Pastors, here’s a creative idea. Choose a Christian book to incorporate into a sermon series (4-5 weeks), and make copies available to church members. At the end of the series, invite the author to come and speak. After the service with the author, host a potluck with a Q & A discussion time about the […]
I’ll be introducing my new book, Reading the BIble with Rabbi Jesus, at Willow Creek Community Church (North Shore) on Monday evening, April 9, 2018.
On Saturday, February 24th, I’ll be leading a day seminar on my new book, Reading the Bible with Rabbi Jesus at Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church in Apple Valley, Minnesota.
I’ll be discussing my brand new book, Reading the Bible with Rabbi Jesus, at a Wesleyan pastor’s retreat in South Carolina on January 8-10, 2018.
Below is a talk I gave at the morning service at Cornerstone Church in East Longmeadow, Massachusetts. I introduced people to my interest in Jesus’ cultural context and then shared a Hebrew idiom that unlocks part of the Sermon on the Mount. Then I spoke about what it meant to be a disciple in the […]
If you’re in the Chicago area, you’re invited to join me at the Kesher Forum at Willow Creek North Shore on Monday, May 4 at 7 PM. The topic of my talk will be “Jesus’ Bold Jewish Messianic Claims.”
I will be giving a talk called “Jesus’ Bold Messianic Claims” at a conference in Jerusalem called “Entering the Kingdom of Heaven: The Legacy of Robert Lindsey.” You’re welcome to join us in Jerusalem or view it online.
Women of all ages, you’re welcome to join me for a relaxing retreat weekend at Miracle Camp in Lawton, Michigan on April 24 – 26, 2015. The camp is close to Kalamazoo, in southeast Michigan, about two hours east of Chicago.
How did the laws of the Torah sound in the ancient world? What radical new ideas was God was teaching? These are some of the things I’m writing about right now for my next book, called Reading the Bible with Rabbi Jesus. I gave a talk a few months ago on this in the Haverim […]
You don’t get to see me speak very often online, but here are a couple opportunities. I was interviewed on the television program Jewish Voice Today a while back about my book Walking in the Dust of Rabbi Jesus (Zondervan, 2012). You can watch that below. (Click the “Read More” link or title if you […]
I just updated my calendar with my speaking plans for the final months of 2013, and I hope you can join me. I’ll be speaking in… Muskegon, Michigan: A day-seminar at Forest Park Church on Saturday, October 19 Dayton, Ohio: Haverim School seminar for the Center for Judaic-Christian Studies on Saturday, November 2 Uncasville, Connecticut: […]
Now that the elections are over, we’re all breathing a sigh of relief from the mud-slinging ads. Our ears were practically pickled in the brine of malicious words. This has been on my mind especially lately because I spoke at a conference last weekend on “How to Have a Kosher Mouth.” The talk was about […]