We review Marty Goetz's Hanukkah and Christmas album Festivals of Light 2002 and discuss the "festive season", Christmas in Japan, the color blue in Judaism, the menorah and nativity cover, live performances, Superbook theme and Emmy nomination, songs blending together/"background music", the album title, instrumental heavy songs and the extra minutes, "Christian" songs that are entirely from the Jewish Bible, changing first-person perspectives, William Blake, traditional Hanukkah blessings, the meanings of the holidays, Hanukkah pronunciation, and the literal translations of Ma'oz Tsur. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mark and David discuss Spoken's Echoes of the Spirit Still Dwell including the band name and album name, comparison to Rage against the Machine, yelling vs screaming, doubt, influences on our sound and the background of our song Adonai, angsty Christian music, and dancing like David--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/messianicmedia/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/messianicmedia/support Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For Passover/Easter we talk about the Jesus movie and its use as ministry tool, if it works as an interesting film, foreign languages and dubbing, the new intro with Eden and prophets, emotional vs educational angles, watching it in one sitting vs watching it as an episodic series, the call to faith, accuracy, special effects as well as Campus Crusade.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/messianicmedia/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/messianicmedia/support Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mark and David discuss Family Force 5, their live show energy and push for audience participation, hairstyles, rock/rap/crunk genre, misinterpreting themes and immature double meanings and possibly intentionally dumb lyrics, drugs as a metaphor for faith, comparison of the band to DC Talk, breakdancing, Southern rap-rock, drama queens and diss tracks and their descriptions of young love.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/messianicmedia/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/messianicmedia/support Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mark and David have a brief talk on the Star Wars TV show Kenobi.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/messianicmedia/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/messianicmedia/support Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mark and David talk about the film Ushpizin and the Sukkot (Tabernacles) holiday, what etrogs taste and smell like and usually cost, temporary dwellings (sukkah), pruning trees, humor in the film, the "wanted" unwanted guests, Israel and the Haredi community--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/messianicmedia/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/messianicmedia/support Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We discuss Messianic pioneer LAMB's 1978 album Songs for the Flock  and discuss early Messianic music, other bands called lamb, lamb and sheep metaphors, shorter album and song lengths, songs of judgement, harmonies, worship songs and dance worship songs and what makes a "messianic" sound.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/messianicmedia/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/messianicmedia/support Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mark and David talk about the two versions of Shalom Sesame and their different approach on education with a focus on the Shabbat holiday (especially Shabbat Shalom Grover). We also talk about different adaptations of Sesame Street and include our Shabbat Shalom song at the end.Shalom Sesame playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9WtQjGUcEzk1oOaEnziJxahZK7dW5I8f--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/messianicmedia/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/messianicmedia/support Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We discuss the 1998 animated film, breaking down the songs and score, the voice acting, animation and CGI, the characters' relationships, Biblical accuracy, the voice of God, Moses, Zepporah, the Egyptian priest's magic or illusions, scrapped comedy sidekicks, the prequel film, ending the film on the Ten Commandments, and we discus our pitch for a possible sequel. Happy Passover/Pesach!--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/messianicmedia/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/messianicmedia/support Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mark and David talk to David's father Rabbi Barney Kasdan (God's Appointed Times, Biblical commentaries) about Biblical archaeology, including theories about the Ark of the Covenant in Egypt, Babylon or Israel theories as well as the second Temple without the ark, Ron Wyatt's claim to have found the Ark, archaeology as a science, the Baruch seal, historical access to the scriptures, the Temple Mount Sifting Project, Pontius Pilate stone and where to keep up on the research.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/messianicmedia/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/messianicmedia/support Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.