Messianic Publications

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Identity Issues

5 archived articles.

Awaiting authorMarch 31, 2016

Denying that Messianic Jews are Really Jews: My Rejection from Taglit-Birthright Israel

Alison Madar

Being Jewish already singles me out as different from the rest of the population. Within the Jewish religion many different branches exists. The three main subgroups are Orthodox, Conservative and Reform. Within these are different sects and classifications such as Hassidic and Sephardic. All of these groups have similarities and differences. The classification I belong to is a much smaller group called Messianic Judaism. So I am part of a

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Awaiting authorMay 14, 2014

Unity Without Uniformity: Three Pillars of Our Primary Identity

Nate Long

We live in an age when far too many people have experienced either a bent and sugary love devoid of boundaries, or a stern and legalistic law divorced from grace. Too often, these extremes are practiced by those who most vigorously proclaim their exclusive possession of “The Truth.” Not only is the world largely unimpressed with our faulty display of God’s nature, but our congregations are increasingly abandoned by disillusioned

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Awaiting authorOctober 30, 2013

Are Christians Part of Israel, God’s Covenant People?

Mark Hickinbotham

Let’s look at it this way. When a person comes to saving faith in Yeshua, it is like being adopted into another family: John 1:12 – “But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God.” Romans 8:14-16 – “For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God. So you have not received a

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Awaiting authorOctober 2013

Are Christians Part of Israel, God’s Covenant People?

Mark Hickinbotham

It is vital for born-again believers in Messiah Yeshua (Jesus Christ) to know who they really are—that is, their true identity once they come to have faith in Yeshua. Sure, most people agree that a believer is a child of God, a citizen of the Kingdom of Heaven, or something to that effect. However, one of the main reasons that believers don’t study, appreciate and apply the fullness of the

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Awaiting authorOctober 2013

How Should we Approach the Term “Gentile”?

J.K. McKee

Question: I am a non-Jewish Believer in the Messianic movement, and I am a bit disturbed at how I have encountered various Jewish Believers in my midst use the term “Gentile.” I am not at all trying to be ethnically or culturally Jewish in following Torah, even though I respect my fellow Jewish brothers and sisters, but I get a sense that the term “Gentile” is being used with some

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