Judeo-Christian Clarion — The Clarion

Volume 1, Issue 1   www.judeochristianclarion.com May, 2020 INTRODUCTION What you now hold in your hands is the first issue of the Judeo-Christian Clarion’s monthly newsletter, The Clarion. This isn’t the first time we’ve circulated a newsletter. Several years ago, when we were still known as the Jerusalem Christian Center, we published a similar newsletter […]

Volume 1, Issue 2 www.judeochristianclarion.com June, 2020 GREETINGS! We hope you enjoyed the first issue of The Clarion. Now we find ourselves already in the month of June. We hope that everyone will have an enjoyable Father’s Day, and despite the turmoil, a pleasant beginning to the summer season. RUNNING WITH HORSES, PART 2 In […]

Volume 1, Issue 3 www.judeochristianclarion.com   July, 2020 GREETINGS! It’s hard to believe that this is already the third issue of The Clarion. We hope you had an enjoyable celebration on Independence Day. Make sure you stay cool and hydrated during these dog days of summer. If you haven’t seen our newest brochure, Social Justice, […]

Volume 1, Issue 4  www.judeochristianclarion.com August, 2020 GREETINGS! Welcome to the August edition of The Clarion. Hopefully you have been keeping cool and staying safe. We hope that these newsletters have been, and will continue to be, a source of encouragement for you. Later this month we will start counting down the days to the […]

Volume 1, Issue 5 www.judeochristianclarion.com September, 2020 GREETINGS! This month we begin the Fall Feasts. This is the name given to the Biblical Appointed Times which take place in the autumn, as opposed to the others which take place during the spring. Rosh Hashana begins at sundown on September 18 and lasts until sundown on […]

Volume 1, Issue 6  www.judeochristianclarion.com   October, 2020 GREETINGS! The changing of the seasons is upon us. We have completed the first two Fall Feasts, Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur. This month we will be celebrating the last of the Fall Feasts, Sukkot, also known as the Feast of Tabernacles. We encourage you to learn […]

Volume 1, Issue 7    www.judeochristianclarion.com     November, 2020 Welcome! November is a great month because we celebrate Thanksgiving. Giving thanks is very important to God. Psalm 100:4 tells us the first thing we need to do when we enter into His gates is to give thanks. “ Enter his gates with thanksgiving and […]

Volume 1, Issue 8   www.judeochristianclarion.com December, 2020 Welcome! As they say about December, “It’s the most wonderful time of the year.” Maybe because it is the “Season of Light.” People put strings of lights all around their homes inside and out and for eight days the Hanukkah lights are lit. Light just makes people […]

Volume 2, Issue 1 www.judeochristianclarion.com     January, 2021 Welcome We would like to start by wishing everyone a blessed New Year . A new year gives us a new beginning. New beginnings are great because it gives us a new chance. A new year is like a book. Every year we write a 12 […]

Volume 2, Issue 2 www.judeochristianclarion.com   February, 2021 Welcome February is considered the month of love.  Love is a misunderstood word. Paul tells us this about love in 1 Corinthians 13:4-8,   “Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.  It does not dishonor others, it […]

Volume 2, Issue 3 www.judeochristianclarion.com March, 2021 Welcome March is such a great month because it brings new life. The ground begins to thaw, and the spring flowers start poking their heads above the ground, and everything that was dead comes alive. This year Passover, the day that Yeshua died, which is the 14th day […]

Volume 2, Issue 4   www.judeochristianclarion.com   April, 2021 Welcome Welcome to spring.  After a long winter it is so nice to see the flowers peeking through the ground and the days are getting longer. It’s the time for the resurrection of the “Dead from Winter” and everyone cries Hallelujah! People feel renewed as they […]

Volume 2, Issue 5 www.judeochristianclarion.com     May, 2021 Welcome May is a beautiful month.  The spring flowers and trees are all in bloom. The birds are chirping and the sounds of life are upon us. This May 16th at sunset begins the feast known as Shavuot or better known to us as Pentecost. Pentecost […]

Volume 2, Issue 6   www.judeochristianclarion.com   June, 2021 Welcome June is a great month because of Summer. Years ago everyone wanted to be a June bride. All the flowers are in bloom and peoples’ gardens are growing and of course, June is Father’s Day month.  Fathers represent God. Fathers are our protectors and our […]

Volume 2, Issue 7  www.judeochristianclarion.com     July, 2021 Welcome! Irving Berlin wrote “God Bless America” in 1918 when he was in service, but the song did not become popular till 1938. To me this song should have been our National Anthem, because we needed a prayer more than a song.    Let’s pray the words […]

Volume 2, Issue 8    www.judeochristianclarion.com     August, 2021 Welcome! Here are some fun facts about August. It also shows why you can not trust putting your faith in days and months and years. August was once the sixth month of the year. In the original ten-month Roman calendar, the month went by the […]

