Tikvat Israel Sermons

What are you building?  There is only one foundation on which we build, namely Yeshua the Messiah.  Every work will be tested in the Day of Judgment, and every work that endures will produce a reward.  As co-laborers with Messiah, we put to death the deeds of our own flesh, walking in the Ruach Elohim, and we build the dwelling place of HaShem with living stones.  Keep listening to his voice, as confirmed by all the Scriptures, fro...

Rabbi David’s Pizza is open for business—where the motto is: “Man does not live on bread alone… but also sauce and some cheese.” 

From manna in the wilderness to pizza in the promised land, this week’s message reframes the desert: not as the kvetching years, but as the training ground for trust.

Join us as we discover why bread isn’t enough—and how God turns the desert into an oasis of His presence.  Listen to “Be a Desert” here….

This Shabbat, journey with us through Parashat Mattot-Massei as we explore the questions: Where do we come from? What are we? Where are we going? In a portion that at first glance seems like just a list of ancient place names, we uncover something: each stop along Israel’s wilderness journey tells a story—of struggle, lessons learned, deliverance, and divine love. Like the Israelites, our lives are marked not just by locations, but...

What does it mean to go against the current—to stand for truth when lies are popular, to choose humility when culture celebrates pride, and to pass down blessing even when we’ve inherited brokenness? Listen to Psalm 49—written by the sons of Korach, the very ones who refused to repeat their father’s mistakes. It’s never too late to turn the ship around. Come be encouraged, challenged, and reminded that in Messiah Yeshua, there’s a...

How do we trust our Heavenly Father, even when things go badly?  Even if we die, He has a plan to vindicate His own reputation:  you must become a disciple of Yeshua, who said, “If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father, his mother, his wife, his children, his brothers and his sisters, yes, and his own life besides, he cannot be my talmid (disciple).  Whoever does not carry his own execution-stake and come after me cannot ...

In Luke 15, some of the Pharisees are criticizing Yeshua for eating with sinners. He responds with a story.  If you have 100 sheep, and only 99 are with you, you are not complete as a shepherd.  Like a woman would count her coins to make sure she had all ten, so too God counts us.  And so we too should look around our table and say, “Who is missing here? Whom do I need to invite to the table of the Lord?” God loves those sheep in h...

Has this ever happened to you?  “Oh no, I got a paper cut!  Blood is coming out of my finger. Well, guess I’ll go visit the Holy Tabernacle and/or Temple.” But the priest says, “No way, Moshe!” Tired of not knowing how and when to approach a holy God?  Well, have we got a book for you!  Try Leviticus! That’s right, the Bible’s ultimate guide to holiness, purity, and weird bodily fluids. Learn what’s clean, unclean, and how to deal...

A dad is driving and two brothers are in the back.  And they’re poking and bothering each other.  What are his possible words of discipline that he can say?  He can say, “Don’t make me turn this car around.” He can say “Don’t make me separate you,” that is if he has access to the new invisible force fields that are available for backseats.  Or finally he can say, “Don’t make me come back there.” But what if there’s a fourth option?...