Welcome back friends! I hope you are enjoying studying about our Jewish roots and how to rightly relate to the Jews. Romans 9-11 is our blueprint and we're digging into those chapters right now. It is my belief that, in order to most fully understand and appreciate our salvation in Jesus, the Messiah, we must understand who …
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The Biblical Blueprint for Jewish-Christian Relations
Friends, did you know the Bible gives us a clear blueprint of what Jewish-Christian relations should look like? It's all there...we just need to know where to find it: Romans 9-11! In the apostle Paul’s letter to the Romans, he spent the first 8 chapters telling us how to live as Christians. We learn that …
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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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Our Jewish Roots
In the midst of our live study at Calvary Community Church, I am reminded of the importance of understanding our Jewish roots. Thus, over the next few days I want to share a portion of that study with you. We'll begin by focusing on the basics before moving on to early Christian-Jewish relations and why …
Looking for the Blessed Hope 