Has Jesus made you Jewish?
Saturday, March 1st, 2008If we miss the “Jewishness” of Jesus, we miss something crucial in our understanding of God and our testimony to both the Jew and the Gentile.
Jewish vs. Hebraic
Saturday, March 1st, 2008There is a vast difference between being Jewish and being Hebraic, nor do we necessarily have to be Jewish to be Hebraic.
Jewish Opposition to the Gospel
Saturday, March 1st, 2008Art touches some of the deep-seated reasons for this, and therefore the challenge that is presented before the church.
Beyond Messianic Judaism
Saturday, March 1st, 2008Spoken at a Messianic congregation, Art presents a view of the faith that eclipses what is labeled “Messianic,” namely, an apostolic faith.
The Coming Crisis
Saturday, March 1st, 2008A message spoken in New York, the very heart of Jewish life, that forewarns of coming devastation for the Jews of that city.
Christ in the Jewish Passover
Saturday, March 1st, 2008A rich study and explanation of the traditional Jewish Passover revealing Christ hidden in the many practices known to Orthodox Jews throughout the ages.
The Reality Principle
Monday, February 25th, 2008Something is being pressed just now upon my consciousness that has been percolating for some time in my inner being. A recent two hour conversation with an unbelieving Jewish man made me to further realize that I am definitely at odds with the world, its logic, and its premises.
Who Really Killed Jesus?
Wednesday, February 20th, 2008So horrendous has been the cost to the Jewish community of the cry, ‘Christ-killer,’ that any references of the crucifixion of Jesus are shunned with horror. Now with the advent of Mel Gibson’s film, The Passion of the Christ, Jewish fears are again being stirred coming as it is in a season of heightened anti-Semitism throughout the world.
The Chosen People: Chosen for What?
Wednesday, February 13th, 2008As Jews, one thing that makes us recoil is being called “chosen.” It is something like the involuntary shudder that comes with the screech of chalk on a blackboard. After all, what has being chosen ever meant to us but trouble?
A Further Guide for the Perplexed
Thursday, February 7th, 2008However faint the spiritual condition of Jewish people, the cry of the Shema is familiar to all. How often have we taken refuge in it, and used it as a bulwark of rejection when the uncomfortable question of an alien Jesus is pressed upon our consideration. Persuaded of the un-Jewishness of the matter, and unwilling for a religious polemic that is threatening or disquieting, we return to the fundamental tenet of our monotheistic belief-though if the truth were known we are not that avid for that ‘God’ either-to put an end to the whole unwelcome matter. Then, comfortably assured we have righteously affirmed our Jewishness, we turn again to the more serious issues of life, which in fact constitute our idolatry and chronic rejection of Him who calls.
A Plea for the Serious Consideration of God
Monday, February 4th, 2008A message, especially but not exclusively, for our Jewish kinsmen as we approach the end of the millennium Be still and know that I am God…(Psalm 46:10) There is a connection between the strange providences of God and what we know of Him, and we have to learn to interpret the mysteries of life in […]
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