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. Thu, 01 May 2008 20:12:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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/