February 1988 Newsletter (5748:5)
QUESTION: I hear that many Jewish people are coming to faith in their Messiah. Someone told me there are at least 100,000. Do you have any statistics as to how many Jewish believers in Jesus there are today? ANSWER: Estimates range from as low as 30,000 to as high as 125,000 world-wide. There is no…
One day I saw a man jogging in the park. He was wearing a sweat shirt with a printed message on the back: Jesus died. Jesus rose.” I remember thinking at the time, “Nice, but not entirely correct.” Jesus did not only die and rise from the dead. Jesus died for our sins. Omitting or…
The small living room had been converted to a temporary classroom with several chairs and a table. As we sat and listened to the Bible study, I translated the lesson into Russian for two Russian Jews who were present The lady sitting next to me did not know English well. After the class this lady…
In recent years this country has had a new influx of Russian Jewish immigrants. They have settled in several of the metropolitan areas of this country. At our encouragement, Revs. Max and Marge Doriani initiated the Dawn of Freedom outreach to Russian-speaking Jews. Max Doriani has been a Jewish believer in Yeshua for many years….
The Torah The five books of the Pentateuch, which were given to Moses on Mount Sinai. The Oral Torah According to tradition, the Oral Torah was given to Moses by God on Mount Sinai. Moses handed it down to Joshua, Joshua to the Elders, the Elders to the Prophets, and the Prophets to the men…
A mysterious disparity exists in the words of the rabbis. While their sermons usually urge tolerance of others and their ideas, when it comes to Jewish evangelism, they voice a furious intolerance, even calling it spiritual genocide.” Most novice evangelists are stunned by the angry response of Jewish community leaders because they fail to understand…
One of our Chicago staff missionaries called a local evangelical church to see if their minister of evangelism would be willing to follow up on one of our contacts, a Gentile person who was open to the gospel. It was someone we had met through handing out our gospel broadside tracts. The minister said he…
