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Israelis Encounter the Love of Yeshua in Unexpected Ways When the Kaufman* family set out on their post-army adventure across the United States, they expected a typical sightseeing trip—not a life-changing encounter with the love of Yeshua. But God had other plans. As tensions between Israel and Iran escalated, their…

Ephesians 1:9–12 (Part 2) In Ephesians 1:9, Paul tells us how God will reveal the mystery of His will: “He made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His kind intention which He purposed in Him [the Messiah].” That is the key:  The revelation of the mystery…

The work of Jewish evangelism is not new. It has been ongoing since Jesus first walked the earth. Chosen People Ministries has been serving Jewish people for the past 131 years. Our ministry endured the Spanish flu, World War I and World War II, the rise and fall of the…

By Ben Volman Many of us who grew up in Jewish homes were told, “It’s impossible for God to become a man.” Indeed, the second commandment forbids Israel to fabricate an image of any living thing for worship (Ex. 20:4). But the issue is much more…

One can learn much about God’s character by studying His various names. One of these names is “the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.” Early in the Scriptures, we realize that God is a God of people – a God of relationships. This is one of the most reassuring aspects…

By David SedacaVice President of Chosen People Ministries Over the past three decades, a new form of congregation has arisen on the scene: the Messianic Jewish congregation. A Messianic Jewish congregation is a New Testament church that is fashioned after traditional Jewish worship styles. Messianic Jewish congregations represent followers of…

For a patriarchal society that greatly valued tradition, family, legacies, and birthrights, the ancient Israelites had something of a spotty track record when it came to fatherly relationships. Yet it also seems that the picture the Bible paints of these (and many others) less-than-stellar-fathers is juxtaposed with the picture of…

SATISFYING A UNIQUE SPIRITUAL DILEMMA If most Jewish people today were to be completely honest, we might admit to being uncertain or even embarrassed at times by the idea that we are God’s chosen people. To think that God especially chooses any people as special or unique seems to be…

The Jewish Gospels: The Story of the Jewish ChristBy Daniel BoyarinNew York: The New Press, 2012  Reviewed by Alan M. Shore  Beginning in the early 19th century, Jewish scholars began to write the history of the Jewish people as modern historians. When they considered the first century CE, they viewed…

A Profile of Courage Hannah*, a young Jewish college student in New York, came to a Bible study at the invitation of a family friend who is a Jewish believer in Yeshua. He had been praying for Hannah and sharing the gospel for quite a while before she showed up…

Israel—past, present, and future—is central to the biblical story. Christians, though, hold many different views on Israel’s future. God called a particular nation through whom He brought His Word into the world. But what does this legacy mean for Jewish people today and in the days to…

What do Christians today really think about the modern State of Israel? Over the past several years, Chosen People Ministries has partnered with Lifeway Research and two Jewish scholars, Motti Inbari and Kirill Bumin, to conduct surveys of American evangelical views of Israel. These scholars analyze the results of the…