Grant Berry
Journeying to America in pursuit of the American Dream, Grant Berry and
his brother worked hard and achieved success in the cosmetics industry.
But Grant knew that material success meant little without the spiritually
meaningful life he had failed to find in the synagogue of his upbringing.
Introduced through work connections to Maria, a make-up artist, he was
intrigued to find she was a committed Christian with a vibrant walk with God
that he wanted and knew deep down he lacked. Her persuasive witness,
which stressed the Jewish background of the Gospel, drove him to pray more
intensely than ever before. Pouring out his frustration that nothing seemed to
be happening, he finally prayed, “God of Abraham, if Yeshua is your Son and
the Jewish Messiah, I want to know the truth.” Suddenly feeling a powerful
sense of affirmation, Grant became a believer from that moment on.
Rich Flashman
Rich was always searching for something more to life than a good job and a
good education. He was introduced to the person of Jesus at an early age, but
after talking to his rabbi decided that Jesus could not be the Messiah because
He did not establish peace on earth. Rich’s experiences in college led him to
be an activist working for social change, but he quickly realized that without
God’s intervention, humans could not bring about any real transformation.
Rich began to search and question matters of faith, all of which led him to
read the 53rd chapter of Isaiah. He soon realized that the answers to peace
and the meaning of life were in the Bible. Rich also saw that the Bible pointed
to a Messiah that makes peace between man and God and then ultimately
brings the peace that humanity so desperately is longing for.
Steve Fieder
Steve grew up in a Reform Jewish household, but never really thought about
what it meant to be Jewish. It was only after one of his children asked him,
“Why don’t we believe in Jesus?” that Steve began to search for what being
Jewish really meant. Although Steve did not believe that Jesus even existed, as
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