לכבוד רעי אחי באמת In the introduction to his book Tiferet Yisrael, Rabbi Judah Loew of Prague (the Maharal) 1voiced the previously unspoken dilemma of his religion: does devotion to Torah exclude a simultaneous devotion to God? According to Professor Abraham Joshua Heschel, few Jews have contemplated this point of tension: “Jews have often loved the Torah […]
They will look to me whom they have pierced | Zechariah 12
October 4, 2012 by
Should Christians expect a mass conversion of Jews before the “second coming”? Many Christians believe in such a scenario partly on the basis of Zechariah’s famous prophecy: ‘I will pour on the house of David, and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplication; and they will look to Me whom […]
The Leprous House
October 4, 2012 by
And the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, When you come into the land of Canaan which I give you for a possession, and I put the plague of leprosy in a house in the land of your possession, and if he that owns the house shall come and tell the priest, saying, A […]
The Good Shepherd
October 4, 2012 by
“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. The hired hand is not the one who owns the sheep. So when he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away….” John 10:11-12. The analogy of the Shepherd as used through-out the bible loses much of […]
The Generational Blessing
October 4, 2012 by
this article is dedicated to my uncle Dick and to his children and grandchildren My son, do not forget my teaching, but keep my commands in your heart, for they will prolong your life many years and bring you prosperity. (Proverbs 3: 1-2) A father’s heart is for his children’s well being. From what he […]
Make disciples of all nations
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Dies auch in Deutsch erhaeltlich “Then Jesus came to them and said, ‘All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything […]
Jews and Arabs unite in Messiah
October 4, 2012 by
“I pray … that all of them will be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me … May they be brought to complete unity to let the world know that you sent […]
A new & better covenant | Jeremiah 31:31-34
October 4, 2012 by
“Behold, days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah. It will not be like the covenant I made with their forefathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of Egypt, because they broke my covenant, though […]
Found in Him: True Jews identified in Messiah
October 4, 2012 by
Dies auch in Deutsch erhaeltlich “Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. For you are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then will you also appear with him in glory” (Colossians 3:2-4). The yearning for Messiah grew out […]
‘The LORD will provide’ – the sacrifice of Isaac (the ‘akedah’) in Rabbinic writings
October 4, 2012 by
“The Lord will make it known who shall be His. My son, the Master will look to His lamb And whosoever is holy, He will draw to Him.” R. Ephraim ben Jacov of Bonn 1 Many Jews are unaware that concepts usually associated with Christian theology are contained in the Aggada. Although these are numerous and widely dispersed […]
