What Paul really meant by “shadow… but the substance is Christ” Does Colossians 2:16–17 teach that Christians must keep the biblical feasts and Sabbath? Many Hebrew Roots and Torah observance teachers argue that Paul is saying the feasts still point forward and therefore remain binding. But when the Greek text, historical context, and Paul’s wider... Continue Reading →
Home › Testing Claims › “Moses Is Read Every Sabbath” What Acts 15 Actually Means (Testing the Torah-Onboarding Claim) Bottom Line: Acts 15:21 does not teach that Gentile believers were expected to attend synagogue and gradually adopt the Law of Moses. Instead, the verse explains why the Jerusalem Council gave four specific instructions—to protect fellowship... Continue Reading →
Why Paul’s command to “keep the feast” is metaphorical—not calendrical Quick Answer Bottom Line: No. In 1 Corinthians 5:7–8, Paul is not instructing Christians to observe the Passover feast. He uses Passover imagery to call the church to ongoing holiness. “Keep the feast” describes a Christ-shaped way of life—not a command to follow the Torah... Continue Reading →
Home › Testing Claims › Where Did Hebrew Roots & Sacred Name Movements Come From? Where Did the Hebrew Roots Movement and the Sacred Name Movement Come From? Tracing the Shared Roots Behind Modern “Restoration” Teachings A Quick Answer Bottom Line: The Hebrew Roots Movement (HRM) and the Sacred Name Movement (SNM) are distinct, but... Continue Reading →
Home › Testing Claims › What Is the Hebrew Roots Movement? What Is the Hebrew Roots Movement? A Start-Here Guide for the Testing Claims Series A Quick Answer Bottom Line: The Hebrew Roots Movement is a modern Christian movement that urges believers to recover the Jewish context of Scripture. It’s a spectrum: some simply emphasize... Continue Reading →
The New Testament reaffirms nine of the Ten Commandments with the exception of the Sabbath. Jesus and Paul emphasize love as the fulfillment of the law, highlighting moral principles like not committing adultery or murder. Christians are under the law of Christ, which is expressed through love, not the Old Covenant's regulations.