

Messiah Matters
Messiah Matters
Messiah Matters is the premier theological YouTube show and podcast that approaches biblical topics from a pronomian (pro-law) view. Hosts Rob Vanhoff and Caleb Hegg approach the biblical text with the understanding that God’s law is the standard for the Christian life and the backdrop for biblical interpretation.
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Dec 7, 2022 • 1h 5min
Show #411 – Advancements in Scholarship
In this episode, we revisit a conversation from last week about Jewish tradition and discuss how scholarship naturally pushes against accepted views, then we move to a discussion on study bibles vs Jewish midrash.
Executive Producer: Lee & Vivian Eagan, Erna Draper, Bob & Larue Miller, Bobby Keicher, John Coulthard, Eric Warren, Kyle Ripley, Levi Mitchel.
Social Media Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MessiahMatters
Rob’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/robvanhoff
Caleb’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/calebhegg
Rob Vanhoff: Rob teaches courses on 2nd Temple Period, Rabbinic Literature, Judaism, Koine Greek, and Aramaic. He has delivered papers at conferences for both Evangelical Theological Society and the Society of Biblical Literature. He serves at Heart of Messiah Ministries in Spokane Valley. Rob holds two degrees from the University of Washington: MA, Comparative Religion (2005) and BA, Near Eastern Languages & Civilization, with a minor in Music (2003).
Caleb Hegg is the founder of Pronomian.com, a site dedicated to the study of God’s covenants and law. Caleb has lectured at various conferences around the world, and written multiple published articles, most notably, several articles in “Celebrate the Feast” (TorahResource, 2019). Caleb Hegg received a two-year certificate from TR-Institute. Caleb is currently enrolled at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in an M.Div program.
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Nov 30, 2022 • 57min
Show #410 – Inspired Text
In this episode, we discuss the Christian Orthodox view of the canon and what exactly is inspired Scripture, then we move to authority in the Bible and what exactly this means for believers, finally we look at images and what it means to create them in light of the command to not make images.
Executive Producer: Lee & Vivian Eagan, Erna Draper, Bob & Larue Miller, Bobby Keicher, John Coulthard, Eric Warren, Kyle Ripley, Levi Mitchel.
Social Media Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MessiahMatters
Rob’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/robvanhoff
Caleb’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/calebhegg
Rob Vanhoff: Rob teaches courses on 2nd Temple Period, Rabbinic Literature, Judaism, Koine Greek, and Aramaic. He has delivered papers at conferences for both Evangelical Theological Society and the Society of Biblical Literature. He serves at Heart of Messiah Ministries in Spokane Valley. Rob holds two degrees from the University of Washington: MA, Comparative Religion (2005) and BA, Near Eastern Languages & Civilization, with a minor in Music (2003).
Caleb Hegg is the founder of Pronomian.com, a site dedicated to the study of God’s covenants and law. Caleb has lectured at various conferences around the world, and written multiple published articles, most notably, several articles in “Celebrate the Feast” (TorahResource, 2019). Caleb Hegg received a two-year certificate from TR-Institute. Caleb is currently enrolled at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in an M.Div program.
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Nov 23, 2022 • 37min
Show #409 – We’re Back
In this episode, we recap the Evangelical Theological Society and the Society of Biblical Literature annual meetings.
Executive Producer: Lee & Vivian Eagan, Erna Draper, Bob & Larue Miller, Bobby Keicher, John Coulthard, Eric Warren, Kyle Ripley, Levi Mitchel.
Social Media Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MessiahMatters
Rob’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/robvanhoff
Caleb’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/calebhegg
Rob Vanhoff: Rob teaches courses on 2nd Temple Period, Rabbinic Literature, Judaism, Koine Greek, and Aramaic. He has delivered papers at conferences for both Evangelical Theological Society and the Society of Biblical Literature. He serves at Heart of Messiah Ministries in Spokane Valley. Rob holds two degrees from the University of Washington: MA, Comparative Religion (2005) and BA, Near Eastern Languages & Civilization, with a minor in Music (2003).
Caleb Hegg is the founder of Pronomian.com, a site dedicated to the study of God’s covenants and law. Caleb has lectured at various conferences around the world, and written multiple published articles, most notably, several articles in “Celebrate the Feast” (TorahResource, 2019). Caleb Hegg received a two-year certificate from TR-Institute. Caleb is currently enrolled at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in an M.Div program.
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Nov 2, 2022 • 55min
Show #407 – Theologically Speaking
In this episode, we discuss the standard Christian view of Matt. 5:17ff and ask if this is a logical conclusion of the overall passage. We then turn back to a discussion we had on two house theology and the fact that God chose a bloodline and what this means. Along the way we discuss various other questions that have come in.
Executive Producer: Lee & Vivian Eagan, Erna Draper, Bob & Larue Miller, Bobby Keicher, John Coulthard, Eric Warren, Kyle Ripley, Levi Mitchel.
