Why do you sometimes turn all the way around while playing that last, very long note? I was taught that it is a tradition in some Jewish and Messianic circles, but it seems to have a pretty good f...

There seem to be different parts to your trumpet call… Yes, there are. I want to talk particularly about two parts today. We talked before about the alarm or teruah. Today, two more parts, two more...

aaa-WAAAAAAAAAAAAAKE!!! One of my favorite verses is I Peter 2:9, but I’d not thought about it in terms of being a "shofar verse" before, but there it is! What do people normally do at night? They ...

Why do you blow that really long blast anyhow? I’m glad you asked! I have a treasure for you this morning. In Joshua 6:5, in the middle of the story of the march around Jericho, where God is instru...

<COLOR color="navy">Palm Sunday Thoughts If you've ever watched a movie about ancient or medieval times where a king was involved, you know that trumpets were used to herald the entrance of t...

The first trumpet in the Revelation <QUOTE author="Revelation 1:10">Revelation 1:10 Wrote:In the Spirit I found myself present on the day of the Lord, and I heard behind me a loud voice which ...

Why do you sometimes blow the shofar while covering yourself up in that prayer shawl? Great question! Part of the ministry that Helena and I have been given is to remind the church of her Jewish r...

Psalm 100 & The Shofar Our psalm for today's service was actually my very first experience with the Psalms when I was a child. That simple set of verses impacted my little heathen heart even th...

What IS a shofar, anyhow?? I'm glad you asked! Your basic shofar is really and truly the horn of a ram. That's the kind of J-shaped horn, not the American mountain goat curly-q ram that many think ...

<QUOTE author="sknoerr,Aug 22 2007, 06:57 PM">sknoerr,Aug 22 2007, 06:57 PM Wrote:I would like some input as to shofars in a personal setting... Well, what a good question. The general applicati...