's Day weekend. "We see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face."

Giving and receiving correction (a rebuke) is spoken of only in positive terms in all of the Bible. Yet both are viewed in negative lights these days. In this sermon, Rabbi Brian gives Biblical and practical insights into the art of giving and receiving correction.