Romans 11:17
Matthew 5:17-18
San Francisco, CA – Brews for Jesus, a division of Jews for Jesus, acquired Starbucks this week in an astonishing $10.5 billion dollar deal. Jews for Jesus, an outreach to Jewish non believers, is constantly striving to think outside of the box to share The Gospel and has found that cold brew coffee is one of the most effective ways to do just that.
Since 2014, Jews for Jesus has been giving complimentary cups of coffee as part of their outreaches. “We’ve been testing out the cafe concept in our Sydney, Australia branch and it’s been very successful, so we knew we were ready for the big time,” said David Brickner, Executive Director of Jews for Jesus. “However, at the end of the day we are still a non profit organization and we knew we just didn’t have the funds that Starbucks would require from us to make this acquisition happen, so we had a 60 day prayer campaign leading up to the meeting. Steve Katz, who is the North American Director of Jews for Jesus, and I walked into the meeting with Howard Schultz, the Chairman and CEO of Starbucks and Kevin Johnson, the President and COO of Starbucks. We asked them what they were for and they both just started bawling and handed us the company at a huge discount. We are so grateful that we’ll be able to reach so many more non believing coffee loving Jewish people through this ministry. And just for the record, we do plan to keep all of your favorite drinks, just with different names. Keep your eyes peeled for the Lai Lai Latte, the Messianic Mocha, and the Strawberry Sortie.”
The acquisition should be complete by the end of fourth quarter 2016. No word yet on what will happen to Starbucks’ other concepts, such as Teavana and Evolution Fresh Juice, though Brickner did hint at big plans for those brands as well.
Irvine, CA – Taco Bell announced this week it would be trying out a new menu item called “The Rosenberg Special”—-a grilled cheese sandwich with turkey bacon. Typically only served at Messiah College in Grantham, Pennsylvania during the week of the 4th of July, The Rosenberg Special was made popular by Rabbi Matt Rosenberg nearly two decades ago while attending Messiah Conference and specially requesting turkey bacon on his grilled cheese at the popular campus cafe, The Falcon. Being the accommodating people that they are, the powers that be at The Falcon purchased turkey bacon specifically for Rosenberg, and have made it readily available at Messiah Conference every year since then.
“We wanted to add an item that was completely different from everything else on our menu,” stated Brian Niccol, CEO of Taco Bell. “Burger King is doing the same thing right now with The Whopperito and McDonald’s is also testing out macaroni and cheese at select locations. Expanding the menu options is a win win situation for everyone: we get a wider audience, which leads to higher profits for us, and customers who wouldn’t normally be eating at Taco Bell now have a reason to dine there.”
The Rosenberg Special will be available for a limited trial run before Taco Bell decides whether or not to roll it out nationally. The sandwich will be available in all Seattle and Chicago locations, but only between the 15th and the 21st of Nisan, 5777.
Isaiah 53
Matthew 5:17-18
Isaiah 53
New York City, NY – Chosen People Ministries and One for Israel have come together to produce the “I Met Messiah” videos; abbreviated testimonies from believers letting the world know how they met Messiah. In the newest yet to be released video, The Ghost of David Ben-Gurion, the primary founder of the modern state of Israel/Israel’s first Prime Minister/the founder of Israel’s leading airport, comes back to Earth to tell the story of how he came to faith:
“I was always a believer in God’s existence, but as far as Him sending His Son to die for my sins…no way. Nice Jewish boys don’t believe that. If I did, I probably never would’ve gone through my wild days of partying and doing drugs with Bob Dylan. And then I died. And there was Yeshua. I couldn’t believe it. The Son of God standing right in front of me. I had wasted my entire life not believing.”
Ben-Gurion is just one of billions of people who met Messiah and came to faith upon dying, but the first whose spirit actually came back to sit in the infamous “I Met Messiah” chair that we have all come to know and love. For the entire video or to see more “I Met Messiah” testimony videos please visit www.imetmessiah.com or www.ifoundshalom.com
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