Using Belief Models to Create Transparency in Belief Conflicts!

I am writing this email to you 113 years after my father was born, 1,946 years after Jesus was crucified and 1,926 after Luke wrote his two books. Without knowing what happened in those huge time gaps between me and those events, it would have been impossible to discover any facts-based examined answer to the question -- “When did Gentiles first officially become members of the Jesus Movement?” Continue reading at - https://mailchi.mp/826a2209e63a/using-belief-models-to-create-transparency-in-belief-conflicts

Hillel Taught That All People are Deserving of Love

 

Although Hillel and Akiba after him taught that love of man is a central pillar of the Torah’s teaching, behind it is something even more basic. Love of neighbor is itself derived from an even greater principle: that man is made in the image of God; and a religiously inspired love of man flows from the more fundamental love of God. Continue reading at - https://mailchi.mp/1596bff17ac0/hillel-taught-that-all-people-are-deserving-of-love

Lots of Elohims, Idols, and King Solomon! This Why We Use Models & Guidelines!

 

If we had been there at the time of Ezekiel, as we walked around Jerusalem, we would have seen people giving food to idols and worshipping them on the mountain tops around Jerusalem. There were idols in the Temple also. Who put the idols in Jerusalem? Continue reading at - https://mailchi.mp/f44166b57dd2/lots-of-elohims-idols-and-king-solomon-this-why-we-use-models-guidelines

The Professor, Rabbi and Preacher Who Confronted the Elephants in the Room!

 

We were known and often introduced as the Professor, Rabbi, and Preacher. Ike Tennison was the Professor, Jeffrey Leynor was the Rabbi, and I (Jim Myers) was the Preacher. Everyone knows that when a professor, a rabbi, and a preacher -- two Christians and one Jew -- are sitting at the table discussing Jewish and Christian Scriptures -- there are some very big elephants in the room. Continue reading at – https://mailchi.mp/5c45631843ea/the-professor-rabbi-and-preacher-who-confronted-the-elephants-in-the-room-corrected

The Psalm Jesus Used to Create Parables in His Jewish Teachings

 

In my previous emails, I have been using a handful of notes I made earlier when I was translating Psalm 49. Today, I am going to share the entire Psalm without any comments. For me personally, this is one of the most powerful Psalm I have ever translated! Continue reading at - https://mailchi.mp/2e6b69414e8d/the-psalm-jesus-used-to-create-parables-in-his-jewish-teachings

Visiting the Jerusalem Temple the Jesus Knew

 

Today I was doing research on Jerusalem and the Temple that the New Testament mentions in stories about Jesus. I dug out the two-volume work, The Jewish People in the First Century: Historical Geography, Political History, Social, Cultural, and Religious Life and Institutions . . . Here are some sections that are loaded with great information. Continue reading at - https://mailchi.mp/ffbbf9f500b2/visiting-the-jerusalem-temple-that-jesus-knew

Hillel and Jesus: A Kingdom and Eternal Life Without Human Institutions

 

Rabbi Leynor wrote this on October 23, 2014. “Studying the Bible and discussing its ancient words, concepts and ideas is something I enjoy very much. But, holding the hand of a person that is about to take their last breath or that has just discovered they have lost someone they loved very much is something very different . . . But, if you come and study the biblical text with me – that’s another matter! Choose Life, Do Tov & walk humbly with “Your Higher Power” (whatever that might or might not be!)” Continue reading at: https://mailchi.mp/383cc61077c6/hillel-and-jesus-a-kingdom-and-eternal-life-without-human-institutions