The Michlaude Discipleship Project

Vol V: The Root and the Branch

A Disciple's Field Guide to the Jewish Conversation

A field manual for conversations with Jewish interlocutors.

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Series Preface: The Oldest Conversation
1. Series Preface: The Oldest Conversation
The Adversary's Third Confession
The Adversary's Third Confession: My Most Personal Work
1. The Adversary's Third Confession: My Most Personal Work Preface to the Third Confession; I. Why They Are the Target
2. II. The Instrument I Am Most Ashamed Of
3. III. Isaiah 53 — The Text I Cannot Remove
4. IV. What I Fear Most
5. Postscript — A Word to the Disciple
Part One
Part One: Before Any Argument: The Debt
1. 1. What the Church Has Done — Named Without Flinching
2. 2. The Cross Used as a Weapon — A Specific History 3. The Silence That Must Be Broken
3. 4. The Posture of the Disciple — Debtor, Not Creditor
4. 5. What Paul Said — Romans 9–11 as the Foundation
Part Two
Part Two: The Common Ground
1. 6. The God We Share 7. The Scriptures We Share
2. 8. The Promises We Share 9. The Exile We Share
3. 10. The Shema — The Most Important Sentence in History
Part Three
Part Three: The Messianic Prophecies
1. 11. The Portrait in the Prophets — What the Messiah Was Promised to Be 12. Isaiah 53 — The Text the Adversary Most Wants Unread
2. 13. Psalm 22 — A Thousand Years Before the Cross
3. 14. Daniel 7 — The Son of Man and the Timeline
4. 15. Zechariah 9, 11, 12 — The King Who Comes and Is Pierced 16. Micah 5:2 — The Birthplace Named 700 Years Early
5. 17. The Cumulative Portrait — Could One Person Fulfill All of This by Accident?
Part Four
Part Four: The Jewish Objections to Jesus as Messiah
Part Five
Part Five: The Isaiah 53 Conversation
1. 26. The History of Jewish Interpretation of Isaiah 53
2. 27. The Corporate Israel Interpretation — Examined
3. 28. Reading It As Written — What the Text Actually Says 29. The Talmudic Evidence — What the Rabbis Said
4. 30. The Conversation — How to Read It Together
Part Six
Part Six: The Holocaust and the Silence of God
1. 31. The Question That Must Not Be Avoided 32. Where Was God at Auschwitz?
2. 33. The Theological Responses — Honest Assessment
3. 34. The Lament Tradition — Permission to Cry Out 35. The Cross and the Gas Chamber
4. 36. Elie Wiesel, Viktor Frankl, and the Survivors
Part Seven
Part Seven: Jewish Followers of Jesus — Messianic Judaism
1. 37. The First Christians Were All Jewish 38. The Messianic Jewish Movement
2. 39. Can a Jewish Person Follow Jesus and Remain Jewish?
3. 40. Real Conversations — Documented Testimonies
4. 41. The Posture of Messianic Witness
Part Eight
Part Eight: The Mystery of Romans 11
1. 42. The Olive Tree — Gentiles as Wild Branches 43. The Natural Branches — Not Discarded
2. 44. The Fullness of the Gentiles
3. "Provoking to Jealousy" — But Isn't Envy a Sin?
4. 45. The Provocation to Jealousy 46. All Israel Will Be Saved
Part Nine
Part Nine: The Conversation in Practice
1. 47. How to Begin — With the Debt, Not the Argument 48. The Questions That Open Rather Than Close
2. 49. What the Jewish Seeker Needs to Hear 50. The Conversation That Took Fifteen Years — A Documented Account
3. 51. When to Press and When to Wait 52. The Prayer — For the Jewish Person, With the Jewish Person
Part Ten
Part Ten: The Disciple's Formation for This Conversation
1. 53. What You Must Read Before You Speak 54. The Hebrew Roots of Christian Theology
2. 55. Why This Conversation Is Not Optional — Romans 1:16 56. Abiding While the Mystery Unfolds
A Final Word
A Final Word — Five Volumes, One Story
1. A Final Word — Five Volumes, One Story
Appendix A
Appendix A — The Major Messianic Prophecies: Reference Chart
1. Appendix A — The Major Messianic Prophecies: Reference Chart
Appendix B
Appendix B — Isaiah 53: Full Text with Commentary
1. Appendix B — Isaiah 53: Full Text with Commentary
Appendix C
Appendix C — The History of Jewish-Christian Relations: Key Events
1. Appendix C — The History of Jewish-Christian Relations: Key Events
Appendix D
Appendix D — The Messianic Jewish Movement: Resources
1. Appendix D — The Messianic Jewish Movement: Resources
Appendix E
Appendix E — Recommended Reading
1. Appendix E — Recommended Reading
Appendix F
Appendix F — Documented Testimonies of Jewish Believers in Jesus
1. Appendix F — Documented Testimonies of Jewish Believers in Jesus

Companions

Read after Vol III and Vol IV. Vol VIII: The Restored Gospel That Wasn't is the volume for the Latter-day Saint conversation.

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