Dies auch in Deutsch erhaeltlich As the crowds increased, Jesus said, “This is a wicked generation. It asks for a miraculous sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah. For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so also will the Son of Man be to this generation … The […]
IN DEFENCE OF THE GOSPEL – a response to John Hagee’s “In Defense of Israel”
October 4, 2012 by
“Messianic Good News” was formed for the purpose of proclaiming and publishing the Good News that Jesus is the Messiah. There is no other good news or promise of blessing apart from that of being reconciled to God through faith in Him – for Jew and non-Jew alike. Salvation is found in no one else, for […]
A Christian response to Asher Norman’s claims on Isaiah 53
October 4, 2012 by
Asher Norman is the author of Twenty-six reasons why Jews don’t believe in Jesus* which has been widely distributed in Jewish circles. Kevin Daly answers the argument put forward by Norman that the suffering servant of Isaiah chapter 53 is not Jesus, as Christians claim, but Israel. Some of the author’s other “reasons” (or excuses) will be dealt with in time. Who would have believed […]
May your name be inscribed in the Book of Life
October 4, 2012 by
The Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah, ushers in a solemn ten day period of soul searching and penitence. The blowing of the shofar (ram’s horn), signals the call to repentance. According to Rabbinic tradition three books are opened on Rosh Hashanah. One records the names of the wicked who, on account of their wilful and defiant transgression of God’s […]
Does the Quraan teach Muslims to read the Bible?
October 4, 2012 by
Does the Quraan mention the Bible? The Quraan speaks in numerous places of the Taurat (Law of Moses) and the Injil(Gospel of Jesus). For example in Surat al-Maida 5.68: Say: “O People of the Book! You have no ground to stand upon unless you stand firm by the Taurat, the Injil and all the revelation that has come to you […]
What is the good news?
October 4, 2012 by
When King David was old, his son, Adonijah, declared himself to be Israel’s king. He sent forth a delegation of chariots and horses with fifty men to run ahead of him announcing the news. But King David called in Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet and Benaiah son of Jehoiada and told them to announce […]
God’s Revelation to Moses – the thirteen attributes of God
October 4, 2012 by
“Judaism relates to God as a code hidden in the verses of the Torah – Christianity as a character revealed in Christ” (Michael Korn) And the LORD said to Moses, Hew thee two tables of stone like the first; and I will write upon these tables the words that were in the first tables which […]
Judgment and Deliverance – the lesson of Pesach
October 4, 2012 by
Dies auch in Deutsch erhaeltlich “Seek the LORD, all you meek of the earth, who have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: perhaps you shall be hid in the day of the LORD’s anger” (Zephaniah 2:3) The consistent purpose of every true prophet was: to warn that judgment is inevitable to call sinners to […]
God’s promise to Abraham
October 4, 2012 by
“And the Almighty said, ‘Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I intend to do; seeing that Abraham will certainly become a great and mighty nation, and that all the nations of the earth will be blessed in him?’” (Genesis 18: 17-18) Jews and Arabs alike are proud to have Abraham as their father, but many […]
From Exile to the Promised Land
October 4, 2012 by
The LORD God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them. And the LORD God said, “The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live […]
