by moishe rosen founder

That’s Just Moishe: Collected Wisdom, Wit and Whimsy from the Founder of Jews for Jesus It’s almost here! Our 40th year anniversary begins September 17, so for the next twelve months you’re invited to join us in celebrating four decades of God’s goodness to Jews for Jesus. We’ll be rolling out all sorts of new…

(Excerpted from some of his leadership lessons) Being faithful is taking a direction towards a destiny; it is trotting a path directed towards God’s will and God’s ways. Cynicism is the enemy of Faith and Faithfulness. It’s not enough to have the brilliant flash of doing something right in a moment. It is necessary to…

The Fourth of July is always a great time to meet crowds of people with tracts about real freedom and dependence on God. It can also be a time to ponder issues like ‘rebellion versus revolution’ and to consider such things as conflict for Christ’s sake. The following “musings” are excerpts from some of Moishe’s…

The following are just a couple of extracts from some of Moishe’s leadership lessons. They are part of a collection that will probably appear as an index in the above mentioned biography. Competition If I’ve had any success in life, it’s that I’ve refused to compete with other people.  I’ve competed only with myself, because…

  In loving memory of Moishe Rosen, born April 12, 1932, and received into the eternal presence of his Lord, May 19, 2010. Yes, God does miracles, but I have no reason to expect that He’ll do a miracle in my case. I was talking to a friend who heard that my own days were…

The elements of what makes a thing to be what it is can’t be compromised.  Bread without yeast becomes matzoh.  Oceans without water become very long, very dry valleys of sand.  Marriages without love become a version of Hell. A church with a missing ingredient becomes a social club. The ingredients of a church might…

I must be obsolete, because I like labels. After I became a Christian, through my early associations and through study, I decided that what I believed put me in the Baptist category. I’ve also belonged to churches that were known as Community Church, Presbyterian Church and Covenant Church.  So if you want to put me…

 “Oh, to be like Him,” those of my generation sing in the hymn, and our most earnest prayer is that we find within ourselves that quality of Christ-likeness. But I ask myself, how often do we wonder what it is that makes a person to be like Christ? When we think of being like Christ,…

For years, people have tried to tame me, and I’ve resisted.  I’m an unashamed eccentric.  I prize this reputation of being eccentric! Conventional behavior might provide some lubricant between persons and peoples, but sometimes that lubricant can reduce one’s personal impact and compromise one’s principals. Conventional behavior also tends to stultify creativity. Convention says, There…

I hope it’s alright to say: I like myself.” At least I like some things about me. I like that I enjoy being around people who are having fun, even if they’re doing something I can’t do. I like it that I feel especially good when I tell a good friend about a restaurant, and…

There’s an old saying I just made up: When you try to kill two birds with one stone, you might just make them both angry and drive them to flight.” Some people do try to “kill two birds with one stone.” They plan visits to out-of-town relatives or friends mainly when such opportunities coincide with…

Empathy [from the Greek empatheia, affection, passion, from en-, in, and pathos, feeling.] I received a phone call from Dr. Earl Radmacher, former president of Western Conservative Baptist Seminary, telling me that the February More than a Musing” about loving one’s enemies meant a lot to him. He wanted me to write a follow-up on…

Try to give others more than you receive from them. Be suspicious of flatterers. Smile at people as much as you can, but never allow yourself to be disarmed by someone else’s smile, or salubrious words. Always help people appreciate their proper relational commitments. Help a husband to love his wife, and vice versa; encourage…