The Holiday Helper series, including the Winter, Spring, Sabbath, and now the Fall Holiday Helper, has given direction for many people pursuing a Messianic lifestyle wanting to honor the Biblical holidays in their homes. What is the significance of the Biblical holidays? How are we to celebrate them? What are to we do with our family and friends who do not understand what we are doing?

The Holiday Helper series answers these questions, and many more. They are a helpful resource for you to have as you celebrate what the Lord has done for us, and we look to His Word for answers.

The Messianic Helper series edited by Margaret McKee Huey include a series of books with instructional information on how to have a Messianic home. It also includes volumes on an array of important theological topics.

MESSIANIC SPRING HOLIDAY HELPER

The Spring holiday season is a very busy time for those in today’s Messianic movement, beginning with Purim, continuing to the week of Passover and Unleavened Bread, and then culminating with Shavuot or Pentecost. This broad season is one of the most demanding for Messianic Believers, not only as it concerns the many things to celebrate and reflect upon, but also as we strive to exhibit a positive testimony to both the Jewish and Christian communities: to Jewish people remembering the Passover and deliverance of Ancient Israel from Egypt, and to Christians memorializing the death and resurrection of Yeshua the Messiah (Jesus Christ).

The Messianic Spring Holiday Helper is a valuable compilation of resources designed to assist you, your family, and your Messianic fellowship for this season. We have included a wide selection of articles discussing the different salvation historical themes from the Spring season. The significance of Purim is addressed. The role that the Passover and the Exodus play, and how they relate to our redemption in the Messiah, is described. We go into great detail discussing the Last Supper, and the death and resurrection of the Messiah. We consider what it means to observe Shavuot as a time for both the giving of the Torah (Law) and the Holy Spirit. We offer a fair-minded and loving way to communicate to those who observe an Easter holiday often separated from anything in the Tanach or Old Testament. A selection of FAQs on the Spring holidays has been provided, as are some delicious recipes, and an educational Passover haggadah you can use for your home or congregation.

Let the Messianic Spring Holiday Helper be a resource of great blessing to you during this sacred season!

© 2004, 2010 TNN Press

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MESSIANIC WINTER HOLIDAY HELPER

The Winter holiday season is frequently a conflicted time of year for many people in today’s Messianic movement. On the one hand, most Messianic Believers do not celebrate the holiday of Christmas on December 25, due to some of its pre-Christian origins and questionable traditions. On the other hand, the birth of Yeshua the Messiah (Jesus Christ) is a Biblical event which we all must acknowledge in some way. Furthermore, during this same Winter season, the Jewish community commemorates the Festival of Dedication or Chanukah. What is a Messianic Believer to do?

The Messianic Winter Holiday Helper is a valuable compilation of resources designed to assist you, your family, and your Messianic fellowship for this season. We have included a selection of articles summarizing the holiday of Christmas, and how Messianic Believers need to have a proper attitude toward our Christian brothers and sisters. We have included a variety of teachings on Chanukah, common traditions associated with it, and how this can be a blessed time of spiritually rededicating ourselves to God and to each other. Information on the time period of the Maccabees in Second Century B.C.E. Judea, the wars that they fought, and the long term impact they left on subsequent generations, has been provided. A few FAQs on the Winter holidays are offered, as are some delicious recipes, and liturgy you can recite for your Chanukah celebration.

Do not let the Winter holiday season be a difficult time for you any more. The Messianic Winter Holiday Helper can assist you greatly in making this a very special time for you and your family!

© 2003, 2009 TNN Press

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MESSIANIC FALL HOLIDAY HELPER

The Fall holiday season of Yom Teruah/Rosh HaShanah, Yom Kippur, and Sukkot—also including Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah—is a very special, sacred time of year for God’s people. It is considered to be the most holy time of year in Judaism. As such, this season can teach us all important things about the great value of corporate repentance of sin, and an annual inspection of our individual spiritual maturity. We can learn lessons about the Lord’s ongoing plan of salvation history, especially the Second Coming of Yeshua the Messiah (Jesus Christ) and the future establishment of His Millennial Kingdom!

The Messianic Fall Holiday Helper is a valuable compilation of resources designed to assist you, your family, and your Messianic fellowship for this season. We have included a selection of articles summarizing the role of mainline Jewish tradition, and reflective articles that focus on day-to-day observances of the Ten Days of Awe and the eight days of Tabernacles. Messages from customary books of the Tanach (Old Testament) like Deuteronomy and Ecclesiastes, which are often studied and discussed during the Fall high holidays, have been offered. A few FAQs on the Fall high holidays have also been provided. Finally, some significant liturgy derived from Conservative Jewish sources—including a template for both a Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur morning service—is available.

