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Did the Jerusalem Council teach that Gentile Christians must keep the Torah? In this video, Dr. R. L. Solberg examines Acts 15 in context and responds to the interpretation presented by 119 Ministries. We carefully compare their claims with the biblical text and ask a simple but important question: Where does the text actually say that?

Together we'll examine three major claims about Acts 15, including whether the Jerusalem Council addressed one issue or two, whether the four prohibitions were intended as a "starter pack" for full Torah observance, and whether Gentile believers were expected to learn the Law of Moses through weekly synagogue attendance.

If you're interested in the Hebrew Roots Movement, Torah observance, the Jerusalem Council, or how to interpret Acts 15 faithfully and in its historical context, this study is for you.

119 Ministries' Video:
https://119ministries.com/teachings/video-teachings/detail/acts-15-explained-did-the-apostles-reject-the-torah-for-gentiles/

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Chapters
00:00 Introduction
03:09 Overview of the Jerusalem Council
04:33 Two Separate Issues
13:39 Two Separate Responses 
18:21 The Starter Pack Theory
27:59 Learning the Law in Synagogues
38:59 Wrap it up, Solberg.

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What if the gospel wasn't about something new, but about restoring something ancient? In this teaching, Dr. R. L. Solberg carefully examines the claims of Divorce & Remarriage Theology by testing them against Scripture. 

Does the Bible really teach that God married Israel at Sinai, divorced His bride, died to overcome a legal dilemma, and then remarried Israel? Or has an extra-biblical framework been imposed on the biblical text? Join us as we examine the evidence and ask one simple diagnostic question: Did the biblical authors actually teach this?
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Chapters
00:00 Introduction
03:55 What is Remarriage Theology?
09:29 A Wedding at Sinai
13:05 On Rabbinic Sources (Talmud/Mishnah)
14:31 What is a Ketubah?
17:05 Unfaithful Brides
21:54 The Great Divorce
30:33 The Legal Dilemma
43:01 The Remarriage (Pentecost)
45:18 A Renewed Covenant
50:15 What About the Gentiles?
53:05 The Lost Tribes of Israel
01:05:24 Three Biggest Dangers
01:06:15 Danger 1: Diminishes Sin
01:08:35 Danger 2: It Displaces Christ
01:10:47 Danger 3: Changes the Gospel

Key Passages
Exodus 19–24 — The Sinai covenant
Jeremiah 3:6–22 — Israel's "certificate of divorce"
Deuteronomy 24:1–4 — The divorce law
Romans 7:1–6 — The marriage analogy
Acts 2 — Pentecost
Ephesians 2:11–22 — The "one new man"
Ephesians 3:6 — The mystery of the Gentiles
Ezekiel 37:15–28 — The two sticks (Judah and Israel)
Matthew 19:3–9 — Jesus on divorce
Isaiah 49:6 — The Servant's mission to Israel and the nations

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Critics often claim that Scripture is full of errors, conflicting accounts, and impossible statements. In this video, Dr. R. L. Solberg examines some of the most common alleged contradictions and explains why many of them turn out to be questions of context, language, perspective, chronology, or textual transmission rather than genuine logical contradictions.

We explore the Resurrection accounts, Paul and James on faith and works, Old Testament passages that speak of things lasting "forever," apparent contradictions about seeing God, God's unchanging nature, numerical discrepancies, and more. Along the way, we learn an important principle: a true contradiction exists only when something is affirmed and denied in the same sense, at the same time, and in the same respect.

Whether you're wrestling with difficult passages yourself or responding to challenges from skeptics, this video will help you think more carefully about what the Bible actually says and how Christians have approached these questions for centuries.
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Chapters
00:00 Introduction
04:06 The Bible as Historical Literature
06:39 Defining a True Contradiction
08:46 Eyewitness Contradictions
16:00 Semantic Contradictions
28:12 Examining Motivations
30:00 Descriptions of God
34:28 Contradictions of Perspective
37:06 Textual Transmission
40:49 Numerical Contradictions
43:48 Wrap it up, Solberg.

What if Christmas felt sacred again? Full of Grace and Truth, the new book from award-winning author R. L. Solberg, invites you to rediscover the biblical story at the heart of the season. Available now in paperback and Kindle, with all proceeds supporting The Biblical Roots Ministries. Get your copy today on Amazon.com.

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Are Christians required to keep the Law of Moses? Is the seventh-day Sabbath still binding under the New Covenant, or was it fulfilled in Christ? In this conversation, host Mike Colburn sits down with Dr. R. L. Solberg, author of Torahism and founder of The Biblical Roots Ministries, to work through the questions his audience asks him about most: the law, the Sabbath, the New Covenant, and what changed when Jesus said, "It is finished."

Dr. Solberg has spent years answering the Hebrew Roots, Torah-keeping, and Messianic movements. Those arguments turn out to be the mirror image of what so many of us inherited in Adventism. If you've ever been told that "sin is the transgression of the law," that the Ten Commandments are what's written on our hearts, or that keeping the Sabbath is a test of loyalty to God, this one is for you.

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What if Christmas felt sacred again? Full of Grace and Truth, the new book from award-winning author R. L. Solberg, invites you to rediscover the biblical story at the heart of the season. Available now in paperback and Kindle, with all proceeds supporting The Biblical Roots Ministries. Get your copy today on Amazon.com.

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A popular claim these days is that God prohibited pork, shellfish, and other animals because they're unhealthy, unclean scavengers, or dangerous for human consumption. But is that actually what the Bible says?

In this video, Dr. Solberg examines a viral claim that the dietary laws of Leviticus 11 were given for health reasons and test that idea against Scripture itself. He looks at the biblical meaning of "clean" and "unclean," explores the Hebrew concepts of ritual purity, and examines the reason God explicitly gives for Israel's food laws.

Were the dietary restrictions primarily about nutrition? Were they intended for all humanity? Why were Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Noah allowed to eat foods that would later be restricted under the Mosaic Covenant? And what does the Torah itself say about the purpose of these commandments?

Rather than relying on modern Hebrew Roots and other Torah-observant movement theories, let's go directly to the biblical text and let Scripture speak for itself. 

Topics covered:
• Leviticus 11 and the prohibition of pork
• The Hebrew words ṭāhôr (clean) and ṭāmēʾ (unclean)
• Ritual purity versus health regulations
• Why Israel's dietary laws were given
• Leviticus 20:25–26 and being "set apart"
• Genesis 9 and the pre-Sinai diet
• Common misconceptions about biblical food laws
• Hebrew Roots claims examined in light of Scripture

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