What a joy to speak with Joe Bell and learn of his spiritual journey!
Rabbi
Joseph “Joe” Bell was raised in a Jewish home in the Boston area. He
has a strong Orthodox Jewish pedigree, and attended synagogue with such
luminaries as Sheldon Adelson, Robert Kraft (New England Patriots owner)
and family, Barney Frank, etc. It was a very prominent synagogue and
Bell was very comfortable being Jewish and practicing Judaism.
Boston
is also where he began his search to know God at the age of 28. It was
then that he began to read the Bible (his Bar Mitzvah Bible) looking for
God, seeking His power to change the direction of his life. He prayed
at that time and asked God to come into my life if He was real.
Bell
says, “I wasn’t looking for Jesus. After I began reading the Tanakh,
people began to pop into my life and tell me about Messianic prophecies.
Finally somebody connected me to a Jews For Jesus missionary who I
agreed to talk by phone with. Her name is Sharon. But before Sharon, one
of my employees saw me reading the Bible and pointed me to Messianic
prophecies. She challenged me to read Isaiah 53. After reading it, she
asked me who it was talking about? I said it sounds like Jesus. She said
it is Jesus. So after months of reading and talking with my employee
and with Sharon by phone, I decided to go meet with my Rabbi.
“I
told the rabbi that people were sharing prophecies with me and pointed
out Isaiah 53. The rabbi became visibly irritated and barked ‘That’s not
Jesus Christ!’ I said, ‘Fine, who is it?’ He had no answer… And I knew
that he really didn’t know. About ten months passed and a series of
events led me to read the New Testament Gospels and within a month I
invited Jesus into my heart as my Messiah and Lord. God immediately
spoke to my heart and told me to go out to the Jewish people and to the
Gentiles and tell them about Him. I received this message after going to
Church for the first time with a Christian friend who saw me seeking. I
had spent the day fasting and confessing my sins to God after Church. I
went through some sort of deliverance that day alone in my home, then I
believe God spoke those words to me in my house that night.
To learn more be sure to tune into this exciting podcast!!!
Tuesday, January 31, 2017
Sunday, January 1, 2017
Robin Barbosa Interview
Do you know someone who has been in a cult? Have you ever been tempted to join one? Don't miss this exciting interview with Robin Barbosa, author of "I Am Revealed, Behind the Ashram Door."
Robin Barbosa was born in the Northeast United States and had a traditionally Jewish upbringing. She grew up in a Jewish neighborhood in the Bronx, New York. A college graduate with a Master’s Degree in the field of education, Robin has been awarded a Doctor of Naturopathy Diploma in the field of health consulting.
Robin is a Messianic Jew, a member of Christ Celebration Center in northern New Jersey. She is active in children’s ministry and has written children’s stories as a hobby. She is also a member of the International Cultic Studies Association (ICSA). The release of her book "I Am Revealed, Behind the Ashram Door" has been featured on the ICSA Member Updates.
People need to read this story as it gives an insider’s perspective taking us inside the ashram, inside the cult and inside the reality of mind-control and what is actually at stake.
What is it like being in a cult? Robin’s objective is to tell her story while making a contribution to the field of cult awareness and provide a warning for anyone who may already be experiencing, or has experienced the effect of coercive persuasion, or for anyone considering involvement without realizing what is happening or bound to happen. It has the potential of being a powerful support for a person in any one of these categories, as well as the professionals working in the field of cult awareness.
Robin Barbosa was born in the Northeast United States and had a traditionally Jewish upbringing. She grew up in a Jewish neighborhood in the Bronx, New York. A college graduate with a Master’s Degree in the field of education, Robin has been awarded a Doctor of Naturopathy Diploma in the field of health consulting.
Robin is a Messianic Jew, a member of Christ Celebration Center in northern New Jersey. She is active in children’s ministry and has written children’s stories as a hobby. She is also a member of the International Cultic Studies Association (ICSA). The release of her book "I Am Revealed, Behind the Ashram Door" has been featured on the ICSA Member Updates.
