The Statement of Faith contains the central beliefs of Outreach Israel Ministries and Messianic Apologetics. The Second Statement details a number of secondary and debated matters, witnessed across the Messianic spectrum.
The Messianic Jewish movement that has grown and been emerging in the late Twentieth and early Twenty-First Centuries has achieved much for the Kingdom of God, which it should be genuinely proud of. It has made a significant, positive contribution in the lives of many Jewish men and women who have come to saving faith in the Messiah of Israel, giving them a place where they do not have to assimilate and give up their Jewishness.
Perhaps an unforeseen side-effect is that it has also made a significant, positive contribution in the lives of many non-Jewish, evangelical Christian men and women, who have come to know the Jewishness of Jesus and the New Testament in a much more profound and tangible way. Many of these people have entered into the Messianic movement and its congregations, and have made a Torah obedient lifestyle their own, as they seek to emulate Messiah Yeshua. As we continue to see various developments occur within a broad Messianic community, which in the 2010s includes both Messianic Judaism and various other independent forms of Messianic and/or Hebrew/Hebraic Roots faith expressions, the question of how non-Jewish Believers relate to Israel—especially given the end-time reality of the nations coming to Zion to be taught God’s Law (Micah 4:1-3; Isaiah 2:2-4), and those of the nations joining with the Jewish people (Zechariah 8:23)—is undeniably going to increase.
Messianic Apologetics editor John McKee discusses how there are many issues in the Torah, which frequently go avoided by today’s Messianic people. How can we better understand some of these matters, not just from the perspective of the Ancient Israelites in the Ancient Near East—but through the effects of the Messiah event?
This is then followed by a review of important stories and issues from the past day or so, largely witnessed on social media.
Messianic Apologetics editor John McKee reviews the significance of the Book of Leviticus, providing a theological and composition summary.
This is then followed by a review of important stories and issues from the past day or so, largely witnessed on social media.
Messianic Apologetics editor John McKee discusses some of the old, yet new challenges, with growing anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism. How much is today’s Messianic community actually discussing the changing tides? Are various non-Jewish Believers making sure that they are standing with Israel and the Jewish people? Or are more feeling various pressures to leave the Messianic community?
This is then followed by a review of important stories and issues from the past day or so, largely witnessed on social media.
Messianic Apologetics editor John McKee takes a trip down memory lane, thirty years ago to Spring Break 1996. This was the week when his family made the full shift to being committed to the Messianic movement and lifestyle.
This is then followed by a review of important stories and issues from the past day or so, largely witnessed on social media.
Messianic Apologetics editor John McKee reviews some of the difficulties and challenges contemporary Messianic people have when reading the Torah, the native born and sojourner in Ancient Israel, and what it means for applying Moses’ Teaching as God’s people today. Part 2 of 2
This is then followed by a review of important stories and issues from the past day or so, largely witnessed on social media.
Messianic Apologetics editor John McKee reviews some of the difficulties and challenges contemporary Messianic people have when reading the Torah, the native born and sojourner in Ancient Israel, and what it means for applying Moses’ Teaching as God’s people today. Part 1 of 2
This is then followed by a review of important stories and issues from the past day or so, largely witnessed on social media.
Messianic Apologetics editor John McKee notes the importance of Micah 4:1-3 and Isaiah 2:2-4 for many of the non-Jewish Believers in today’s Messianic movement, who have tangibly embraced their faith heritage in Israel’s Scriptures. Are these prophecies at all to be connected with Acts 15:15 and its reference to “the words of the Prophets” occurring?
This is then followed by a review of important stories and issues from the past day or so, largely witnessed on social media.
The topic of eternal punishment is one of the most unpleasant and least desirable which any Bible teacher will ever have to discuss. I myself get no sense of enthusiasm, excitement, anticipation—and certainly no joy—out of the requirement of how any discussion on death, the afterlife, and human destiny, requires an analysis of what happens to the unredeemed. This is something which simply has to be addressed, and one which the author of Hebrews actually considered to be elementary to people of faith (Hebrews 6:2). To only address the positive side of human destiny, and not the negative side, would be a dereliction of a responsible teacher’s duty to the Biblical message and story.
