Questions to focus on: Jewish Ministry

These questions can be used at different levels. You can take 30 seconds to think about one or two. You can discuss them in a team or group of like-minded Christians. Or they can be used in a college class, including assignments and research projects, and answered in writing at any depth. They may be freely reproduced for this purpose. Please email us additional questions that could be added to this page.
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  1. Find some Jewish websites which give you insight into Jewish culture and worldview, and particularly their understanding of Christianity.
  2. Try to find some words in your culture which carry negative connotations, and which illustrate in some small degree the equivalence in the Jewish mind between 'Christian' and 'persecutor', 'pogrom', and 'holocaust'.
  3. Why is conversion to Christianity so easily seen as betrayal of country and people?
  4. Why do Messianic Jews often emphasize that their decision to follow Yeshua as Messiah is a 'completion' of their Jewish faith, and not a 'conversion' to another faith.
  5. Why do Jewish people feel so threatened by the danger of 'assimilation' and 'marrying out'?
  6. The roots of anti-Semitism are complex and deep. How have mistaken interpretations of the Bible, or even inappropriate translations of specific words, contributed to this?
  7. Obtain a Jewish New Testament in which 'Christian' words are replaced by equivalent Jewish terms and names. Note how this takes away negative baggage from the Christian message, and also sets the New Testament in a Jewish context.
  8. How can we share the message of Yeshua in a sensitive and culturally-relevant manner?
  9. What specific Jewish felt needs and interests could be starting points for 'Bridge Strategy' websites?