Versions of the Apocrypha – Messianic Insider 18 December, 2025: X-link
Messianic Apologetics editor John McKee reviews some of the major English versions available of the Apocrypha. Hopefully this will assist you during a Chanukah season, navigating the Books of Maccabees.
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
Apocrypha, Versions of – FAQ: link
NEWS ROUNDUP
the following links were referenced in this episode
DISCLAIMER: a reference made to one of these links does not imply an endorsement of all of the ideas or views presented
Pastors should remove all Israeli flags from their churches: link
The White House has installed descriptive plaques under the gold-framed portraits of every President featured on the “Presidential Walk of Fame” just outside the Oval Office: link
Israel, Greece, and Cyprus are examining the creation of a joint rapid response force in the Eastern Mediterranean: link
Is it just a coincidence that Interstellar object 3IAtlas makes its closest approach to Earth this Friday, which happens to be the same day of the Epstein Files deadline?: link
“I will be leaving my position with the FBI in January.”: link
Maduro calls on Colombia and the Colombian military to intervene.: link
Rob Schmitt: The threat of Islamic extremist attacks now has governments jumping into performative politics and bone-headed moves rather than trying to protect their people.: link
For the last four years, the United States was ruled by politicians who fought only for the insiders, illegal aliens, career criminals, corporate lobbyists, prisoners, terrorists, and above all, foreign nations, which took advantage of us at levels never seen before…: link
Charlie Kirk isn’t wrong about Shabbat — he just has some funny ideas about what it should be.: link
Putin has to know that after a peace deal, if he would try to attack Ukraine again, the reaction will be devastating: link
U.S.-Russia relations are in a state of collapse…: link
