CMJ USA Blog

God's visual aids to teach us about himself and his plan of redemption 

To minister mercy to the nations that rebelled at the Tower of Babel, the peoples that still defy and deny God today.

Christmas is the “most wonderful time of the year.” So why do we read about the death of children when we’ve just celebrated the incarnation of Resurrection Life itself? Jesus came down and became flesh to live among us to live our sorrow and open the door to everlasting joy.

God, in the Scriptures, makes redemptive promises not just to Jerusalem but to the nations of the war-torn Middle East

Jesus' mother is the first example of faithful discipleship even when it hurts

Isaiah 19 gives us a glimpse into a united Middle East where Jews, Arabs, Persians, and more worship the God of Israel together

New video series on the historical evidence for Jesus

A reminder of the importance of taking sabbath rest. Sabbath keeping honors God and refreshes us.

Thoughts on the triune God's calling on the disciples of Yeshua

God is regathering the tribes of Israel. How do Christians respond?

This passage and others like it have been mishandled throughout church history. Let’s pause to understand how and then tread carefully as we unpack Peter’s message. We must guard against antisemitic readings by always reading the New Testament from within Judaism, and the Jewish context of the Gospel and the Jewish identity of Jesus must stir in us love and compassion for our Jewish neighbor.

The Prophets were expecting another redemption and a time when Torah would be written on hearts rather than stone. Jesus initiates the new covenant of Jeremiah 31:31 at his last Passover seder with his disciples.

Joy is coming Resurrection Sunday. But let us sit with Jesus’ death and remember the heavy cost of that joy. How precious and expensive is our healing, our forgiveness, our joy.

CMJ USA Executive Director Cariño Casas was a guest teacher on The Torah Guide podcast, where she looks at three Gospel accounts that show that Jesus is the Prophet Like Moses of Deuteronomy 18

Psalm 103 remnds us that God's character is always to have mercy and that he longs to dwell with us an makes a way fo him to be always among us.

The light of Messiah is either revelation or judgment to each of our souls. Jesus’ invitation to walk in the light is a call to discipleship. We stay in the light if we follow him through death to eternal life.

What does the Holy Spirit and the season after Pentecost have to do with Jesus - the Messiah - and Israel?

On June 11, the greater church remembers the life of Barnabas, a Jewish believer who traveled around the Roman world with Paul.

Why did God choose the pilgrim feast of Shavuot/Pentecost to pour out the Holy Spirit on the followers of Jesus the Messiah? Executive Director Cariño Casas looks at Acts 2 and Exodus 19-20 to answer the question.