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Lisa's Story

Lisa's Story

My name is Lisa. This was our first year celebrating the Jewish Holidays and we are now preparing for Chanukah. This time last year, we were decorating a Christmas tree and practicing for the Church Christmas pageant. My sons were attending a Youth Group where they learned how to talk to their Jewish friends about Jesus in hopes of converting them to Christianity. My children and I were devout born-again Christians. Let me share our story with you. I was born Jewish, but I became a Christian ni
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Zalman Kravitz

Zalman Kravitz
Will the real Messiah please stand up?

Will the real Messiah please stand up?

Many of the 1 billion-strong members of Western religious faith can be placed in one of two categories, those who believe we are living, in what we may call the "Pre-Messianic" age, and those who subscribe to a "Post-Messianic" existence. Individuals among the latter are of the belief that Jesus was the divine personality designated to bring vicarious atonement and perfection to the world. Most of the Jewish world reject this notion and believe mankind has not yet arrived at that place in time
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Zalman Kravitz

Zalman Kravitz
How many messianic Jews are there?

How many messianic Jews are there?

Messianic Judaism erroneously claims to be a branch of Judaism and presents itself as a bridge between Judaism and Christianity. So how many of them are there? Let's find out. Today, there are over 1,000 Hebrew-Christian missionary groups that spend over $300 million annually, targeting Jewish people for conversion. In recent years, these missionary groups have succeeded in converting 350,000 Jews worldwide. In an Atlantic article, titled "Kosher Jesus: Messianic Jews in the Holy Land," Sarah
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Zalman Kravitz

Zalman Kravitz
Is the Term Messianic Jew Scriptural?

Is the Term Messianic Jew Scriptural?

An Essay by Gerald Sigal It was in Antioch, Syria, that "the disciples [of Jesus] were first called Christians" (Acts 11:26). The term "Christian" (Greek, Christianos, "followers of Christos") is formed from Christos, "Christ," and indicates "Christ's adherent's," "those who belong to Christ," or are "devoted to Christ." It results from a common practice of the first century that identified adherents of an individual by attaching the termination -ianos (pl. -ianoi) to the name of the leader or
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Zalman Kravitz

Zalman Kravitz