Thomas gets a lot of grief for not being with the others the day resurrected Jesus first appeared to them and for not believing their report. Jesus doesn't hold it against Thomas. Instead, he returns to let Thomas closely investigate.
Pastor Brad Lacey invited CMJ USA executive director Cariño Casas and partnership director Jeff Roberts to talk about what CMJ USA is up to and how a Mexican-American from west Texas and a Jewish follower of Jesus from Cleveland came to work together.
The Forward recently posted a tough review of The Chosen by Mira Fox, a culture writer at The Forward. In one headline, they write “The Chosen: Last Supper is finally blaming the Jews.” Our own Jeff Roberts, who has seen the latest season, offers a rebuttal.
Of the nearly 6 million Jewish Americans adults, 5 percent say they are Christians or nearly 300,000 Jewish believers in Jesus. Of the 2.8 million Americans who have Jewish background (but were not considered Jewish in the report), 57 percent say they believe in Jesus or 1.6 million.
Meeting and working with Israeli citizens and volunteers from many countries and having opportunities to serve in God’s Holy Land and observe first-hand the resilience of His people to adapt and thrive in spite of the trauma of war, testifies to our God’s power and love.
Kelvin Crombie has been working to document the fate of Jewish believers in Jesus (Hebrew Christians/Messianic Jews) who suffered during World War II. Up until now it has not been widely known that many thousands of such Jews died at the hands of Nazi Germany and their allies.
Christmas is the “most wonderful time of the year.” So why do we read about the death of children when we’ve just celebrated the incarnation of Resurrection Life itself? Jesus came down and became flesh to live among us to live our sorrow and open the door to everlasting joy.