Volume 2, Issue 9 www.judeochristianclarion.com September, 2021 Welcome It’s hard to believe that it is September.  The summer is coming to a close. How quickly time goes by and as time goes so does our lives. We celebrate the Fall Feasts this year all in September. The Fall Feasts represent the second coming of the […]

Volume 2, Issue 10   www.judeochristianclarion.com     October, 2021 Welcome Fall is a great time of year. The leaves are changing and a new beauty begins to show. It’s like old age. When you are young there is a beauty that old people wish they had. But as you get into the fall of […]

Volume 2, Issue 11    www.judeochristianclarion.com     November, 2021 Welcome I can’t help but think of the last stanza of “Over the River and Through the Woods.” It goes like this: “Over the river and through the woods now  grandmother’s cap I spy! Hurrah for the fun! Is the pudding done? Hurrah for the […]

Volume 2, Issue 12  www.judeochristianclarion.com   December, 2021 Welcome December is a great month because it is the month of lights. There is Hanukkah and Christmas. Though Hanukkah began in November it will end here in December. What a special time because God is the God of light. Yeshua said that “He was the Light […]

Volume 3, Issue 1     www.judeochristianclarion.com     January, 2022 Welcome Happy New Year Everyone!  We pray that this year will be a year of renewal and revival and restoration. We pray this for the Body of Messiah. We pray this for you! 2 Corinthians 5:17 says this, “Therefore if anyone is in Messiah, […]

Volume 3, Issue 2   www.judeochristianclarion.com   February, 2022 Welcome We find ourselves in the middle when February arrives. It’s the halfway point of winter. It’s like being in a tunnel, you can no longer see the entrance of the tunnel  nor can you see the end of it. It’s like faith. We have the […]

Volume 3, Issue 3     www.judeochristianclarion.com       March, 2022 Welcome As March begins to let go of winter, and spring struggles to appear, let’s remember that life may be cold and harsh, but God’s love always is victorious over the struggles.  Spring is Here Lord, as the earth renews itself in the […]

Volume 3, Issue 4 www.judeochristianclarion.com April, 2022 Welcome They say, “April showers bring May flowers.” But what else does April bring us? More times than not, it brings us to a time of remembrance of our Savior’s death and resurrection. Unfortunately today many people do not even consider it. Bunnies, and baskets of candy, and […]

Volume 3, Issue 5   www.judeochristianclarion.com     May, 2022 Welcome Hello May! This month we begin our third year of the Clarion. We hope that you have enjoyed them, and that you have passed them on to family and friends. If you haven’t yet, you can sign-up to receive the Clarion with your emails. […]

Volume 3, Issue 6    www.judeochristianclarion.com     June, 2022 Welcome With Pentecost beginning on June 4th at sundown to June 5th at sundown, we want to remember just how important the Holy Spirit is to us, and not just the Spirit of God, but the Word of God, which was also given to Moses […]

Volume 3, Issue 7 www.judeochristianclarion.com     July, 2022 Welcome July begins the second half of the year.  It’s like the beginning of a new year. We have that hope that the second  half of the year may  go as well as the first half, or maybe we hope that things will be better than […]

Volume 3, Issue 8   www.judeochristianclarion.com     August, 2022 Welcome The middle of July to the middle of August is known as the dog days of summer. The ancient Romans called the hottest, most humid days of summer “diēs caniculārēs” or “dog days.” The name came about because they associated the hottest days of […]

Volume 3, Issue 9     www.judeochristianclarion.com     September, 2022 Welcome September is a time to say good-bye to Summer and hello to Fall. The kids go back to school, football begins once again and the leaves begin to turn and fall. It is quite a time for change. Many people may be ready […]

Volume 3, Issue 10   www.judeochristianclarion.com October, 2022 Welcome It is amazing how fast the cycle of life comes and goes. Once again we find ourselves in Fall. We planted our seeds and watched them grow and harvested our fruits and vegetables and now we are here at the end of the process once again.  […]

Volume 3, Issue 11   www.judeochristianclarion.com   November, 2022 Welcome As we find ourselves in the middle of autumn and with the change in weather, we often start putting our thoughts on the holidays that are quickly approaching. Thanksgiving to New Years become a very busy time for us, but after coming so far in […]

Volume 3, Issue 12   www.judeochristianclarion.com               December, 2022 Welcome Well it is the holidays once again. The year seems to go by so fast, but in reality, we do a lot of living in those 365 days. We do a lot of good, make many mistakes, and hopefully, […]

Volume 4, Issue 1    www.judeochristianclarion.com   January,  2023 Welcome January, another year, another new beginning, but let’s look at January another way.  January, the dead of winter. For many of us, winter only means cold and snow and shorter days. But God thinks otherwise. As we get old, we enter into the winter of […]

