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The Messianic WalkThe Baby Boomers’ Messianic MovementThe modern Messianic movement is a first-generation movement: birthed in the 1960s and ’70s. But that first generation of pioneers are ageing, however, and a new generation — our generation of Millennials — must rise up to take up the mantle. As the Millennial generation takes the torch, we recognize challenges in Messianic movement the Boomers have left to us: fundamentalism, rigidity, majoring on minors, a lack of critical thinking, failing to deal with issues relevant to today’s generation, an inability to plan for the future. In this episode, John and I discuss these challenges and propose reasonable paths forward to help mod...2021-05-011h 57The Messianic WalkThe Messianic PassoverJohn & Judah discuss Passover as a defining moment in God’s redemptive story. The Passover event ripples throughout history: The Torah is shaped by it. “You are not to oppress the foreigner, for you were once foreigners in the land of Egypt.” It shapes The 10 commandments. “I am the LORD your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.” Passover themes of redemption and Exodus show up throughout the Bible. “The days are quickly coming,” declares Adonai, “when it will no longer be said. ‘As Adonai lives, who brought up the children of Israel out of the...2021-03-261h 55
The Messianic WalkDon't Share That! Avoiding Messianic Misinformation in the Age of YouTubeJudah and John discuss the pervasive problem of misinformation in the Messianic movement. Whether it’s laypeople sharing misleading videos from non-credible sources, or Messianic and Hebrew Roots teachers putting out sensational, misleading, or outright false teachings, the Messianic movement is struggling with misinformation in the information age. This leads to the secular world discrediting individuals – subverting their witness – and even discrediting the Messianic movement and our message about the Messiah. How can laypeople and non-experts in the Messianic movement know what’s real and what’s fake, what’s Biblical and what’s opinion? We discuss how to be better, wiser...2021-03-052h 48
The Messianic WalkA Mission Statement for Messianic JudaismIn this episode, John and Judah discuss John’s mission statement for Messianic Judaism, a product of John’s coursework in Messianic studies: Today’s Messianic Jewish community has the widescale conviction that it composes “the end-time move of God.” This is based in the Biblical conviction that it is actively involved in the salvation-historical trajectory of “all Israel will be saved” (Romans 11:26). A massive salvation of Jewish people is to be regarded as “life from the dead” (Romans 11:15). Given the Apostle Paul’s magnanimous burden of the salvation of his kinsfolk—“I would pray that I myself were cursed, banished from Messiah fo...2021-01-281h 31
The Messianic WalkMessianic Jewish Problems with Hebrew RootsJohn and I tackle difficult issues separating Messianic Judaism and Hebrew Roots. For the uninitiated, the Messianic movement encompasses both Messianic Judaism and Hebrew Roots. In Messianic Judaism, the goal is Israel’s salvation by making a space where Jews can follow Yeshua as Messiah without losing their Jewish identity. In Hebrew Roots, the goal is a return to the Jewish roots of Christianity, removing the extra-Biblical cruft created by the Church over the last 2000 years. Go to most any Messianic congregation today, and you’re bound to find folks from both camps. These groups need each other, and yet, ofte...2020-12-251h 57
The Messianic WalkThe Winter Holidays“Christmas is pagan” “Christmas is anti-Jewish” “Christmas is Catholic” If you’re a Messianic believer, almost certainly you’ve heard these claims. Are they true? The Gospels record, Today in the city of David is born a Savior, who is Messiah the Lord. And the sign to you is this: You’ll find an infant wrapped in strips of cloth and lying in a manger. And suddenly, a multitude of heavenly armies appeared with the angel, praise God and saying, “Glory to God in the highest! And shalom on earth and good will to men!” Luke 2 This Biblical event 2000 years ago changed the world...2020-12-041h 55
The Messianic WalkThe Messianic Movement: The End-Time Move of GodIn this episode, John and I discuss the the last days and the return of Messiah, and what perspectives we Messianics bring to the table. We tackle 5 questions pertaining to the last days and the Messianic movement: What our experience has been today in the Messianic movement when the topic of the last days is raised. Given how disruptive and uniquely difficult 2020 has been, the Lord’s return has been top of mind. How should Messianics think about the last days? With regard to the end-times, what does the Messianic perspective bring to the wider body of believers? What role wi...2020-11-181h 54
The Messianic WalkLawlessness vs LegalismMany churches in the Evangelical world spend a great deal of time condemning legalism: rigid adherence to Biblical laws and the man-made stringencies around them, observance by the letter and not by the Spirit, observance of Biblical laws to gain eternal life with God. But Yeshua’s words in the Gospels warn of a different issue: “Because lawlessness will multiply, the love of many will grow cold. But the one who endures to the end will be saved. This Good News of the kingdom shall be proclaimed in the whole world as a testimony to all the nations, and then the...2020-10-301h 48
The Messianic WalkTackling Romans for Messianic BelieversIn this new podcast, John and Judah tackle issues relevant to Messianic believers in the book of Romans. Specifically, When Paul says, “A true Jew is one inwardly, and circumcision is of the heart, in spirit and not in letter” (Rom 2), is he saying Gentiles are spiritual Jews? Paul speak about the righteousness of “Gentiles who do by nature the things of the Torah” (Rom 2), is this the moral law, the full Mosaic law, or something else? Paul tells the Romans, “We are released from the Torah” (Rom 7). Does this mean the Torah has no relevance the lives of Messianic believers? P...2020-10-131h 43The Messianic WalkLeaving Messianic Things, Part IIJohn and Judah discuss the theological objections to Torah observance from a man who recently left the Hebrew Roots movement. Does Matthew 5 really say the Torah is still in effect? Has God changed, or have people changed? If people changed, does it means God’s law applies differently? Is the Sabbath merely a cultural commandment, meant only for Bronze Age Israel? Did the Christian community at Rome really celebrate Passover? These questions and more are tackled in this new podcast.2020-09-222h 08
The Messianic WalkLeaving Messianic ThingsIn this first episode, J.K. McKee and Judah Gabriel Himango discuss the difficult Messianic issues raised in Responding to “No Longer Torah Observant.” In it, we address the challenges facing Messianic believers today: the pitfalls of end-times sensationalism, conspiracy theories, low views of the New Testament, heresies about Yeshua’s identity, contempt for the Church and Christianity, a lack of Gospel evangelism and outreach, and more. We discuss better paths forward for our movement, one centered around the weighty matters of the Torah and the salvation of Israel.2020-09-221h 59