top of page

The Story Behind the Scriptures
Explore articles on biblical history, the Jewish foundations of faith, the teachings of Yeshua, Israel, discipleship, and practical Christian living.
Search
Messianic Faith


What Is Messianic Judaism?
Messianic Judaism is a movement of Jewish people who believe that Yeshua (Jesus) is the promised Messiah of Israel while continuing to embrace their Jewish identity, heritage, and connection to the Jewish people. It seeks to live out faith in the Messiah within a Jewish framework rather than abandoning Jewish life and culture.

Elizabeth Shulam
Jun 217 min read


When Messianic Expectation Turns Into Rejection
hen we read the Gospels, the question was never whether Jewish people cared about the Messiah. The question was what kind of Messiah many were expecting, and how God chose to reveal Him.

Elizabeth Shulam
Jun 203 min read


The Kingdom Gives Us a Framework for Life
The phrase “kingdom of God” is so often spoken in church that it can begin to feel like a religious slogan instead of a framework that reshapes how we see everything. Yet when Yeshua spoke about the kingdom, He was announcing God’s reign, God’s order, God’s authority, and God’s claim over real people living in a real world.

Elizabeth Shulam
Jun 203 min read


Walking It Out: Faith That Lives in Public
We believers know exactly what Scripture says, yet there is still that itch to hold it at a safe distance from daily life. We read it, agree with it, underline it, and even share it, but the actual shaping of our day can sometimes stay untouched. James speaks directly to this in James 1:22

Elizabeth Shulam
Jun 204 min read


Formation After Encounter
Encounter may awaken us, but formation is what teaches us how to walk faithfully afterward. A person may be deeply moved in a single moment and still remain undisciplined, unstable, or immature if that moment is never worked into daily life. Scripture treats spiritual life as covenantal faithfulness formed over time.

Elizabeth Shulam
Jun 155 min read


Sinai and Pentecost: When God Speaks to Form a People
The revelations at Sinai and Pentecost both are moments of divine speech, divine presence, and covenant identity.

Elizabeth Shulam
May 313 min read


Torah in Believers’ Lives: Instruction, Faithfulness, and the Shape of Daily Discipleship
So the question for believers is not whether God still cares how His people live. He does. The question is whether we are willing to be instructed.

Elizabeth Shulam
May 276 min read


Preparing for Shavuot: Learning to Stand Ready Before God
There are seasons in Scripture when God’s people are called to move, and there are seasons when they are called to prepare. Shavuot places us inside one of those preparing moments.

Elizabeth Shulam
May 173 min read


How Shavuot Points Toward Messianic Hope
Explore how Shavuot points forward to Messianic hope through Scripture, and the outpouring of God's Spirit.

Elizabeth Shulam
May 171 min read


The Journey from Redemption to Revelation: Understanding the Counting of the Omer
Israel was brought out in order to be brought to God.

Elizabeth Shulam
Apr 265 min read


Is Yeshua the Promised Messiah?
The question of whether Yeshua of Nazareth is the promised Messiah cannot be answered responsibly without returning to the Scriptures themselves.

Elizabeth Shulam
Mar 184 min read


Yeshua as the Passover Lamb: Remembering, Redemption, and Living the Story
Elizabeth Shulam Yeshua. Our Passover lamb. Each year, as Passover approaches, Jewish homes begin to prepare. Tables are set with intention. The story of the Exodus is not simply recalled; it is retold as if we ourselves walked out of Egypt. Scripture does not frame this as distant history. It invites participation. In Exodus 12, the instructions are given with remarkable precision. A lamb without blemish is selected, kept, and then slaughtered at twilight. Its blood is place

Elizabeth Shulam
Mar 183 min read


Passover and the Church: Is it Still Relevant? Remembering the Story That Still Defines Us
Yet the New Testament does not treat Passover as a discarded framework. It leans into it, draws from it, and assumes its meaning continues to shape the life of believers.

Elizabeth Shulam
Mar 183 min read


Messianic Jewish Hermeneutics
Messianic Jewish Hermeneutics - there is no such thing. There has never been such a study in history.

Joseph Shulam
Nov 27, 202410 min read


Rabbi Nachman of Breslov
There are rumors that Rabbi Nachman was a secret disciple of Yeshua, the Messiah.

Joseph Shulam
Nov 13, 20247 min read


The Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot) and the Messianic Commission Today
he Jews have a divine mandate to stay, live, and be a distinct nation. The glue that has kept Jews as a nation is their holidays.

Joseph Shulam
Oct 15, 202410 min read


Messianic Jewish Hermeneutics
The challenge of a Messianic Jewish hermeneutic is to rediscover the New Testament Church's spirit and practices on the eve of the 21st. Cen

Joseph Shulam
Aug 15, 202410 min read
bottom of page