Every Messianic congregation or assembly, whether it is in Israel, North America, or elsewhere, is going to have some vehicle for Jewish outreach and involvement in the local Jewish community.
Messianic Apologetics editor John McKee reviews the implications of John 14:1-6, and Yeshua being the only means to the Father.
This is then followed by a review of important stories and issues from the past day or so, largely witnessed on social media.
I am encountering many progressive Christians and Jews who support abortion. This is very confusing to me. I need some better answers to their statements about human life.
I am a non-Jewish Believer, and I have encountered some Messianic Jews who consider me as some sort of “God-fearer” in their midst. What is this supposed to mean? Even with our natural differences and distinctions, I thought we were supposed to emphasize one another as fellow brothers and sisters.
A majority of you who commemorate the Biblical and Jewish holidays experience precisely this: a sense of spiritual fulfillment and unity when they appear in the annual cycle. Yet, it would be entirely inappropriate to introduce you to the appointed times, without also letting you know that these can be periods of division and discord within the Messianic community. Many of you already know this to be the case, if for any other reason because you have volunteered at your local Messianic congregation or fellowship to help, in some capacity, during the Fall high holidays or with the congregational Passover seder. You probably got a quick lesson in how it is one thing to remember the Biblical and Jewish holidays within the privacy of your own home; it is another thing to remember the Biblical and Jewish holidays in a much larger venue of people who have opinions about the “right way” things are to be done.
Messianic Apologetics editor John McKee discusses the issue of Luke 21:36, and whether or not someone will be able to actually “escape” the Tribulation period.
This is then followed by a review of important stories and issues from the past day or so, largely witnessed on social media.
What is “the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees” which Yeshua warned about? Are the numbers twelve supposed to relate to the Twelve Tribes of Israel, and seven to relate to the seven laws of Noah? How am I supposed to approach this?
Do you believe that the New Testament was originally written in Hebrew? It seems that many within today’s Messianic movement believe the New Testament was written in Hebrew, but they lack substantial proof for this.
Within today’s broad Messianic movement, different perspectives are witnessed as they involve the ongoing relevance of the Torah or Moses’ Teaching for God’s people. For sure, it is agreed that the Torah composes the ethnic and cultural heritage of today’s Jewish people, to which they should be faithful. Yet, how do we approach the Torah as our spiritual heritage?
Messianic Apologetics editor John McKee reviews some of the difficulties which have arisen from 1 Thessalonians 2:14-16. Did the Apostle Paul solely blame the Jewish people corporate, for the death of the Messiah? Given the rise in anti-Semitism and anti-Judaism today, this is a passage which needs to be evaluated.
This is then followed by a review of important stories and issues from the past day or so, largely witnessed on social media.
