Messianic Apologetics

Shabbat Weekly Reflection

John McKee discusses the development of the Messianic Fall Holiday Helper, originally released in spiral comb (2004), but later appropriately expanded and updated as new needs presented themselves.

Messianic Apologetics editor John McKee surveys the Book of Ezekiel from a Messianic perspective.

Why are there so many leaders in the Messianic movement who call themselves “rabbi”? Yeshua explicitly forbade this in Matthew 23:8.

Why does the Hebrew Roots movement have such a negative reputation in the Messianic Jewish movement? Why is it looked at as a spiritual plague?

I am a non-Jewish Messianic Believer, and have been told that my calling as a “Messianic Gentile” is to go back to a church, and not become Torah observant. I am told that I must follow “Paul’s rule,” and that seeking to live more like Yeshua and His Apostles would violate both it and my distinct “calling,” and likely nullify God’s special calling on the Jewish people. I should instead simply help Christians in church, not too interested in their Jewish Roots, be more favorable to Israel and Jewish issues. Can you please help me?

I have encountered a Messianic Jewish teaching which states that only the Jewish people are obligated to keep Torah, because they are circumcised. Is this what Galatians 5:2-3 really communicates? I am confused.