#6 – Commit to respecting and honoring God’s continuing work among the Jewish people and our leaders for the past 4000 years. In other words, surrendering a bias against tradition. In and around the Messianic Jewish world one will encounter a wide variety of attitudes toward Jewish tradition. But if one were to generalize, the […]

Commit to exploring a lifetime of multi-styled prayer, knowing that it is in times of prayer, communication with God, that catalytic changes and events in our life with God are likely to occur. As one reads through Scripture, there are details that are so commonly present that we miss them. One of those details is […]

#4 – Commit to exploring the mystery and majesty of engagement with and empowerment by Ruach HaKodesh (The Holy Spirit)  When it comes to matters of our engagement with and empowerment by the Holy Spirit there are two problems that confront us, and both are in the realm of imagination, which is a tightrope we […]

In outlining these Ten Commitments,  we are talking here about the contours of a well-formed, balanced, and mature identity for Jewish followers of Yeshua. And for sure, being “well-formed, balanced, and mature” will include being respectful, judicious, and appropriate. What I mean is this: God has not called us to button-hole everyone we see and […]

This blog-post continues a series on Ten Commitments that describe the way of life to be embodied and embraced by mature Jewish disciples of Yeshua.  This is the second of ten. The others will follow.  No claim is being made or implied that this is last word on the subjects I cover. Rather it is a […]

One of my life tasks is to assist those  who want to grow as faithful Jews while also seeking and valuing the added benefit that is ours in and through The More Jewish Jesus.  In this connection, I have been thinking lately about how I would sketch the maturity that we are seeking to develop.  […]

About thirty years ago I entered a period where I began making some major paradigm shifts, fundamental changes in perspective that gave rise to new questions and new answers involving who Jewish Yeshua believers are called to be, what we are called to do, and our spiritual resources and responsibilities. I am still discovering the […]

We at Interfaithfulness are change agents wherever the lives of Jews and Christians, people like you, intersect. We come together to explore the new relational possibilities made available when we consider the impact and implications of the More Jewish Jesus on religion and relationships.  This of course opens up lots of issues. We are discovering […]