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Sneak Preview of My Upcoming Ebook

You haven’t heard much from me lately, and it’s because I’ve been putting the finishing touches on something new. It’s an ebook! This is my first venture in this new medium. It’s called… drumroll…   5 Hebrew Words that Every Christian Should Know A Bite-Sized Bible Study This is an introductory word study of five […]

Fear vs. Awe – Quote from Abraham Heschel

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Recently I posted an article called, “Does God Want Us to Fear Him?” It was about the fact that the Hebrew word that we translate as “fear,” also means “awe” and “reverence.” Just now I picked up Rabbi Abraham Heschel’s classic book God in Search of Man and read a magnificent quote from him on […]

Get Ready for Passover by Making Some Mudbricks

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Next week we’ll be beginning Lent, which looks forward to the Passover/Resurrection Day. Passover, of course, is the celebration of God’s redemption of Israel from slavery in Egypt. I think I’ve found the perfect activity for the season–making mudbricks like the ancient Israelites did in Egypt! Today Biblical Archaeology Review gave instructions on how to […]

Top 10 Articles of 2013

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Here they are! The top ten new articles of 2013 on Our Rabbi Jesus… 10. The Reality of Disciples and Rabbis – How did discipleship work in the first century? A look at the system of rabbinic education as Jesus knew it. 9. Be a Bridge, Not an Island – Many Christians who discover their […]

The Chinese “Sitting at the Feet of Rabbi Jesus” has been Published

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I received news a couple days ago that Sitting at the Feet of Rabbi Jesus has been released in Traditional Chinese. (Click on the front cover to see the full dust jacket.) You might think that publishers automatically translate their books into other major languages, but that’s not generally true. Zondervan published a Spanish version […]