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Abortion: What the Early Church Said

October 26, 2012 19 Comments

The woman in this picture is explaining how she ended her newborn daughter’s life. Believe it or not, she’s actually done this to eight of her children, all girls. In her village in India, it is common practice. You can read more of her tragic story on this blog, “The Three Deadliest Words in the […]

Filed Under: Articles, Articles: Jesus' Jewish Reality Tagged With: * Important Questions *, Book of Acts, Early Church, God's laws, Jews and Gentiles, Law vs. Grace, New Testament

Worshiping Alone Together?

June 11, 2012 5 Comments

In Walking in the Dust of Rabbi Jesus I talked about Christian individualism. Our tradition greatly emphasizes the idea of isolating ourselves in order to experience God’s presence, whereas Judaism emphasizes community. Many Jewish prayers speak to God as “we” rather than “I.” Their daily morning prayers actually require a minyan, the presence of at […]

Filed Under: Articles, Articles: Thinking Biblically Tagged With: Individualism, Judaism, Prayer, Worship

What Really Happened at Pentecost?

May 31, 2012

Last weekend Christians celebrated Pentecost, recalling the account in Acts 2 where the disciples heard a wind and saw tongues of fire that appeared above each others’ heads. They were filled with the Holy Spirit and suddenly able to praise God in other languages. Peter then shared the Gospel with 3000 people who were baptized […]

Filed Under: Articles: The Feasts, Blog Tagged With: Jewish Feasts, New Testament, Pentecost, Prophecy, Shavuot

The Shema and the First Commandment

May 7, 2012 4 Comments

Years ago I used to scratch my head at Jesus’ response to the question “What is the greatest commandment?” in Mark 12:28. Why does he start with the line “Hear O Israel, the Lord is Your God, the Lord alone” before stating the command: “Love the Lord your God…”? Why state a fact before giving […]

Filed Under: Articles, Articles: Jesus' Jewish Reality, Uncategorized Tagged With: Book of Deuteronomy, God, Great Commandment, Mark 12, Moshe Weinfeld, Religion_Belief, Shema, Shema Yisrael, Ten Commandments, Va'etchanan

Hesed: Enduring, Eternal, Undeserved Love

May 2, 2012 27 Comments

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Hebrew has a word for life-long love that is richer and deeper than English has ever conceived of—hesed (HEH-sed). Based in a covenantal relationship, hesed is a steadfast, rock-solid faithfulness that endures to eternity: “Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love (hesed) for you will not be shaken” […]

Filed Under: Articles: Book Excerpts, Blog Tagged With: bible words, biblical hebrew, Biblical Worldview, chesed, Covenant, Excerpts from my Books, faithfulness, Hebrew Words, hesed, kindness, Love, lovingkindness, mercy, Walking in the Dust of Rabbi Jesus

The Night of Watching

April 9, 2012 6 Comments

The “Night of Watching” (Leil Shimurim – ley-EEL shi-mur-EEM) is the name of the night after the Passover feast, when God redeemed Israel by slaying the firstborn sons of Egypt (Exodus 12:42). In Jewish tradition, it is said that “just as God redeemed his people on this night, so he will one day redeem them […]

Filed Under: Articles: Jesus' Jewish Reality, Articles: The Feasts Tagged With: Easter, Jewish Feasts, Passover, Prophecy

Covered in the Dust of Your Rabbi: An Urban Legend?

January 27, 2012 40 Comments

Some time back ago, pastor/blogger Trevin Wax posted an article called “Urban Legends: The Preacher’s Edition.” There he lists several “urban legends” that he’s heard floating around lately in sermons. Like Internet rumors that people forward on ad infinitum, these preaching illustrations don’t have much grounding in fact. One potential fallacy on his list caught […]

Filed Under: Articles: Jesus' Jewish Reality, Blog Tagged With: * Important Questions *, Dust of the Rabbi, Jewish Jesus, Jewish Roots, Pirke Avot, Rabbinic Thought, Rabbis & Disciples

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