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The near sacrifice of Isaac is an unusual biblical story that has drawn much attention over the centuries from both rabbinic and messianic readers.

Since I started believing in Jesus, I’ve often heard this question from my Jewish friends and family. Did I go over to the decidedly non-Jewish side?

If Jesus was really the Messiah, one would expect that our ancestors would have noticed and then all Israel would have followed him.

The prophets tell us that the Messiah will bring peace to Israel and the world. If Jesus didn’t do that in his lifetime, how can we call him Messiah?

Why does God allow humans to do so many selfish and even wicked things? A search for the Bible’s answer to the most difficult question.

The New Testament has not one, but two genealogies of Jesus—tracing his family tree back to David. Why are there two? And why are they so different?

Many see a historical error among the accounts of Jesus’ life in the New Testament. Was his famous last supper a Passover Seder or not?

If you’re Jewish, maybe you’ve heard that some Christians believe your covenant with God is no longer valid. Where did these claims come from? 

Scripture tells us that we were chosen by God for a purpose. But what is that purpose? A closer look points to our loving God and our neighbors.

Unfortunately, one of the most common phrases a Jewish person can hear is this: “The Jews killed Jesus.” Such condemnations have plagued the Jewish pe...

Scholars debate the particular kind of Judaism Jesus represented, but it was Judaism nonetheless. There was, as yet, nothing called “Christianity.”

An accusation we sometimes hear is that we deceptively try to attract Jewish people and “white wash” them into losing their identity and faith. This c...

What does Judaism say about sin? Is sin relevant to Jewish life? Read here.

For a professing Christian to side with the antisemite is to side not only against the Jewish Apostles who penned the Christian New Testament, but aga...

People often describe the Holocaust as the climax of 2,000 years of Christian mistreatment of Jews. Some invoke the Shoah as the ultimate reason for J...

A look at the Jewishness of the authors, focus, language, and content of the New Testament.

It’s a very common misrepresentation that while Jews believe in one God, Christians believe in three. The fact is that Christianity is as firmly monot...

Is there room in Jewish thought for the idea that someone can die for the sins of another? The Bible and Jewish tradition both seem to think so.

Despite the celebrated pluralism of today’s Jewish community, Jewish believers in the Messiah are often excluded and counted out of Jewish community.

Did Hitler and his followers carry out a theology that is Christian at its roots?

The (Jewish) writers of the New Testament asserted that the Old Testament spoke of a coming Messiah and quoted from it extensively to prove their poin...

Many scholars acknowledge that the teachings of Jesus are distinctly Jewish. But what about Paul? We believe that a comparison of Tanach, the sayings ...

BINST GEVOREN A GOY! “You’ve become a Gentile!” We Jewish believers in Yeshua often encounter this accusation after we’ve been baptized.

Some claim that Jesus taught his followers to hate their mother and father. If true, that would obviously make Jesus an immoral and unethical teacher,...

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