Gods and Humans Before Religions!

Accurately understanding the Jewish Scriptures and the teachings of the Jewish Jesus requires an awareness of the human realities which existed in the ancient near eastern world. This makes it possible for us to compare our beliefs about God to those who were the original authors of the books of the Bible and their audiences. It removes the barrier that has kept many people from seeing the words of the Bible through their eyes! Continue reading at -

http://mailchi.mp/22e43f0246a2/gods-and-humans-before-religions

Kingdom of God, Protestantism, Capitalism, and American Democracy?

 

My emails contain information that are like pieces of a puzzle. Today, I am going to put some of those pieces together that focus on two ways of thinking about “legal sayings” in the Bible. Different ways of thinking result in two different belief models for The Kingdom of God – and very important conflict that create new belief models about God, money, and government. Continue reading at -

http://mailchi.mp/04e4a786a742/kingdom-of-god-protestantism-capitalism-and-american-democracy