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Ruth is a mold-breaker. Her society was full of boxes, and she broke pretty much every box that can be broken without engaging in immorality.

Taking a deeper look at the meaning of the food eaten on Shavuot, we find a symbolic showcase of God’s promises to the Israelites—and to us today.

Why don’t Jews believe Jesus is the messiah? Some do! But for the majority of Jewish people, some of their reasons are cultural, historical, and or re...

Though our salvation comes from the Messiah, there are still two reasons that as Jews we find value in practicing commands of the Torah.

The Hebrew Scriptures were the key by which Jesus understood his vocation and life. We’ve gathered the 40 most striking messianic prophecies about Jes...

Why does Jesus ignore this Gentile woman’s cries for help, tell his disciples that he won’t help anyone who’s not Jewish, then seem to insult her?

Contrary to tradition, a fresh look at history and astronomy sets the date of Jesus’ birth at an important point in the Jewish holiday calendar.

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.

Moses chose not to reveal that he was a Hebrew. He actively identified as an Egyptian, and that’s how he would have gone down in history if God had no...

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 w...

Jesus is often misunderstood because he’s taken out of context. We have to understand him within the world of first-century Jewish life.

The New Testament says from the first page that it’s the story of the Jewish Messiah, the Son of David and Son of Abraham.

Who are God’s chosen people, and what does it mean He selected them for a specific purpose and task? So what is it the Jewish people were set apart to...

The Scriptures tell us specific credentials to help us identify the Messiah and recognize imposters. Let’s take a look at them together.

The New Testament is full of quotes, references, and allusions from the Hebrew Scriptures. Many of those are found in the words of Jesus himself.

Did Jesus celebrate a Passover Seder similar to what I grew up with? Should his followers today be remembering this event in a “more Jewish” way?

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