Tallit or Keffiyeh? Recasting Jesus’ Identity
Entering Caesarea Philippi, the Lord Jesus asked His disciples, “Who do men say…
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‘Why Then Do You Baptize?’
While preaching in the Judean wilderness, John the Baptist proclaimed, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!” (Mt. 3:2)…
Reading, Writing, and … Antisemitism?
It’s hard being a kid. In certain school districts, it’s even harder being a Jewish kid. Though antisemitism on…
Human Rights Hypocrisy
For decades, human rights organizations counted antisemitism among the world’s great wrongs. But a significant plot…
The Battle to Define Antisemitism
If we were to title the last 10 years of American cultural history, we might dub them “The Age of Redefinition.”…
The Fight to Survive
From Egypt’s Pharaoh to Persia’s Haman to Germany’s Hitler, many a world leader has attempted to destroy the Jewish people, defying God’s declaration…
The Specter of Right-Wing Antisemitism
Tamara Berens fled her home in the United Kingdom for two reasons: (1) to escape the growing antisemitism there and…
The Thin Line Disappears
For decades, people who opposed the existence of a Jewish state in the Middle East have claimed they are…
Denominational Delusion
Toying with the Bible is like a game of Jenga: Rejecting one scriptural doctrine leads to the collapse of a truly biblical worldview…
Bridging the Gaping Chasm
What an experience it must have been. For 400 years, the Israelites lived in Egypt, a land whose gods were as numerous as the…
The Early Warning System
British physician John Scott Haldane noticed a problem as he observed miners working underground: By the time they…
Will the Real Israel Please Stand Up?
They stand on the street corner, shouting at White passersby and preaching a message of hatred…
Tolerance for Some: Antisemitism in the Age of Social Justice
Victims of injustice have long found hope in the story of the Israelites…
Anti-Zionism: The Modern Antisemitism
“There’s going to be an anti-Israel protest downtown,” my friend said. “I think we need to do something.” The next day, we…
The Never-Ending Hatred
Imagine you’re on your way to Sabbath morning services at your local synagogue. For you, this is a day of tradition. It may…
The Secret to Serving Christ
When I was a teenager, I enjoyed visiting my pastor’s study. His bookshelves were sprinkled with interesting knickknacks…
The Shekinah Glory
As I look at the world and the terrible things people do, I will never understand why God loves us and wants to dwell among us. The fact that a Jewish virgin bore the divine…
The Reason for Our Hope
John was the lead pastor of a medium-sized church for 10 years. Things had been running relatively smoothly until the news broke…
The Giants
Relevant preaching. Authentic worship music. A community atmosphere. Many American churches today use those phrases to advertise the uniqueness of their…
History in a Minor Key
The air was cool, a hint of dampness pervading it. I stood huddled with my Jewish friends. In front of us lay a massive mound of gray ash…
Confrontation on Carmel
The scorching sun beat down on Obadiah as he walked the arid path, each step sending a swirl of dust upward…
The Truth About Who Killed Christ
A few months ago, I met with a high-profile Jewish leader who was giving a talk about his journey from poverty to entrepreneurial success. As a boy growing up in the slums of Boston…
The Cyber War Against Israel
Facebook. YouTube. Instagram. Twitter. For most of us, these sites serve as entertaining outlets where we post pictures, share opinions, and watch videos of cats (so I’m told) or of a deer eating a snowman. (That one was viewed several hundred thousand times.) But for Israel, social-media platforms have become…
Fiasco at Kadesh Barnea
After traveling through the desert from bondage in Egypt, the children of Israel embarked on the last leg of the journey to their new home: the land of Canaan—the land God had promised them. With the end of the trek in sight…
From Cornfields to Kotel
I am not a Jew. I feel I should make that clear from the beginning. I don’t keep kosher. I don’t like gefilte fish. And the first time someone called me a “mensch,” I thought he was insulting me. No, I will never be mistaken for a Jewish man…
A Plea From a Millennial
A few miles from my boyhood home, just off a dusty country road, sits a little orange brick church. The tattered curtains sway in and out…
Jesus, Zionism, and the Millennial Generation
Creativity, liberalism, cultural awareness, and selfies all describe my generation—Generation Y, or the Millennial Generation. But what probably characterizes us…