J K McKee: recommended or not?

[chrisg]

Well, as the title really. I have found some books by J K McKee on various subjects, including a few commentaries and other messianic titles. One is called Introduction to Things Messianic: An Introduction for Newcomers to the Messianic Movement. Has anyone read it? Does anyone know anything about the author? Good or bad, in general?

[garrett]

I've never heard of the author but come to think of it, I realized that I'd never looked into any books on Messianic Judaism...which is interesting. It's strange because I'm always trying to "look into something" that I'm interested in. I don't know, maybe that's a good thing

[alon]

I don't know this author either. I can only tell you that I have literally filled my garbage with books I've bought since coming to Messianic Judaism. Many looked good, even when I perused them a bit at the bookstores. But once I really got into them they contained far too much false doctrine. I still have some in which I've found things that are false, but I kept for other information they contain. Most of what is out there is really HR trying to pump up its creds. But I am an old fashioned turn-the-pages kind of guy, and so have spent way too much to keep far too little. All I am saying is be very careful buying books, and never spend the grocery money on 'em. It's like (actually it's exactly like!) gambling: if you can't afford to loose it, don't bet it.

Asking here is a good thing, even though too often no one is familiar. I've sort of backed away from buying books lately. I'm finding it is enough studying what I've got left.

Dan C

[Elizabeth]

I have found myself feeling similar to Alon. Give G-d time and He always gives you just what you need when you need it through scripture. What you get from someone else's book is , at best, what G-d gave them when they needed it. That's just my personal feeling, but we're all different. Do be careful of wrong teaching. As Alon said, there's a lot of it out there. 

[chrisg]

I have bought one title - Galatians for the practical Messianic. So far it seems sound enough, but I haven't read much of it yet - it is quite small print and the pages are packed. I'll try to give a fair appraisal when I have finished it and in the meantime, if he says something I am not sure about, I'll be sure to come back and ask.