This book has to be one of the stupidest books I have read in years. I could not believe how poorly researched it was and how poorly argued it is. Telchin is by no means a theologian of any sort. He is not even ordained and holds no leadership position in the Messianic Community. He seems to have written a book to take the opportunity to rant and rage against all things Christian and Messianic. His positions are so remarkably poorly argued that this reader could only conclude that Telchin took on subject matter way above his head. While Telchin writes under the cloak of "calling for unity", this book actually serves to divide one Christian from the other and does so contrary to the fundamentals of sound biblical doctrine. The book is so confusing and anti- Jewish and anti-biblical, that I wonder if Telchin had a more deeper and sinister reason for writing the book. The book leaves Telchin looking like he is anti-Semitic.
Those who read the book need to do so with great caution and Telchin's opinions as found in this book should be quickly discarded as the book is only going to serve to hurt the Christian community and hurt the Messianic community. I believe Telchin needs to issue a public retraction and apology for what he wrote.

Having read Messianic Judaism by Dan Cohen-Sherbok and absorbed his evaluation of the place of the Messianic movement within Judaism, I eagerly awaited Mr. Telchin's work on the same subject from a Christian perspective. While I expected a thorough argument against Messianic Judaism's inclusion in the broader Christian tradition (based on the title), instead what was proposed was something theology of why Messianic Jews should not establish independent congregations. Though thorough in scope and interesting in logic, I will admit that I was disappointed by what seemed to be Telchin's need to trash Christianity. While it's important not to deny Christianity's anti-Judaic past, its also important to understand that past in the process of not denying it. He blatantly paints all the Church Fathers as anti-Semitic (which they were not) and the majority of Christian theology as being based on a need to "put down" the Jews (it was not). Still, Telchin is to be praised for his thorough elucidation of the problems endemic to the Messianic congregational movement, particularly as they relate to Messianic relations (or lack thereof) with other Christian communities.