Social Media Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MessiahMatters
Rob’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/robvanhoff
Caleb’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/calebhegg
Rob Vanhoff: Rob teaches courses on 2nd Temple Period, Rabbinic Literature, Judaism, Koine Greek, and Aramaic. He has delivered papers at conferences for both Evangelical Theological Society and the Society of Biblical Literature. He serves at Heart of Messiah Ministries in Spokane Valley. Rob holds two degrees from the University of Washington: MA, Comparative Religion (2005) and BA, Near Eastern Languages & Civilization, with a minor in Music (2003).
Caleb Hegg is the founder of Pronomian.com, a site dedicated to the study of God’s covenants and law. Caleb has lectured at various conferences around the world, and written multiple published articles, most notably, several articles in “Celebrate the Feast” (TorahResource, 2019). Caleb Hegg received a two-year certificate from TR-Institute. Caleb is currently enrolled at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in an M.Div program.
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Oct 26, 2022 • 1h 1min
Show #406 – Mark That Off the List
In this episode, we discuss the long ending of Mark, then we turn to Hebrew Primacy and a question that was posed, “why does it matter.” We also look at several other topics.
Executive Producer: Lee & Vivian Eagan, Erna Draper, Bob & Larue Miller, Ruth Lunderville, Bobby Keicher, John Coulthard, Eric Warren, Kyle Ripley.
This show is produced by TorahResource – https://torahresource.com/
Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MessiahMatters
Rob Vanhoff
Rob teaches courses on 2nd Temple Period, Rabbinic Literature, Judaism, Koine Greek, and Aramaic. He has delivered papers at conferences for both Evangelical Theological Society and the Society of Biblical Literature. He serves at Heart of Messiah Ministries in Spokane Valley. Rob holds two degrees from the University of Washington: MA, Comparative Religion (2005) and BA, Near Eastern Languages & Civilization, with a minor in Music (2003).
Caleb Hegg
Caleb is the co-founder of Growing in Messiah, a ministry that provides resources to parents to raise godly families. Caleb has lectured at various conferences around the world, and written multiple published articles, most notably, several articles in “Celebrate the Feast” (TorahResource, 2019). Education: Caleb Hegg received a two-year certificate from TR-Institute. Caleb is currently enrolled at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in an M.Div program.
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Oct 19, 2022 • 59min
Show #405 – Walking Into the Wrong Debate
In this episode, we discuss several questions that have come in on various videos including what Matt. 22:14 means, Matt. 5:17 and Psalm 22. Then we turn to a clip of a prominent atheist who corners a Christian and how we should approach evangelical discussions.
Executive Producer: Lee & Vivian Eagan, Erna Draper, Bob & Larue Miller, Ruth Lunderville, Bobby Keicher, John Coulthard, Eric Warren, Kyle Ripley.
This show is produced by TorahResource – https://torahresource.com/
Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MessiahMatters
Rob Vanhoff
Rob teaches courses on 2nd Temple Period, Rabbinic Literature, Judaism, Koine Greek, and Aramaic. He has delivered papers at conferences for both Evangelical Theological Society and the Society of Biblical Literature. He serves at Heart of Messiah Ministries in Spokane Valley. Rob holds two degrees from the University of Washington: MA, Comparative Religion (2005) and BA, Near Eastern Languages & Civilization, with a minor in Music (2003).
Caleb Hegg
Caleb is the co-founder of Growing in Messiah, a ministry that provides resources to parents to raise godly families. Caleb has lectured at various conferences around the world, and written multiple published articles, most notably, several articles in “Celebrate the Feast” (TorahResource, 2019). Education: Caleb Hegg received a two-year certificate from TR-Institute. Caleb is currently enrolled at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in an M.Div program.
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Oct 12, 2022 • 1h 2min
Show #404 – I Think You Misunderstood
In this episode, we discuss how much we should rely on Jewish tradition when celebrating the biblical festivals, then we turn to the term “under the law” to determine what this might mean, finally a look at a discussion we had about the sabbath being changed to Sunday and some of the responses that we got that seem to imply some folks didn’t understand our point.
Executive Producer: Lee & Vivian Eagan, Erna Draper, Bob & Larue Miller, Ruth Lunderville, Bobby Keicher, John Coulthard, Eric Warren, Kyle Ripley.
This show is produced by TorahResource – https://torahresource.com/
Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MessiahMatters
Rob Vanhoff
Rob teaches courses on 2nd Temple Period, Rabbinic Literature, Judaism, Koine Greek, and Aramaic. He has delivered papers at conferences for both Evangelical Theological Society and the Society of Biblical Literature. He serves at Heart of Messiah Ministries in Spokane Valley. Rob holds two degrees from the University of Washington: MA, Comparative Religion (2005) and BA, Near Eastern Languages & Civilization, with a minor in Music (2003).
