I have no idea who Jon Steingard is, and I’ve never heard of the Christian rock band “Hawk Nelson,” but, once again, a Christian entertainer / celebrity / public figure has abandoned the faith, and it’s (apparently) pretty big news. Mr. Steingard was—both fortunately and sadly—very thorough in his explanation and follow-up, affording us a ...
“Re-Judaizing Jesus”
Time Magazine recently published an article which implies that a rising number of Christian teachers regard " sources like the Mishnah and Rabbi Akiva as vital to understanding" Yeshua. Surely, reference to this literature among the Hebrew Roots community is common, but according to the aforementioned article, it is also true of at least two Christian ...
Hagee: “Defending” Israel to Death
The CUFI website (Christians United for Israel, John Hagee's Christian lobbying organization on behalf of the state of Israel) boldly displays Isaiah 62:1, emblazoned across its masthead, "For Zion's sake, I will not keep silent, for Jerusalem's sake I will not remain quiet." But given the content of Hagee's new book, "In Defense of Israel," I ...