ARTICLES & TEACHING
Antisemitism in Recent World History
The Sydney beachside suburb of Bondi is home to the country’s most iconic beach and at the same time one of the largest Jewish populations Down Under who have lived there in peace and security. On a beautiful sunny late-autumn day that tranquil illusion was shattered. A gunman opened fire on the peaceful crowd killing fifteen and wounding forty. And, seven months later, we are still asking ourselves “Why?”
ANTISEMITISM in CHURCH HISTORY
Tensions existed from the outset between early Christians and the Jewish religious leaders. Though Christianity was a distinctly Jewish movement, the book of Acts reveals persecution soon arose against the new teaching turning violent with the stoning of Stephen and Saul’s zealous imprisonment of believers...
THE CROSS
The most recognisable symbol of the Christian faith today is undoubtedly the Cross. One can travel to almost any part of the world and, be it in the form of jewellery, a print on a tee-shirt, a cross finial sitting atop a church or a cross placed on a grave site, most would instantly recognise its connection to Christianity.
THE NEW COVENANT
In this issue of The Shofar, we continue our series in the biblical covenants, turning our attention to the New Covenant, having already considered the Abrahamic, Land and Davidic Covenants. The focus of these covenants is the nation of Israel and this continues with the New Covenant, even though it is applied to the Church in the New Testament.
Messiah in Isaiah–Study Seven
Seven hundred years before Jesus was born, God led the Jewish prophet Isaiah to describe Him so clearly that the people of Israel – and the world – would recognise the Messiah. The incontestable accuracy of Isaiah 53 is a “stand-out” example of a “proof passage” that the Bible is the inerrant (therefore trustworthy) Word of God.
