Six Steps that Help Your Brain Function Better and Control Your Elephant

The human brain operates on two very different levels – conscious and subconscious. The subconscious level, as an information processor, is one million times faster than the conscious level. Unless you get the conscious level more involved, the subconscious will absolutely control your life. Continue reading at –

https://mailchi.mp/a1a7801282d2/six-steps-that-help-your-brain-function-better-and-control-your-elephant

Lives 1st Living or Living Something Else 1st? And Why You Need to Know the Facts!

Lives 1^st Living is about placing Life 1^st in your life, however you have many other options about what to place 1^st:

● your life 1^st

● gods 1^st

● money 1^st

● power 1^st

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https://mailchi.mp/d1646fbf02a7/lives-1st-living-or-living-something-else-1st-and-why-you-need-to-know-the-facts

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 at

https://mailchi.mp/a0d9c1960a9b/how-could-you-beliefs-affect-other-lives

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 21^st 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. Continue reading at -

https://mailchi.mp/4d21675b1356/the-parable-of-the-lost-sheep

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

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

What questions about God are worth asking?

Before we can deal with that question, we must have an awareness of who is asking it – and what their agendas are! Gods and goddesses were embedded in the daily experiences of life in the ancient world. In science, gods and goddesses don’t exist. But in societies around the world there are billions of people who do believe. Therefore, “What questions about God are worth asking?” is not only worth asking – it must be asked. Continue reading at -

https://mailchi.mp/ba04c801db48/what-questions-about-god-are-worth-asking