Category Archives: B’Ney Yosef Congress

Learning to color within the lines….

We were eating lunch in the ‘upper room’ overlooking the Temple Mount and the Kotel (Western Wall).  Technically, it was the meeting room over The Quarter Restaurant, but ‘upper room’ had a more interesting ring to it considering we were … Continue reading

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Podcast: Hanoch and Ken Discuss Congress

Yesterday, Ken Rank and Hanoch Young recorded a podcast discussing the recent B’ney Yosef Congress.  Here is the link: http://www.podcastgarden.com/episode/united-2-restore-11_49346 Enjoying it now.  

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Sunday School, P20, Report on Israel Trip and B’ney Yosef Congress

This past Sunday, I again was blessed to be with a Sunday School class at Lexington Baptist Church.  We deviated from the series we have been exploring so that I could report on my recent trip to Israel and the … Continue reading

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Video of Trip to Israel

Here is a short video overview of our recent trip to Israel and a taste of the First B’ney Yosef National Congress.  A few minutes of music and video can’t begin to encapsulate the incredible experience, but I pray this … Continue reading

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Foundations of Ephraimite National Identity

Here is the full text of Al McCarn’s opening presentation to the Congress. Foundations of Ephraimite National Identity. I highly recommend reading in its entirety and pondering. For us, the Congress is over and travel begins in an hour or … Continue reading

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B’ney Yosef Congress, Day #2

Our second full day is wrapping up and it has been another fantastic day of presentations and discussions. Hanoch Young, Orthodox Jew and Israeli tour guide, led off with a moving presentation wherein he described and discussed the treatment of … Continue reading

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Congress, First Full Day Finished

Here we are nearing at the end of the first full day of the Congress. Monday evening was mostly introductory with worship, but today has been a very full day of business. The central focus has been defining what it … Continue reading

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B’Ney Yosef Congress Day 1

Internet access has been a bit spotty and the distinct lack of time in a very full schedule have not allowed me to post like I had hoped…  The truth is I will probably be writing and posting for weeks … Continue reading

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Pre-Congress Continues…

The Congress does not even begin until Monday evening, but the general consensus is that we have already accomplished more than we dared hope for in this first meeting,  We acknowledge that the Messianic movement has been plagued by individualism, … Continue reading

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The Congress, some early thoughts and video

The Congress does not begin until Monday evening.  We decided to get to the host hotel on Friday evening because travel on Shabbat was undesirable and Sunday is Shavuot, another holy day/feast day.  Arriving on Monday would not give us … Continue reading

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