Lives 1st
Living
is about placing Life 1st in your life, however you
have many other options about what to place 1st:
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your life 1st
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gods 1st
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money 1st
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power 1st
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Friday, May 8, 2020
Thursday, May 7, 2020
How Could You Beliefs Affect Other Lives
Have
I ever told you how I met Rabbi Jeffrey Leynor? I had been doing research on
the Jewish Jesus for about five years, when one day I realized that I did not
personally know a Jewish person. I had never asked a Jewish person what they
thought about the Jewish Jesus! Most of my information sources about the Jewish
Jesus were Christians and they were either ministers or members of churches. That
just struck me as odd that day.
My
wife worked for a Jewish organization so I asked her for suggestions about how
I could meet a Jewish person and she suggested that I enroll in a course at the
Dallas Jewish Community Center – so I did
and guess who was teaching a class? If you guessed “Rabbi Leynor,” you are
right! It was a course on the “Prophets” and I learned a lot. But, something
happened in one of those classes that really affected my life. Continue reading
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The Parable of the Lost Sheep
“Which person among you,
having a hundred sheep and losing one out of them . . .”
Let
me put his words in a 21st century American context:
“Which person among you, having a million dollars . . .”
Most
of people reading either Yeshua’s words or mine would have answered: “Not I.” People back then and today would
be impressed by two things – being asked
if they are that wealthy and thinking they would lose part of it.
In
Yeshua’s world, a peasant might own five sheep, so noticing that only four were
grazing on a hillside would be easy. However, one sheep missing from a flock of
a hundred sheep would be easy to overlook. But this owner did notice it and
immediately took whatever steps were needed to make the flock whole again.
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Wednesday, May 6, 2020
Ending the cycles of chaos that are destroying our society.
Back
in 2008 the American public was blindsided by the Great Recession. Guess what? We have been blindsided again. I call
these “blindside events” - “cycles of chaos.”
Chaos is a state of extreme confusion and disorder.
Putting
a dozen dogs and a dozen cats in the same room, or a dozen Republicans and a dozen Democrats on the same committee, would
probably lead to utter chaos. So what can we, the people whose lives are directly affected, do to end or weaken
the cycles of chaos? Continue reading at - https://mailchi.mp/1b2577497347/ending-the-cycles-of-chaos-that-are-destroying-our-society
Monday, May 4, 2020
Reconnecting Americans through Their Biblical Heritages
What
is your philosophy of life? You may not be able to explain it, but you have
one. Your life experiences have produced beliefs about who and what you are, beliefs about how to have different types of relationships (with
your spouse/partner, children, extended family, circles of friends and strangers),
beliefs about how you spend your
time, beliefs about what you
value and what you don’t, and beliefs
that are the standards you use to judge your actions and the actions of others.
You may not be able to clearly and concisely communicate them, but “you feel them” every day.
A
primary source of many American beliefs is Christianity. Today, however, when people
hear the word “Christianity,” they
think about God, Jesus, afterlife and conflicts. Christianity, as a religion,
has served America in another very important way. Continue reading at -
https://mailchi.mp/b4f5c2002ee8/reconnecting-americans-through-their-biblical-heritages
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