Miscellaneous A Victim of Deception 17 Jul 2025 Have you ever been deceived? It's certainly not a pleasant feeling to finally realize it. It can make you angry and make you feel violated. Depending on the situation, it…
Jail Ministry… Psst, it’s a Secret 27 May 2025 Introduction In Mark 4:3-32, Yeshua shares a parable and its interpretation with His disciples. He says they have been given the secret of the kingdom of Elohim (God). It’s a…
Miscellaneous Are Driver’s Licenses, IDs, Passports, and Social Security Cards Oaths or Curses? 18 Mar 202518 Mar 2025 I recently had a conversation with someone who has given up their driver’s license and social security number. I was shocked to hear this practice because it can eventually prove…
Jail Ministry Peace 10 Mar 2025 Elohim’s Plan for Peace Peace is something Elohim (God) always intended for His people. In Leviticus, YHVH (Yehovah; Yahweh) laid out 5 offerings. The first two – sin and guilt…
Jail Ministry Submission to Authorities 1 Mar 2025 Whether we realize it or not, Elohim (God) places various leaders over us, so we can learn to submit to His authority over us. Titus 3:1-8 Remind them to be…
Jail Ministry Managing Conflict 15 Feb 2025 Our Greatest Battle When we think about managing and resolving conflict, we need to understand that we can’t always effectively reason with or control others. We must understand that people…
Jail Ministry The Gospel Acrostic 8 Feb 20258 Feb 2025 When Yeshua (Jesus) was on this earth, He preached the gospel (good news) that the Kingdom of Heaven was near. He called people to repent and turn back to Elohim…
Jail Ministry Elohim’s Names Reveal His Nature 8 Feb 20258 Feb 2025 I AM Exodus 3:14 God said to Moses, “I am who I am (ehyeh asher ehyeh)” And he said, “Say this to the people of Israel, ‘I am (ehyeh) has…
Jail Ministry Strategies of the Enemy 28 Dec 20248 Feb 2025 Our enemy, Satan, loves to use a variety of tactics to keep Elohim's (God’s) people from being victorious in life and spiritual warfare. He is no respecter of age; he…
Jail Ministry The Choice Between Life and Death 18 Dec 202418 Dec 2024 In the Torah Everyone on this earth must make a choice between life and death. The only exception is when someone dies at an extremely young age. This idea of…
Jail Ministry… How to Discern Elohim’s Voice Today 27 Nov 202427 Nov 2024 Does Elohim Speak to Individuals? Several years ago, I was listening to a conversation in which fellow believers in Messiah were complaining about people who go around saying, “God told…
Jail Ministry The Water and Fire of the Holy Spirit 8 Jul 2024 Last week, some ladies expressed concern for how they will be doing when they get out of jail. It’s true to some extent that it is easier to work on…
Jail Ministry Forgiveness 18 Jun 202418 Jun 2024 Over the last 8 weeks, we have been watching the series 70 X7 Finding Peace By Forgiving Others and Yourself in jail. This has been a very powerful series by…
Jail Ministry Inner Healing 22 Apr 202424 Oct 2024 Seek the Lord our healer. Those who have had unpleasant experiences in their lives, including but not limited to trauma, are often brokenhearted. As we learned in a previous lesson,…
Jail Ministry Navigating Life and Finding Healing 22 Apr 2024 Life is often a crazy journey for most people. We go through many phases as we grow up. It is a constant time of growing physically and mentally. Childhood and…
Jail Ministry Personal Freedom 13 Apr 202424 Oct 2024 Our goal for personal freedom is based on 2 Timothy 2:21 – Therefore, if anyone cleanses himself from what is dishonorable, he will be a vessel for honorable use, set…
Jail Ministry Two Kingdoms 1 Apr 202413 Apr 2024 The Bible describes two kingdoms – a physical (seen) and spiritual (unseen) kingdom. The physical earth has numerous kingdoms, which belong to Satan, as well as men; the spiritual kingdom,…
Jail Ministry Knowing and Experiencing Elohim 23 Mar 202423 Mar 2024 Knowing and Experiencing Elohim The primary ways we get to know Elohim (God) is by discovering His nature, names, and attributes in the Bible, as well as by interacting with…
Jail Ministry The Search for Significance 19 Mar 202413 Apr 2024 This past week in jail ministry, we summarized Robert S. McGee’s book, The Search for Significance, which was copyrighted July 15, 2003 and published by Thomas Nelson. Although the book…
Jail Ministry How Elohim Designed Us 15 Mar 202423 Mar 2024 This post and the following seven or so posts were originally designed for jail ministry. I am changing the original information here because I have certain limitations there. For those…
Time for Spiritual Warfare 25 Jan 202225 Jan 2022 Today, I would like to draw your attention to the Spiritual Warfare series on my YouTube channel – Highway to Holiness – Beth Mehaffey. One reason I have not been…
Miscellaneous Separation of the Early Assembly 2 May 20203 May 2020 There are a variety of people that I encounter in my fellowship or at the feasts of YHVH. As I listen to what people have to say, I’m often surprised…
Extra-biblical Tertullian 16 Feb 2020 Tertullian (155-240? CE), whose full name was Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus, was from Carthage in the Roman province of Africa. Although once a pagan, he eventually became a priest and…
Extra-biblical Theophilus of Antioch 23 Oct 201923 Oct 2019 Theophilus of Antioch (Antakya, Turkey) is another second century church father. I did not see a year for his birth, but he is believed to have died in 181 or…
Extra-biblical Irenaeus 16 Oct 201916 Oct 2019 Irenaeus was an early church father who was born sometime around 130 and died in 202 CE. He studied under Polycarp, the Bishop of Smyrna, who had been a disciple…
Extra-biblical Dialogue With Trypho 25 Aug 201927 Nov 2019 Dialogue with Trypho was written by Justin Martyr. It is likely an artificial dialogue between Justin and a Jew named Trypho. Trypho’s original intent was to see what he could…
Extra-biblical The Letter of Barnabas 11 Aug 201915 Aug 2019 The letter of Barnabas, not to be confused with the Gospel of Barnabas, contains 21 short chapters. There is a ton of stuff in this letter. There’s far too much…
Extra-biblical Ignatius 4 Aug 20191 Feb 2022 Ignatius of Antioch, Syria was also known as Ignatius Theophorus. According to tradition, Ignatius was a disciple of the apostle John, along with Polycarp. Ignatius was born in 50 CE…
Extra-biblical Polycarp 24 Jul 201924 Jul 2019 Today, I will continue talking about the early church fathers. The church father, Polycarp (69-155 CE), was taught by the apostle John. Polycarp was the Bishop of Smyrna, which was…
Extra-biblical 1st Clement 9 Jul 201911 Jul 2019 The 1st Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians[1] is believed to have been written by Clement of Rome, who was mentioned in Philippians 4:3. He may have been with Paul…