People need to read this story as it gives an insider’s perspective taking us inside the ashram, inside the cult and inside the reality of mind-control and what is actually at stake.
What is it like being in a cult? Robin’s objective is to tell her story while making a contribution to the field of cult awareness and provide a warning for anyone who may already be experiencing, or has experienced the effect of coercive persuasion, or for anyone considering involvement without realizing what is happening or bound to happen. It has the potential of being a powerful support for a person in any one of these categories, as well as the professionals working in the field of cult awareness.
Sunday, December 25, 2016
Eric Tokajer Interview-4
Back by popular demand, the talented Rabbi Eric Tokajer returned to Bagels and Blessings to discuss his latest book, "With Me in Paradise, Lessons Learned from a Criminal."
Is it possible that, the most important person in history, during the most important event in history, gave the most important message in history? A Study into the last message that Yeshua (Jesus) shared while on the Cross that provides the pattern for receiving the promise.
It's available on Amazon.com!
You'll enjoy some fabulous music too, I promise!
Is it possible that, the most important person in history, during the most important event in history, gave the most important message in history? A Study into the last message that Yeshua (Jesus) shared while on the Cross that provides the pattern for receiving the promise.
It's available on Amazon.com!
You'll enjoy some fabulous music too, I promise!
Sunday, December 18, 2016
Andrew Barron Interview
Wow, another great interview!!! Hard to believe I've been on the air for over 19 years!!! God is so good!
Today's show features an interview with Andrew Barron. Here is his info:
Andrew Barron is the Director of Jews for Jesus Canada. He and his wife Laura live in Toronto with their children Rafael, Ketzia and Simona. He first heard the Gospel while a science student at Florida Institute of Technology. A friend shared a Gideon’s New Testament with him and challenged him to read it. Andrew used to work as a crew activity planner and orbit designer on the early Space Shuttle Missions.
Barron has worked with Jews for Jesus since 1983. In that time, he has served in Los Angeles, Boston and Johannesburg; has been in Canada since 1996. He has also served on short-term evangelistic projects in New York, San Francisco, Berlin and Tel Aviv. Besides working as a full-time missionary, Andrew teaches a class in Jewish Culture at Moody Bible Institute in Chicago. Andrew considers himself 100% Jewish and 100% Christian. He is a speaker, writer and martial artist. Barron has a BS in Space Science from Florida Institute of Technology, a MA in Missiology from Fuller Theological Seminary and a Doctor of Ministry from Wycliffe College University of Toronto.
Jews for Jesus has 21 Branches in nine countries. The Mission Statement of Jews for Jesus is “We exist to make the messiahship of Jesus an unavoidable issue to our Jewish people worldwide.” You can find out more at www.jewsforjesus.org.
You can listen to Andrew’s testimony at http://jewsforjesus.ca/andrewbarrontestimony/
Today's show features an interview with Andrew Barron. Here is his info:
Andrew Barron is the Director of Jews for Jesus Canada. He and his wife Laura live in Toronto with their children Rafael, Ketzia and Simona. He first heard the Gospel while a science student at Florida Institute of Technology. A friend shared a Gideon’s New Testament with him and challenged him to read it. Andrew used to work as a crew activity planner and orbit designer on the early Space Shuttle Missions.
Barron has worked with Jews for Jesus since 1983. In that time, he has served in Los Angeles, Boston and Johannesburg; has been in Canada since 1996. He has also served on short-term evangelistic projects in New York, San Francisco, Berlin and Tel Aviv. Besides working as a full-time missionary, Andrew teaches a class in Jewish Culture at Moody Bible Institute in Chicago. Andrew considers himself 100% Jewish and 100% Christian. He is a speaker, writer and martial artist. Barron has a BS in Space Science from Florida Institute of Technology, a MA in Missiology from Fuller Theological Seminary and a Doctor of Ministry from Wycliffe College University of Toronto.
Jews for Jesus has 21 Branches in nine countries. The Mission Statement of Jews for Jesus is “We exist to make the messiahship of Jesus an unavoidable issue to our Jewish people worldwide.” You can find out more at www.jewsforjesus.org.
