Publications

My church search was rough. I didn’t want to limit my faith. I wanted to be where the Bible was the center of the teaching, the people believed in a God who loved them and cared for them, and I did not want to lose my Jewish identity.

Messianic Jews are a small, growing, and diverse community of believers in Jesus, living our faith in a world that fails to see us as either Jewish or Christian.

Most people confuse joy with feelings of satisfaction and personal well-being based on favorable circumstances or fun occasions. But circumstances can change and occasions can disappoint. Joy is different.

Here are three ideas to get you started on how to stand with the Jewish people against the scourge of anti-Semitism.

God uses teamwork so that when hearts open and lives change, we know that it was not because of our own power of persuasion. It’s all God!

You prayed, God answered; that’s how His kingdom grows – one person at a time!

Choosing not to be a member of this cult did not preclude me from still thinking I had to be good enough, and work hard enough to earn favor with God. I did not yet know that without some divine intervention I was lost.

Yes, Jesus existed. But he is much more than a historical figure. Both Jews and Gentiles have been gripped by the person of Jesus as they read the Gospel accounts. If even non-believers must acknowledge Jesus’ existence, then the Gospels make it evident that he has the power to change our lives.

The incident of Jesus and the fig tree is controversial and has generated heated debates. Find out what Jews for Jesus executive director thinks about it.

Don’t miss photos of the New York team of Jews for Jesus “sharing the love” in the Washington Square Park neighborhood.

Issues relevant to the “spiritual but not religious” movement are so ancient that the Jewish Bible addresses many of them—and so does Jesus in the “Newer” Testament.

I had a semblance of Jewish education and a strong sense of Jewish identity. But since my home was a home without God – and since the Christians and the Jews I knew did not seem to truly believe – I assumed that God must be present elsewhere.

The New Testament throughout shows that Jesus is indeed the “Mighty God” who has come among us as a human being. Jesus does things only God can do, such as forgive sins and command nature to obey him.

The kind of Judaism Jesus represented is debated, but Judaism it was. For there was as yet nothing called “Christianity.”

Like other Americans of their generation, Jewish Millennials in general favor a less institutional, more mystical or open approach toward faith.

A meeting of the minds took place between Jews and Christians in Paris to discuss the problem of anti-Semitism in France.

God made you Jewish on purpose. What if faith in Jesus enables you to discover the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—the One who has the final say on what being Jewish means?

For Orthodox Jews who believe in Jesus, their struggle is real and they need lots of prayer support. Take this story for example:

From Israel: this salvation story will give you hope for your loved ones!

Here’s how the Jews for Jesus in Moscow brought in the New Year.

Jews for Jesus executive director offers some surprising thoughts about gratitude just in time for Thanksgiving.

Jews for Jesus celebrated the Jewish New Year a little differently in San Francisco and here’s what happened.

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

Here’s how Jewish people in Long Island are hearing about Jesus, and how some are responding!

A conversation about a dog turned into what might be a life-changing conversation about God and the Bible.

David Brickner invites you to celebrate the Jewish New Year as well as the new things God is doing in Jews for Jesus.