Addressing the Theological and Spiritual Issues of the Broad Messianic Movement
The development of today’s modern Messianic Jewish movement goes back to the late 1960s and early 1970s, as Jewish Believers in Israel’s Messiah established congregations, synagogues, and assemblies with the mission of facilitating Jewish outreach, Jewish evangelism, and solidarity with the State of Israel. This is a mission which continues to our present day, and should ever be on the hearts and minds of those involved with today’s Messianic congregations.
Why are any of us involved in today’s Messianic movement? The answers that we might provide to this question are likely varied, and they each involve a number of distinct life circumstances and encounters. Hopefully the main answer that each of us would have to this question is: God wants us here. If you are a Jewish person raised with a knowledge that your ancestors definitely stood at the base of Mount Sinai, hearing the Ten Words from the Almighty, then you have found your promised Messiah and may be considered a completed Jew. If you are a non-Jewish person, likely raised in an evangelical Protestant home, then you have connected with your Hebraic Roots in the ancient Scriptures of Israel, your Jewish Roots in the Synagogue, and have joined with your Messianic Jewish brothers and sisters in an important move which will culminate in the return of Israel’s Messiah.
Messianic Apologetics editor John McKee reviews how we should approach the salvation-historical trajectory of “all Israel will be saved” in Romans 11:26-27.
This is then followed by a review of important stories and issues from the past day or so, largely witnessed on social media.
John McKee delivers the May 2025 Outreach Israel News update. Non-Jewish Believers who have been called by God into the Messianic Jewish movement, often find themselves having to navigate and sort through it. What are some of the challenges, difficulties, and unforeseen matters a person or family may encounter?
Can you please explain to me why bilateral ecclesiology can be a major divisive issue in Messianic theology?
Can you give me an idea about the, or at least a, Messianic process of ordination? I see many leaders out there bearing titles such as: rabbi, pastor, teacher. What was the process they went about, getting ordained and receiving such a title?
Why are there so many leaders in the Messianic movement who call themselves “rabbi”? Yeshua explicitly forbade this in Matthew 23:8.
Why does the Hebrew Roots movement have such a negative reputation in the Messianic Jewish movement? Why is it looked at as a spiritual plague?
Messianic Apologetics editor John McKee goes through an expanded version of his 2025 IAMCS Rabbis Conference presentation.
This episode also introduces an updated format for Messianic Insider: a review of several stories, helping people find a ministry resource we offer, and a short teaching.