Caleb Hegg
Caleb is the co-founder of Growing in Messiah, a ministry that provides resources to parents to raise godly families. Caleb has lectured at various conferences around the world, and written multiple published articles, most notably, several articles in “Celebrate the Feast” (TorahResource, 2019). Education: Caleb Hegg received a two-year certificate from TR-Institute. Caleb is currently enrolled at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in an M.Div program.
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Oct 5, 2022 • 40min
Show #403 – Study Bible
In this episode, we discuss study Bibles and weather or not they should contain theories of pagan origins of biblical stories. Then we turn some interesting comments against the Trinity and see how these comments actually go against their own position.
Executive Producer: Lee & Vivian Eagan, Erna Draper, Bob & Larue Miller, Ruth Lunderville, Bobby Keicher, John Coulthard, Eric Warren, Kyle Ripley.
This show is produced by TorahResource – https://torahresource.com/
Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MessiahMatters
Rob Vanhoff
Rob teaches courses on 2nd Temple Period, Rabbinic Literature, Judaism, Koine Greek, and Aramaic. He has delivered papers at conferences for both Evangelical Theological Society and the Society of Biblical Literature. He serves at Heart of Messiah Ministries in Spokane Valley. Rob holds two degrees from the University of Washington: MA, Comparative Religion (2005) and BA, Near Eastern Languages & Civilization, with a minor in Music (2003).
Caleb Hegg
Caleb is the co-founder of Growing in Messiah, a ministry that provides resources to parents to raise godly families. Caleb has lectured at various conferences around the world, and written multiple published articles, most notably, several articles in “Celebrate the Feast” (TorahResource, 2019). Education: Caleb Hegg received a two-year certificate from TR-Institute. Caleb is currently enrolled at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in an M.Div program.
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Sep 28, 2022 • 1h 4min
Show #402 – Acceptable to God
In this episode, we discuss Cain and Abel’s sacrifice and why one was accepted and the other wasn’t according to various hermeneutics, then we move to a question about the majority calendar and why we don’t believe the Sabbath has been changed to Sunday, and finally, we look at comments from unitarians and how they miss the mark from the very beginning.
Executive Producer: Lee & Vivian Eagan, Erna Draper, Bob & Larue Miller, Ruth Lunderville, Bobby Keicher, John Coulthard, Eric Warren, Kyle Ripley.
This show is produced by TorahResource – https://torahresource.com/
Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MessiahMatters
Rob Vanhoff
Rob teaches courses on 2nd Temple Period, Rabbinic Literature, Judaism, Koine Greek, and Aramaic. He has delivered papers at conferences for both Evangelical Theological Society and the Society of Biblical Literature. He serves at Heart of Messiah Ministries in Spokane Valley. Rob holds two degrees from the University of Washington: MA, Comparative Religion (2005) and BA, Near Eastern Languages & Civilization, with a minor in Music (2003).
Caleb Hegg
Caleb is the co-founder of Growing in Messiah, a ministry that provides resources to parents to raise godly families. Caleb has lectured at various conferences around the world, and written multiple published articles, most notably, several articles in “Celebrate the Feast” (TorahResource, 2019). Education: Caleb Hegg received a two-year certificate from TR-Institute. Caleb is currently enrolled at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in an M.Div program.
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Sep 21, 2022 • 1h 7min
Show #401 – But I’m Not Part of Israel
In this episode, we discuss the common belief that Gentiles have different laws than Jews, also a response to a comment where someone attempted to talk to their elders about the Sabbath and believes the waisted 10 years of fellowship, and finally conversation on Romans 14 and what Paul is actually talking about.
Executive Producer: Lee & Vivian Eagan, Erna Draper, Bob & Larue Miller, Ruth Lunderville, Bobby Keicher, John Coulthard, Eric Warren, Kyle Ripley.
This show is produced by TorahResource – https://torahresource.com/
Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MessiahMatters
Rob Vanhoff
Rob teaches courses on 2nd Temple Period, Rabbinic Literature, Judaism, Koine Greek, and Aramaic. He has delivered papers at conferences for both Evangelical Theological Society and the Society of Biblical Literature. He serves at Heart of Messiah Ministries in Spokane Valley. Rob holds two degrees from the University of Washington: MA, Comparative Religion (2005) and BA, Near Eastern Languages & Civilization, with a minor in Music (2003).
Caleb Hegg
Caleb is the co-founder of Growing in Messiah, a ministry that provides resources to parents to raise godly families. Caleb has lectured at various conferences around the world, and written multiple published articles, most notably, several articles in “Celebrate the Feast” (TorahResource, 2019). Education: Caleb Hegg received a two-year certificate from TR-Institute. Caleb is currently enrolled at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in an M.Div program.
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