This section of the website holds an archive of articles which were published in the Tishrei Journal. The earliest version of the journal began in the month of Tishrei 1992, with the purpose of exploring the Jewish Roots of the Christian Faith. These articles represent the beginning of what is being fulfilled in The Tishrei Bible School. Many of these articles raise questions of continuing relevance. By browsing through the various sections, viewing titles of the articles and opening those which are of particular interest, can be a help to those who are asking questions relating to the origins of the Christian Faith and the continuing relationship with Messianic Jews.

  • 62. Secular Humanism

    Olga Marshall Our world is being swamped and sunk by a religion-gone mad: Humanism. Humanism is the religion of humanity, a supreme faith in our own ability to both rearrange the world of Nature and engineer our own future in any way we see fit… but in fact, the humanist premises are irreparably faulty, and […]


  • 63. Humanism: A Parable

    Hilary Le Cornu Humanism is commonly regarded in evangelical Christian circles as a source of many of the evils of modern society. Humanism is considered to foster, embody, and generate a large number of the forces of secularism against which it is the duty of the good Christian to fight. Although the social characteristics through […]


  • 64. Where are You? A Jerusalem Artist Speaks out About the Power of Art

    Elhanan ben-Avraham “Arise, shine for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you. For behold, darkness will cover the earth, and deep darkness the peoples, but the Lord will rise upon you, and his glory will be seen upon you.” (Isaiah 60:1-2). In the above passage from the prophet […]


  • 65. Quo Vadis

    Merla Watson “Quo Vadis?” is Latin for, “Where are you going?” Merla Watson is a professional musician who is concerned to lead the Body of Messiah into true worship. Here we include three poems from a booklet of poems which highlight the influences on worship in the contemporary Church. They are reprinted with the permission […]


  • 66. Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh – What does it Mean to say that God is Holy?

    Dwight A Pryor An edited transcript of a message delivered to the Narkis Street Baptist Church in Jerusalem, on Saturday November 12th 1994. Transcribed by CFI Communications, UK. Let us stand and pray: “Blessed art thou, O Lord our God, who spoke and the worlds came to be. Blessed are you Father, for by your […]


  • 67. The Battle with Humanism: Greek Philosophy versus Hebrew Faith

    Clifford Denton The conflict between the Kingdoms of this world and the Kingdom of Heaven has been compared with Charles Dickens’ “Tale of Two Cities”. In our case, however, the two cities are Athens and Jerusalem, or, possibly, Rome and Jerusalem. Greece and Rome are linked together because of the way the Empires of the […]


  • 68. Son of Man/Son of God, Editorial

    Clifford Denton It has not been easy to put this edition together. I resolved to do something, when the issue of the doctrine of the Trinity was questioned by friends who are keen to rediscover the Biblical origins of our Faith. However, it is not easy to unpack the whole subject safely, and I do […]


  • 69. Romans 2:16 and the Son of Man

    Hilary Le Cornu The meaning of the term “Son of Man” in the New Testament has long been debated. Since it is only found in the mouth of Yeshua, it has become the focus of christological speculation, linked with the issue of Yeshua’s self-awareness. Scholars are divided, however, over whether it is a messianic title […]


  • 7. Jewish Roots and Compassionate Community: Orphans in Biblical Society

    Marvin Wilson Summary Introduction From Bible times, the Jewish people have espoused concepts of justice and community life which are quite different from the individualism often characteristic of modern Western Christianity. The biblical emphasis of the Hebrews upon corporate life and mutual accountability allowed them to reach out with compassion to the powerless and poor […]


  • 70. A Biblical Pattern for Relationships

    Doug Wheeler A great deal has been written about the role of the man as husband and father. One has but to go to any local bookstore and peruse through the shelves to find numerous titles dedicated to the subject. If one is a strong proponent of the wife being in submission to her husband, […]