#4 - Commit to exploring the mystery and majesty of engagement with and empowerment by Ruach HaKodesh (The Holy Spirit) When it comes to matters of our engagement with and empowerment by the Holy Spirit there are two problems that confront us, and both are in the realm of imagination, which is a tightrope we […]
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In outlining these Ten Commitments, we are talking here about the contours of a well-formed, balanced, and mature identity for Jewish followers of Yeshua. And for sure, being “well-formed, balanced, and mature” will include being respectful, judicious, and appropriate. What I mean is this: God has not called us to button-hole everyone we see and […]
This blog-post continues a series on Ten Commitments that describe the way of life to be embodied and embraced by mature Jewish disciples of Yeshua. This is the second of ten. The others will follow. No claim is being made or implied that this is last word on the subjects I cover. Rather it is a […]
One of my life tasks is to assist those who want to grow as faithful Jews while also seeking and valuing the added benefit that is ours in and through The More Jewish Jesus. In this connection, I have been thinking lately about how I would sketch the maturity that we are seeking to develop. […]
This is an edited version of a sermon presented on Shabbat Chukkat, a time when we read the story of an unlikely biblical hero who has much to teach us about transformative change. I am here today to recruit some of you to a transformed life, a life of strange and wonderful intimacy with God, […]
Should Messianic Jews spend any time working out the implications of Jewish identity? Recently I interacted with a reputable leader who indicated he considers this enterprise a waste of time, a kind of cultural navel-gazing, or perhaps an effort to win strokes from the wider Jewish world. In either case, he labeled it a wasteful […]
About thirty years ago I entered a period where I began making some major paradigm shifts, fundamental changes in perspective that gave rise to new questions and new answers involving who Jewish Yeshua believers are called to be, what we are called to do, and our spiritual resources and responsibilities. I am still discovering the […]
We at Interfaithfulness are change agents wherever the lives of Jews and Christians, people like you, intersect. We come together to explore the new relational possibilities made available when we consider the impact and implications of the More Jewish Jesus on religion and relationships. This of course opens up lots of issues. We are discovering […]
For Jews, the general term for wicked speech is Lashon Hora (literally, "evil tongue)." And as I said before, the Jewish tradition has researched this matter more deeply than any other culture. We have much to learn! What is Lashon Hora? Lashon Hora, is a term used broadly in Jewish life to indicate derogatory […]
He was the Chairman of the Board of a reputable agency engaged in commending Yeshua-faith to Jewish people. So maybe it wasn’t nice for me to hit him in the head with a two-by-four . . . metaphorically, that is. But that's what I did. And here’s how it happened. We were chatting over a […]