If you have ever wondered what role the Fall high holidays should play in the life of a Believer, then the Messianic Fall Holiday Helper is definitely something for you. You will be blessed by what you can learn during these convocations!

© 2005, 2009 TNN Press

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SCRIPTURE UNDER SCRUTINY:
WAS THE NEW TESTAMENT REALLY WRITTEN IN HEBREW?
© 2006 TNN Press

The Messianic movement today is wrestling with many issues that need to be addressed from a scholastic and detailed perspective. In many sectors of the Messianic community it is taught and strongly claimed that the Apostolic Scriptures (or the New Testament) were originally written in Hebrew. Is this true? Can this belief be legitimately supported with an understanding of Biblical history, textual criticism, and a sound ideology that has the salvation of the nations in mind? Or is this belief something based in anything but these factors?

If we examine each text of the Apostolic Scriptures, can we see that they were written in Hebrew—or in Greek? Are the Greek Scriptures nothing less than a shoddy amalgamation of texts, while the Hebrew Scriptures have been “perfectly preserved” since Mount Sinai? What role should the Greek Septuagint play in our exegesis of Scripture? These are some of the many questions that we should all be asking when critically examining the written origin of the Apostolic Scriptures and gospel message of Messiah Yeshua. After this study, you will not need to be confused by misinformation and speculative claims any more! You will have sound, secure, and researched answers to the questions being asked in our emerging movement.

130 pages
spiral bound

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part of the Messianic Helper Series

MESSIANIC SABBATH HELPER
© 2004 TNN Press

Remembering the seventh-day Sabbath or Shabbat is one of the principal elements of the Messianic lifestyle. Once every week, God’s people get to rest in Him, fellowship with one another, and experience a taste of the eternal rest He promises for each of us! Of course, there are many questions surrounding the significance of the Sabbath, and how it is to be respected. The Messianic Sabbath Helper is intended to aid you in your desire to obey the Lord every week. We have included articles on the importance of Shabbat, the differences between Shabbat and Sunday Church, how we as Believers can practically honor the Sabbath, insights on how to handle the Sabbath with our family and friends who may presently not understand, and a practical guide to observing Shabbat with your family.

58 pages
spiral bound

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98 pages
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Margaret McKee Huey is one of the founders of Outreach Israel Ministries (OIM) and serves on its Board as the Business Manager. She is also one of the copy editors for TNN Press, a subsidiary of OIM.

Margaret is a multi-talented woman who exemplifies what a Proverbs 31 woman should be. Besides handling the business responsibilities of OIM and editing assignments with TNN Press, she operates an internationally known needlework sampler design business that she founded in 1985. Yet, she still finds time to successfully invest in raising her three children.

In addition to her business acumen, Margaret is spiritually gifted as an evangelist. She was actively involved in evangelism through the Walk to Emmaus, Chrysalis Program, and the Lay Witness Mission while in the United Methodist Church. When asked what Biblical character she most identifies with, she demurely responds, “why John the Baptist, of course.” The passion of her heart is communicating the “Gospel According to the Torah.” In an inspiring and convicting way, she not only helps you understand the sacrifice of Yeshua and your salvation, but also helps you understand the mercy of the Holy One as a diligent Believer follows His Torah.

Margaret comes from a long line of Methodist preachers and teachers. Although raised in a Christian home, she did not come to true saving faith until the age of 30. She was immediately drawn into an appreciation of Israel, the Jewish people, understanding that Yeshua was the Messiah of Israel and even celebrating the Passover with her first husband, Kim McKee, at their Methodist church beginning in 1986.

Lamentably, in 1992 Margaret was widowed at the age of 39 with the responsibility for three young children. This unexpected tragedy did not detour her from her relationship with God, but instead prompted her into even greater dependency upon Him as her provider and comforter. As a result of her life experiences, she is gifted in grief counseling and deliverance issues.

Margaret is the editor for the upcoming Messianic cookbook Kosher Your Plate, as well as editor for the Messianic Helper Series. Some of the titles for this series include: Messianic Winter Holiday Helper, Messianic Spring Holiday Helper, Messianic Fall Holiday Helper, and the Messianic Sabbath Helper.

Margaret is a graduate of Vanderbilt University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Geology. She is the wife of William Mark Huey and the mother of John McKee, Jane McKee, and Maggie McKee Huey and resides in Kissimmee, Florida.

Margaret can be reached at Outreach Israel Ministries, 1492 Regal Court, Kissimmee, FL 34744. Phone: (407) 933-2002  E-mail: margaret@outreachisrael.net