“Death to the Jews!!!”  “Kill the traitor!!!” The vitriolic cries of the mob were a haunting sound in the ears of the journalist. They would have a profound effect on him and the Jewish people which reverberates to this very day.1 In 1897 Theodore Herzl, the journalist, stationed in Vienna, Austria, chaired the first Zionist […]

“‘Baptism or death,’ had too often been the cry of the church, just as the ‘Koran or the sword’ had been of Islam.”1      Rev. W. T. Gidney, secretary for the London Society for Promoting Christianity amongst the Jews, summarized centuries of the church’s message to the Jewish community in the above statement. Fortunately, things slowly […]

      There are those who believe that the Messianic Movement is the natural alternative to Christianity for saved Jewish people; one whose members effectively reach other Jewish people with the Gospel. Most who hold this view also believe that the Messianic Synagogue is a Jewish church; a nurturing environment where Messianic Jews express […]

The student of Scripture is confronted with a maze of ideas when trying to understand the Bible. It can be a daunting task to decipher which religious understanding is the correct understanding of Scripture. Fortunately, God has given to the student of Scripture a framework for interpreting the Word of God. This framework is the […]

In a marriage arranged from “on high”, Isaac, at the age of forty, would marry Rebekah, daughter of Bethuel, Abraham’s brother’s son. They had a great desire to have children, but for twenty years Rebekah had been barren. They sought the LORD that her inability to conceive would be removed. God granted their petition, and […]

As the preacher approached the pulpit, he placed his Bible on the platform, looked at the congregants in front of him, and said, “Open your Bibles to the Old Testament.” The next Sunday might be the same procedure with the difference being, “Open your Bibles to the New Testament.” It matters not what book would […]

BACKGROUND For centuries, there have been arguments against the belief that Jesus is the Messiah. Certain individuals in the Jewish community have not only entered into debates over this issue but pamphlets and books have been written trying to refute the belief that Jesus is the Messiah. Debates such as the one between Justin Martyr […]

“NO, YOU CAN’T!!!” “No, you can’t what?” “You know what I’m talking about, the question you’re asking on your sign. ‘Can you be Jewish and Christian?’ You can’t be both!” I feared the gentleman might have a stroke. His face was red, his blood pressure was obviously up, and his anger was evident. “Why can’t […]

I received letter from a pastor in northern California. I have preached at this church many times and the pastor has a love for Israel and the Jewish people, for many years hosting an “Honor Israel” conference. He was concerned about an unsolicited DVD that was sent to the church, and hundreds of other independent […]