You can listen to Andrew’s testimony at http://jewsforjesus.ca/andrewbarrontestimony/
Saturday, December 10, 2016
Myriam Levy Chernoff Interview
Earlier this week I had the opportunity to chat with Myriam Levy Chernoff, wife of Joel Chernoff and VP of the Messianic Alliance of Mexico. We had a great conversation and she shared her story of coming to faith in Yeshua.
Myriam was born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. She came from a broken family, her mother left when she and her siblings were small children. This suffering caused her to want nothing to do with God, she had no interest at all in Him.
But in 1992, when she was 21 years old, a friend of her father’s invited them to a Messianic Synagogue. Levy Chernoff says, “It was there that I knew for the first time that God loved me and that He had plans for my life, my heart was deeply touched, and I learned about who Yeshua was and why we need a Messiah, and my life was transformed. The best thing that has happened to me is to have given my life to Yeshua!!!”
Very soon after she also understood her call to share this beautiful message with her Jewish people, and since then that has been her priority in life! In the years since that fateful visit to a Messianic Synagogue her life living in Mexico has been about sharing Yeshua with the Jewish community. After becoming a believer in 1992, she became a member of the Yeshua Ben David Messianic Synagogue in Guadalajara and she worked as a real estate agent.
After becoming a believer she became a member of the Messianic Jewish Alliance of Mexico (AJMM). Later she became a part of the leadership and has served a few times she president of the organization. Levy Chernoff currently serves the AJMM as vice president.
Since 1992 (every 3 months) Levy Chernoff has written articles for the magazine “Chalutzim," the official voice of the Messianic Jewish Alliance of Mexico, which can be read at www.ajmm.org.mx.
In 1992, she began to attend “Mashiach” (the Messiah Conference), the National Conference of the AJMM and has never missed one since!
In 1997, she became a vice president of the International Messianic Jewish Alliance (IMJA), and is still serving at the moment as one of the vice presidents.
In 2000, she went to Israel and worked as a volunteer for a few weeks in Ebenezer Home in Haifa, which is a home for elderly people that are Messianic believers.
In 2007, she visited Argentina, and for two months she shared about Messiah every day with Jewish non-believers. I gave each of them a book from Rabbi Paul Liberman, who at that time was was the Executive Director of the IMJA. It was a wonderful experience, most of those she ministered to were very open to know about Yeshua. She is still in communication with all of them, some have since become believers!
In 2015, she married Joel Chernoff, the General Secretary of the MJAA, and she is thankful to God to be so blessed!
Today's show is full of great music by Joel Chernoff, Zemer Levav, Jonathan Settel and Liberated Wailing Wall.
Myriam was born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. She came from a broken family, her mother left when she and her siblings were small children. This suffering caused her to want nothing to do with God, she had no interest at all in Him.
But in 1992, when she was 21 years old, a friend of her father’s invited them to a Messianic Synagogue. Levy Chernoff says, “It was there that I knew for the first time that God loved me and that He had plans for my life, my heart was deeply touched, and I learned about who Yeshua was and why we need a Messiah, and my life was transformed. The best thing that has happened to me is to have given my life to Yeshua!!!”
Very soon after she also understood her call to share this beautiful message with her Jewish people, and since then that has been her priority in life! In the years since that fateful visit to a Messianic Synagogue her life living in Mexico has been about sharing Yeshua with the Jewish community. After becoming a believer in 1992, she became a member of the Yeshua Ben David Messianic Synagogue in Guadalajara and she worked as a real estate agent.
After becoming a believer she became a member of the Messianic Jewish Alliance of Mexico (AJMM). Later she became a part of the leadership and has served a few times she president of the organization. Levy Chernoff currently serves the AJMM as vice president.
Since 1992 (every 3 months) Levy Chernoff has written articles for the magazine “Chalutzim," the official voice of the Messianic Jewish Alliance of Mexico, which can be read at www.ajmm.org.mx.
