Why I Believe in Messianic Judaism
As I have said many times on this blog, Messianic Judaism is not exactly the same thing as what passes for “Messianic” in many groups, websites, congregations, and in many flavors of “Messianic” and Hebrew Roots sub-movements. I have in…
Shavuot and Ruth #1
Shavuot is coming, May 27, 2012 (begins sundown May 26). The traditional text (the megillah, or scroll) for Shavuot is Ruth. Don’t know what Shavuot is? Check here. I’ve been leading a class of Hebrew students through the book of…
Leper Messiah
You may hear, both from Jewish and Christian voices, that there does not exist in Judaism an idea of a suffering Messiah. This is simply not true. Just as in the case of the often repeated mistruth that the idea…
Comfort, Agitation, Breakthrough
I started quite the argument yesterday. As fellow blogger and friend James Pyles put it: I picked one heckuva topic to test out my blog policy of allowing comments before moderation! Some of you made some excellent, well-reasoned points from…
We’re Not All the Same
A commenter here yesterday and several commenters on Facebook have brought up a common rationale for the view that all followers of Messiah, Jew and non-Jew, should keep the commandments of Torah. I’d like to be a gadfly, a shepherd’s…
Conversations About Law and Grace
Someone emailed and said, “Do you remember you had a series of posts with an imaginary conversation between a Christian and a Messianic Jew about the Torah?” I had forgotten about this series. A lot of people wonder how they…
Reasons (Not) to Leave Church, Judeo-Christians
Many of my Judaically minded non-Jewish readers are either in churches or used to be and find themselves feeling somewhat homeless. I know because of the frequent conversations and emails I have with some very good people rightfully alarmed by…
CONTEST: The Four M’s of Messianic and Judeo-Christian Learning
Contest at http://facebook.com/DerekLeman — The Four M’s of Messianic and Judeo-Christian Learning. The prize: a free, landmark book by Tsvi Sadan on the names of Messiah (The Concealed Light).
Disciple Circles and Rabbi Carl Kinbar
Disciple circles. A loosely organized movement of teachers, learners, and facilitators spread out over the landscape serving those who yearn for information. The four M’s (what are the four M’s? — I’ll let you know further in). Yesterday, I highlighted…
Boaz Michael
Sometimes I think of Messianic Judaism as a movement comparable to the disciple circles of rabbis that existed in the land of Israel from the time of the Temple destruction and for hundreds of years. An uncritical view of the…
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