http://www.kevingeoffrey.org Kevin Geoffrey--the firstborn son of a first-generation, American, non-religious, secular Jewish family--is today a Jewish believer in the Messiah Yeshua. He is a strong advocate for the restoration of Jewish people to God through Yeshua, and for all Jewish believers in Messiah to their distinct calling and identity as the remnant of Israel. Kevin is the founder of Perfect Word Ministries, a Messianic Jewish equipping ministry, and is the author of the Messianic Devotional and The Messianic Life series of books. Kevin is licensed as a Messianic Jewish Teacher by the International Alliance of Messianic Congregations and Synagogues (IAMCS) and ordained by Jewish Voice Ministries International. Kevin resides in Phoenix, AZ with his wife Esther and their three beautiful sons, Isaac, Josiah and Hosea. Tue, 08 Dec 2009 05:46:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en “A blogger writes about how one of Judaism’s holiest days ended, for her, in a strip club, while elsewhere a guy strolls into a tattoo parlor requesting a Star of David. Two women exchange wedding vows in a Jewish ceremony, and hipsters toss back bottles of HE’BREW, The Chosen Beer…. ... http://www.kevingeoffrey.org/2009/12/07/jews-choose-an-exhortation-in-honor-of-chanukah/ With “the holiday season” now upon us, I thought it would be appropriate to share a few thoughts with you about Chanukah, the Jewish Feast of Dedication. Personally, I’m not a big fan of typical Chanukah observances for one simple reason—we tend to let them steal God’s thunder, so to speak. ... http://www.kevingeoffrey.org/2009/12/01/the-real-story-of-chanukah/ I recently witnessed a Jewish believer in Yeshua trying to concisely describe Messianic Judaism to a roomful of Christians.  Now, I completely understand and can relate to the challenges a speaker faces when he needs to close the frame of reference gap and establish rapport with his audience. So I ... http://www.kevingeoffrey.org/2009/09/20/jewish-flavored-church/ Our local Jewish newspaper here in Phoenix lists thirteen local Reform synagogues or congregations—a little more than a quarter of the congregational listings.  Add to that the six listings for Conservative congregations, and the Reform-Conservative majority rockets past a third of all organizations listed.  The Metropolitan Phoenix and surrounding areas' Orthodox--the ... http://www.kevingeoffrey.org/2009/03/16/deviants-wanted-messianics-need-not-apply/ Time Magazine recently published an article which implies that a rising number of Christian teachers regard "[Jewish] 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 ... http://www.kevingeoffrey.org/2008/05/01/re-judaizing-jesus/ Lindsey Miller laments about Pesach in Spain in her recent article, "The Brightest Star."  While schooling in Sevilla, she was unable to find a Passover celebration amidst the overwhemingly Catholic city, and instead found herself ogling the magnificent display of Domingo de la Resurreccion—the local celebration of Easter.  One of the things she noted ... http://www.kevingeoffrey.org/2008/02/24/the-brightest-star/ 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, ... http://www.kevingeoffrey.org/2007/11/21/hagee-defending-israel-to-death/ In a recent article, George D. Hanus writes, "The United States... is a country of immigrants.  For centuries, wave after wave arrived on these shores, fleeing persecution, hoping to better their economic condition and merge into the mainstream of American society.... Immigrant Jews rapidly learned English, adopted American dress styles and ... http://www.kevingeoffrey.org/2007/11/04/the-great-american-jewish-placebo/ This was the question that the World Jewish Digest asked this past high holiday season in light of a 2006 Harris Poll "showing that just 30 percent of Jews in a nationwide survey said they were 'absolutely certain' there was a God."1  According the issue's cover story, 76% of Protestants, ... http://www.kevingeoffrey.org/2007/10/21/do-we-believe/ My wife, Esther, sat staring at my computer screen. "Kevin Geoffrey has... issues?" she questioned. "I'm not so sure about this blog thing, Kev." But despite Esther's hesitancy, I'm strangely comfortable with the idea. "Kevin Geoffrey has Messianic Jewish Issues" expresses the need I feel to be brutally honest about ... http://www.kevingeoffrey.org/2007/10/18/why-kevin-geoffrey-has-issues/