This past Passover week in the Messianic blogosphere.
(And apologies if I’ve missed anything, I was stretched thin this past week!)
- What Is the Problem With Easter? – A timely reprint: Without resorting to condemnation, John McKee carefully explains why Messianics do not celebrate Easter.
- He’s Alive! – On the flip side, James suggests Messianics to put aside theological differences and simply celebrate with Christians that Yeshua is alive.
- Haredi Dayenu – Highlighting some of the abuses of the Haredi (Ultra Orthodox Jewish) leadership.
- YeshuaFilm – A documentary entitled “In the Name of Yeshua” documents the life of Messianics. Read the author’s blog, or check out the trailer below. See the 3 minute trailer below. Some Messianics (particularly Derek Leman) dislike the trailer over its focus on Jews for Jesus, which is not representative of the greater Messianic movement:
- Exploring Tradition – Nate Long thinks even the anti-traditionalists practice tradition, knowingly or not. But he’s fair to both sides, commenting on the negative side of tradition:
It must be remembered that Tradition is a tool that exists to serve the principle to maintain obedience to our Father, God. Whenever we begin to keep traditions for tradition’s sake, we have allowed that which exists to serve to become that which we serve, and a sense of bondage inevitably results—a new law is created.
- Is Messiah God? – Gev digs into the Scriptures to find whether Messiah, whom Isaiah calls the Wonderful Counselor, Prince of Peace, Everlasting Father, Mighty God…whether this same Messiah is divine.
- We Are Not The Jewish Church – Yochanan writes how the Messianic movement isn’t a Jewish-flavored church, nor is it simply a cultural form, a contextualization, of Christianity ala Korean Christianity.
- J-BOM: Getting Started With Twerski – Derek outlines new Jewish book of the month for April.
Podcasts
- Passover, Easter, and Jewish Roots – Hebrew Christian apologetic Dr. Michael Brown discusses Passover and Easter and the unfortunate anti-Semitic events surrounding the creation of the Easter holiday.
- Yeshua and the Temple Disputes – Derek Leman tackles a supposition held by many Christians: that Yeshua opposed the Temple and came to do away with the old way of worshipping God in Jerusalem, thus replacing Judaism with a new religion in the process.
- Rabbi Stuart Dauermann on KKLA Radio – Discusses Yeshua and the disciples’ Passover celebration and much more.