In 1992, she began to attend “Mashiach” (the Messiah Conference), the National Conference of the AJMM and has never missed one since!
In 1997, she became a vice president of the International Messianic Jewish Alliance (IMJA), and is still serving at the moment as one of the vice presidents.
In 2000, she went to Israel and worked as a volunteer for a few weeks in Ebenezer Home in Haifa, which is a home for elderly people that are Messianic believers.
In 2007, she visited Argentina, and for two months she shared about Messiah every day with Jewish non-believers. I gave each of them a book from Rabbi Paul Liberman, who at that time was was the Executive Director of the IMJA. It was a wonderful experience, most of those she ministered to were very open to know about Yeshua. She is still in communication with all of them, some have since become believers!
In 2015, she married Joel Chernoff, the General Secretary of the MJAA, and she is thankful to God to be so blessed!
Today's show is full of great music by Joel Chernoff, Zemer Levav, Jonathan Settel and Liberated Wailing Wall.
Thanksgiving 2016
More music and less talk. What a fun show! Today I chatted a bit about being Thankful, played some wonderful music and took some phone calls. And I reminded you that He is faithful to a thousand generations!!
Today's show included music from Kol Simcha, Israel's Hope, Natasha Kraus-Reynolds, Corry Bell & Lev Shelo and Beckah Shae's kids!
Remember to be thankful always!
Today's show included music from Kol Simcha, Israel's Hope, Natasha Kraus-Reynolds, Corry Bell & Lev Shelo and Beckah Shae's kids!
Remember to be thankful always!
Sunday, November 20, 2016
Patrick Lumbroso Interview
Wow....great music today from the Lumbrosos! You will love it! Also I shared a pre-recorded interview with Patrick Lumbroso. Here is his info:
Patrick Gabriel Lumbroso was born in Paris, France, a descendent of a long line of the Lumbroso Marrano family who have an extensive Jewish history. He was a dedicated member of Zionist Youth Groups in France from an early age leading up to the time of his Bar Mitzvah at the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem. Eventually Patrick made “Alliya” as a young teen where he did his studies at an Ulpan farm/school for young immigrants.
Still seeking, he befriended a young man on a trip to Europe who shared Isaiah 53 with him and taught him about Mashiach. This was a turning point on his spiritual journey for Yeshua.
Patrick met and married his wife, Christina, while in France, and they spent years abroad in Christian outreach from Eastern Europe to S.E. Asia. They have six grown children and presently reside in the USA. In addition to running a Torah study group in Oregon and spending much of his time teaching the Hebrew roots of Christian faith, he also teaches French and Hebrew privately and in an alternative school. He and his wife also compose and play in their Messianic/Israeli music band called "The Lumbrosos."
Patrick Gabriel and Christina Lumbroso sing original and traditional Sephardic Jewish music in a Chassidic style. Theirs is a dynamic rendition, with harmonious vocals and stirring lyrics.
Patrick Gabriel Lumbroso was born in Paris, France, a descendent of a long line of the Lumbroso Marrano family who have an extensive Jewish history. He was a dedicated member of Zionist Youth Groups in France from an early age leading up to the time of his Bar Mitzvah at the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem. Eventually Patrick made “Alliya” as a young teen where he did his studies at an Ulpan farm/school for young immigrants.
Still seeking, he befriended a young man on a trip to Europe who shared Isaiah 53 with him and taught him about Mashiach. This was a turning point on his spiritual journey for Yeshua.
Patrick met and married his wife, Christina, while in France, and they spent years abroad in Christian outreach from Eastern Europe to S.E. Asia. They have six grown children and presently reside in the USA. In addition to running a Torah study group in Oregon and spending much of his time teaching the Hebrew roots of Christian faith, he also teaches French and Hebrew privately and in an alternative school. He and his wife also compose and play in their Messianic/Israeli music band called "The Lumbrosos."
Patrick Gabriel and Christina Lumbroso sing original and traditional Sephardic Jewish music in a Chassidic style. Theirs is a dynamic rendition, with harmonious vocals and stirring lyrics.
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