Let's go on a historical journey to look at early Jewish-Christian relations, the birth of Rabbinic Judaism, a parting of ways and attempts to reconcile. It’s a full plate, but I’ll try to keep it interesting! Over the past few days we’ve established the fact that our Christian roots are firmly planted in Judaism. This brought about …
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Gentiles Hear the Gospel for the First Time
This is exciting stuff, my Gentile friends! (If you are Jewish, please pardon us as we celebrate this tremendous gift today.) Jesus used Jews to take the Gospel to the Gentiles for the very first time! As we learned yesterday, Paul was sent to the Gentiles after being rejected by the Jews. However, the Jewish …
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God’s Call to Abraham to Birth the Jewish People
Hi gang! Here in Phoenix I'm in the midst of teaching a new study entitled Why Israel Matters: Rightly Relating to Our Jewish Roots, and we have studied about a special purpose God has given the Jewish people: to bless all the families of the earth (Genesis 12:3). In fact, last week I posted two pieces …
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POWERFUL: Jewish Responses to the Jewish Messiah
As we launch Why Israel Matters: Rightly Relating to Our Jewish Roots, we will examine the fact that God called the Jewish people to a very specific role: ...and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed. ~Genesis 12:3 That blessing is the Messiah...the Jewish Messiah! Think about it, my friends: everyone on planet …
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Looking for the Blessed Hope 