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Our God is the God of celebrations.

The Bible is full of His celebrations. And we are invited.

What can you learn from Israel's ancient festivals?

As you will discover, each festival has its fulfillment in Jesus Christ, and each has significance for you.

The seven Mosaic feasts employ object lessons and the engagement of our senses to teach us about God, our relationship to Him, and His salvation plan for the ages.

Here are the posts in order. Simply click on a title to go to that article.

  1. Celebrating God's Grace – Five Guiding Principles or podcast 067
  2. Celebrating God's Grace in the Passover or podcast 068
  3. Celebrating God's Grace in Firstfruits or podcast 069
  4. The Dangers of Yeast or podcast 070
  5. Celebrating Pentecost – even if you're not Pentecostal or podcast 071
  6. Do I Need to be Baptized in the Spirit?
  7. Dynamic Results of Pentecost – Part 1
  8. Dynamic Results of Pentecost – Part 2
  9. Celebrating with a Blast or podcast 072
  10. Yom Kippur, not 'yum, kippers' or podcast 073
  11. Celebrating God's Presence or podcast 074

 

 

 

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Celebrating God's Presence

Part 11: The Festival of Booths
Dr. John B. MacDonald
October 2, 2020
Yom Kippur and You image

Yom Kippur and You

Part 10 of Celebrating God's Grace
Dr. John B. MacDonald
September 25, 2020
Celebrating with a blast image

Celebrating with a blast

Part 9: Rosh Hashanah
Dr. John B. MacDonald
September 18, 2020
How are You baptized in the Spirit? image

How are You baptized in the Spirit?

Part 6 of Festivals of the Lord
Dr. John B. MacDonald
June 5, 2020
Celebrating Pentecost – even if you're not Pentecostal image

Celebrating Pentecost – even if you're not Pentecostal

Part 5 of Festivals of the Lord
Dr. John B. MacDonald
May 29, 2020
The Dangers of Yeast image

The Dangers of Yeast

Part 4: Festival of Unleavened Bread
Dr. John B. MacDonald
April 24, 2020
How Firstfruits celebrate a new kind of life image

How Firstfruits celebrate a new kind of life

Part 3 of Celebrating God's Grace
Dr. John B. MacDonald
April 17, 2020
What the Passover Teaches about Jesus' death image

What the Passover Teaches about Jesus' death

Part 2: the Passover
Dr. John B. MacDonald
April 10, 2020
How to make Sense of the Lord's Festivals image

How to make Sense of the Lord's Festivals

Part 1: 5 principles for better understanding
Dr. John B. MacDonald
April 3, 2020
Dynamic results of Pentecost - Part 2 image

Dynamic results of Pentecost - Part 2

How do you respond to people from a group that has caused you pain, loss, oppression, or injustice? As a follower...
Dr. John B. MacDonald
November 21, 2014
Some Dynamic results of Pentecost image

Some Dynamic results of Pentecost

Does engagement with new and different people make you uncomfortable? What is it about them? Is it their language?...
Dr. John B. MacDonald
November 14, 2014
Celebrating God's Grace in the Passover image

Celebrating God's Grace in the Passover

As we turn the page from Genesis to Exodus, we shift forward in time about 400 years. Jacob and his family of 70 or...
Dr. John B. MacDonald
October 3, 2014