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Christianity vs. Judaism: A False Dichotomy

Christine Colbert9 min readAwaiting author

I heard a Jewish woman who had come to recognize Jesus / Yeshua as the Jewish Messiah in her thirties and who is a co-founder of a Messianic Jewish congregation conclude her personal story of coming to understand and love Him by saying “I’m a Jew and I’ll always be a Jew.” Of course she was reflecting the cultural tradition, “I was born a Jew and I’ll die a Jew.”

About the author

Christine Colbert (MS in Journalism, University of Kansas) has written and edited community and regional news and served as a publicist, editorial consultant and essayist. She is the author of the children's book But Who Did Jesus Say That He Is?

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Awaiting authorOctober 7, 2016

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