The Story of the Hebrew Scriptures in the American Colonies

 

So popular was the Hebrew Language in the late 16th and early 17th centuries that several students at Yale delivered their commencement orations in Hebrew. Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Brown, Princeton, Johns Hopkins, and the University of Pennsylvania taught courses in Hebrew - all the more remarkable because no university in England at the time offered it. Many of the Founding Fathers of America were products of these American Universities. Continue reading at - https://mailchi.mp/d1a5da9e4ae2/the-story-of-the-hebrew-scriptures-in-the-american-colonies

This is How Christians Can Become a Unifying Force for Good!

 

Before the 4^th century CE it is misleading to refer to Christian "heresy" because there was no dominant orthodoxy before this time. It is also misleading to use the terms apocryphal and canonical because the New Testament canon was not closed until the 4^th century at the earliest. This means that for almost 300 years there were many different and conflicting belief systems with Jesus as the central character. Why did that happen? The answer is in neuroscience not history books. Continue reading at - https://mailchi.mp/9308b8a7d769/this-is-how-christians-canbecome-a-unifying-force-for-good