Volume 4, Issue 2   www.judeochristianclarion.com February,  2023 Welcome There is the saying that love makes the world go round. But in these end times it is hard to find love, for the love of many grows cold. We have become lovers of ourselves.(Matthew 24:12, 2 Timothy 3:1-5). Selfies are a big sign of that. […]

Volume 4, Issue 3     www.judeochristianclarion.com       March, 2023 Welcome Well, it is finally March. March gives us the hope of  Spring. But God gives us a hope of even better things. Jeremiah 29:11, tells us that God gives us a hope. “For I know the plans that I have for you, […]

Volume 4, Issue 4 www.judeochristianclarion.com     April, 2023 Welcome This month is a time to remember. Yeshua tells us in the middle of the Seder Meal to now look to Him. The Seder is a memorial or a time to remember Israel’s exit from Egypt. But when you come to the point of the […]

Volume 4, Issue 5   www.judeochristianclarion.com   May, 2023 Welcome Welcome to May. May is such a great month. The days are longer, the sun is shining, the flowers are blooming, the birds are singing, and Summer is beginning to come into our sight. Before long, people will be going on picnics and schools are […]

Volume 4, Issue 6  www.judeochristianclarion.com   June, 2023 Welcome With the coming of summer and families planning for graduation parties and vacations, this can be a very busy time.  During busy times we have a tendency to pull back on other things that may be considered less important or things that we can do later. […]

Volume 4, Issue 7   www.judeochristianclarion.com   July,  2023 Welcome July is a great month to remind us of our freedom, but with freedom comes responsibility. First, we must never take our freedom for granted. Second, we must never let ourselves become bound again. Galatians 5:1 tells us, “It is for freedom that Messiah has […]

                 Volume 4, Issue 8    www.judeochristianclarion.com   August, 2023 Welcome Well, Summer is going by so quickly,  it’s like the clouds that keep rolling on by.  This is just how life is, it just keeps moving along.  Psalm 37:23-26 tells us, “The steps of a man are […]

Volume 4, Issue 9      www.judeochristianclarion.com     September  2023 Welcome It’s amazing how fast time goes. It seems like it was just yesterday that the year began, and now we will be entering into Autumn. Soon the holiday season will be upon us. Psalm 90 which is a prayer of Moses says this, […]

Volume 4, Issue 10        www.judeochristianclarion.com           October  2023 Welcome Don’t you just love the Fall colors? God is the God of abundance. He did not just give us one shade of red or yellow or even green. No, He gave us many shades and many varieties and so […]

Volume 4, Issue 11 www.judeochristianclarion.com   November  2023 Welcome November is a time to recall all your blessings from the past year, as we celebrate Thanksgiving. But I’m sure that you heard the saying , if you can’t sleep count your blessings. This is a true statement as far as counting your blessings. A day […]

Volume 4, Issue 12 www.judeochristianclarion.com        December  2023  Welcome There is a poem called “In the Bleak Midwinter” by Christina Rossetti. The first two verses says this, In the bleak midwinter, frosty wind made moan, earth stood hard as iron, water like a stone;  snow had fallen, snow on snow, snow on snow, […]

Volume 5, Issue 1     www.judeochristianclarion.com  January  2024 Welcome God’s blessing on the New Year and what a year it may turn out to be. Every new beginning is a new chance in life. It is a new chapter that needs to be written, and to some extent, we have the choice on what […]

Volume 5, Issue 2   www.judeochristianclarion.com    February 2024    Welcome February is the month of love. 1 Corinthians 13:8 tells us that love never fails. So instead of giving candy and flowers and gifts, maybe show the one you love a little patience and kindness, and do something selfless, and show gratitude not just […]

Volume 5, Issue 3    www.judeochristianclarion.com      March  2024 Welcome It’s hard to believe that it is March and March has the right name, because it seems that that  is what we are doing. We are marching our way to Spring. We have our eyes set on those green leaves, flowers and of course, […]

Volume 5, Issue 4  www.judeochristianclarion.com        April  2024   Welcome April is best known for Tax Day. We know that even in Yeshua’s day they had to pay taxes and the people felt the same way back then as they do today. But Yeshua paid His in a little different way as Matthew 17: […]

Volume 5, Issue 5     www.judeochristianclarion.com  May 2024   Welcome It’s nice to see all the Spring flowers. Winter can be so long.  I guess God created winter to teach us patience, to learn perseverance. Life has so many trials and tribulations that it is easy to forget that God is with us, that He […]

Volume 5, Issue 6     www.judeochristianclarion.com  June 2024   Welcome It’s time for fun in the sun. Everyone has their special season, but which season is best of all? Here is a sandiegram that talks about just that. What Season is Best of All? Winter, spring, summer, or fall—Lord, what season is best of all?How […]