Messianic Apologetics editor John McKee reviews the topic of the Lord’s Supper or communion. How has this been frequently approached, or not, within much of today’s Messianic movement?
This is then followed by a review of important stories and issues from the past day or so, largely witnessed on social media.
THEOLOGY ROUNDUP
Messianic Fall Holiday Helper – Book: link
Communion – FAQ: link
NEWS ROUNDUP
the following links were referenced in this episode
Yeah it’s called the soul and spirit!: link
Russian Media say, “A new world order is rising. The time of American hegemony is over”: link
President Donald Trump is reportedly holding off on promising new U.S. sanctions against Russia while signaling growing doubts about the prospects for a peace deal in Ukraine, according to officials.: link
U.S. President Donald Trump officially announced that he will rename Department of Defense as Department of War.: link
House Speaker Johnson alleged that President Trump acted as an FBI informant to aid in bringing down Jeffrey Epstein.: link
.@POTUS: “We won the first World War. We won the second World War. We won everything before that and in between — and then we decided to go woke and we changed the name to Department of Defense. So, we’re going Department of War.”: link
Trump on the war in Ukraine: “The one that I thought was going to be probably one of the easier ones, and that’s with President Putin and Ukraine. It turned out to be one that’s a little bit more difficult. […] And it’ll get done, or they’ll be held to pay.”: link
Europe’s Protestant geography is fascinating! Lutheran countries dominate Scandinavia while Reformed churches control Netherlands and parts of Germany. Anglican England stands alone and Methodist regions are tiny pockets!: link
President Donald Trump said on Friday that Washington was in “very deep” negotiations with Palestinian militant group Hamas and urged them to release all hostages held in Gaza.: link
The mayor of Dearborn Heights, Michigan, said the Detroit suburb’s police department jumped the gun on posting a mockup of an optional patch in English and Arabic three days ago, explaining it should never have been presented as official.: link
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The Lebanese government has decided to support the army’s plan to disarm Hezbollah.: link
Trump on regime change in Venezuela: “We’re not talking about that, but we are talking about the fact that you had an election which was a very strange election, to put it mildly. […] I can only say that billions of dollars of drugs are pouring into our country from Venezuela.”: link
Tucker Carlson: “I would totally be okay to share condolences with Osama Bin Laden’s family.”: link
Trump: “If Hamas does not release the hostages, it will be nasty.”: link
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has rejected Russian President Vladimir Putin invitation: ‘He can come to Kyiv.’ – ABC: link
“I will always be friends with Modi, he is a great Prime Minister, he is great…. I just don’t like what he is doing at this particular moment…. India and the United States have a special relationship. There is nothing to worry about.”: US President Donald Trump on…: link
Watch this. Now @TuckerCarlson doesn’t believe #Hamas is a radical jihadist terror organization. His hatred for Israel is growing by the month — but so his abandonment of facts and logic. The conservative movement has to confront him. He’s not just wrong. He’s doing damage.: link
President Donald Trump told his staff to remove a makeshift blue tent that has stood across from the White House for 44 years.: link
Legendary Mets manager Davey Johnson, who led the Mets to their 1986 World Series title, died on September 5 at the age of 82, according to team historian Jay Horwitz.: link
Israel appears to have quietly backed away from talks of annexing large portions of the West Bank, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu having removed the issue of annexation from a recent high-level cabinet meeting hours before it began, according to the Washington Post. This…: link
The Israeli Air Force is dropping evacuation leaflets over central Gaza.: link
President Donald Trump warns the city of Chicago of looming deportations, saying, “‘I love the smell of deportations in the morning…’ Chicago about to find out why it is called the Department of WAR.”: link
Listen to President Clinton carefully. I wish France, UK, et al would learn a bit of history. Ehud Barak, PM of Israel in 2000 offered Palestinian a state and 95% of what they wanted. They refused.: link
Several international undersea fiberoptic cables cut in the Red Sea, disrupting global internet connectivity.: link
John Rich sat down with @shawnryanshow and dropped a heavy statement: “Everything is already in place for the Tribulation to happen: link
The Left Behind book series is good #FICTION.: link
Spain plans a total arms embargo on Israel “with no exceptions” and may declare Netanyahu, Katz, Ben Gvir, and Smotrich persona non grata, with a vote set for Tuesday. Cutting all ties with Israel is also on the table, per El País.: link
US Treasury Secretary Bessent said the US may hit Russian oil buyers with secondary sanctions and tariffs, urging Europe to join in crippling Moscow’s economy and forcing Putin to negotiate.: link
President Trump on September 7 vowed to move ahead with a new round of sanctions against Russia after it pummeled Ukraine with its largest air strike since the war began. Trump, asked by reporters whether he is ready to move to the “second stage” of sanctions against Russia, replied yes.: link
President Donald Trump said on Sunday he is ready to move to the second stage of sanctioning Russia, remarks suggesting that he is closer to ramping up sanctions against Moscow or its oil buyers in frustration over the war in Ukraine.: link
Everyone wants the Hostages HOME. Everyone wants this War to end! The Israelis have accepted my Terms. It is time for Hamas to accept as well. I have warned Hamas about the consequences of not accepting. This is my last warning, there will not be another one! Thank you…: link
Hamas responds to Trump’s ceasefire deal with a Press Statement: link
In a statement, Hamxs it is ready to immediately negotiate the release of all hostages in exchange for a clear declaration to end the war and withdrawal from Gaza: link
This is never going to happen, but what will actually now happen is that now a load of antisemites will see this guy’s ridiculous post and claim it is revealing the “truth” behind Zionism.: link
Full Hamas statement on shooting attack in Jerusalem: link
French PM François Bayrou expected to be ousted in confidence vote: link
Spain has officially recalled its ambassador from Israel, as the diplomatic crisis between the two countries deepen, with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announcing Monday a permanent ban on the sale of weapons and ammunition to Israel as part of a package of measures aimed…: link
