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This article was written by Olivier Melnick who served in the Dallas area and reported on a hostage situation in Colleyville, Texas. We can easily answer this question in the negative, and yet, there are several things that people of goodwill in general and Christians, in particular, can do to…
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A Journey from Uncertainty to Hope March 2026 Dear friend of the Jewish people, Below are some thoughts and reflections from our Chosen People Ministries staff in Israel that we hope will encourage you to pray for us and Israel. Since late February, life has taken on a very different…
For centuries, Passover has been celebrated with the help of a Haggadah: a book or booklet that includes liturgy, stories, participatory reading, and biblical references to guide Jewish families in their celebration of this holy festival. The Haggadah, which means “the telling,” was compiled by Jewish sages over hundreds and…
Ephesians 1:13–14, part 1 In our previous studies, we examined the first and second aspects of God’s threefold work, which comprised the blessings of the Father and the Son. In this month’s study, we will look at the work and blessings of the Holy Spirit, as depicted in Ephesians 1:13–14:…
Jesus is Jewish On a Friday evening in Manhattan, as candles flickered and the Sabbath blessings were spoken, an unexpected guest stepped into our gathering. She was an Orthodox Jewish woman—faithful, traditional, cautious—yet something had drawn her there. Just days earlier, she had attended a service hosted by a church…
Hope and Healing in Israel So much is happening in Israel right now—and because of you, meaningful follow-up ministry is flourishing. During the recent holidays, one young woman named Miri* opened her heart during a conversation about redemption. She shared that she carries deep shame over her past and sabotages relationships…
Coming-to-Faith Testimonies of the Jewish People Our missionaries evangelize Jewish people all over the world in obedience to the Word of God, which says, “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations” (Matthew 28:19), and as a mission to the Jewish people, we pay careful attention to the inspired…
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…
One of my favorite book genres is mysteries. I like reading the whodunit novels and trying to solve the mystery of who the perpetrator is. As we come to this wonderful season, celebrating Messiah’s birth, the Hebrew Scriptures present us with clues that help us solve the mystery of the…
A New Look at the Hanukkah Story Modern Judaism views the commandment to have no other gods before us and not to create graven images of God as the reason why the very idea of an incarnation is unacceptable to Jewish people. Yet, when the background of the Hanukkah story…
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…