* Important Questions * Archives - Our Rabbi Jesus https://ourrabbijesus.com/tag/important-questions/ His Jewish Life and Teaching Fri, 24 Apr 2026 17:28:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 31550207 How Studying Jesus’ Jewishness Saved My Faith https://ourrabbijesus.com/how-studying-jesus-jewishness-saved-my-faith/ https://ourrabbijesus.com/how-studying-jesus-jewishness-saved-my-faith/#respond Fri, 18 Feb 2022 04:45:31 +0000 https://ourrabbijesus.com/?p=11771 On Wednesday, February 9th, I gave a talk for for CMJ UK‘s semi-annual online Shofar Event. My talk was entitled, How Studying Jesus’ Jewishness Saved My Faith Did the historical Jesus actually claim to be the Messiah and Son of God, or did his later followers dream this up? This question truly worried me until […]

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]]> https://ourrabbijesus.com/how-studying-jesus-jewishness-saved-my-faith/feed/ 0 11771 The Meaning of Life, According to Jesus https://ourrabbijesus.com/life-according-to-jesus/ https://ourrabbijesus.com/life-according-to-jesus/#comments Wed, 24 Apr 2013 10:18:33 +0000 http://orj.mu.rocketwood.com/?p=890 Here’s a little experiment for you. Right now, make yourself smile. Look in the mirror. Are you really, genuinely smiling? Or is it a little forced? Okay, now make yourself laugh. Did you fill the room with hearty guffawing? Or did you find it quite difficult? Okay, now make yourself happy. Are you truly brimming […]

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]]> https://ourrabbijesus.com/abortion-what-the-early-church-said/feed/ 20 2418 A Christian’s Favorite Jewish Books on the Bible https://ourrabbijesus.com/a-christians-favorite-jewish-books-on-the-bible/ https://ourrabbijesus.com/a-christians-favorite-jewish-books-on-the-bible/#comments Thu, 18 Oct 2012 00:45:52 +0000 http://ourrabbijesus.com/?p=2370 Last week the yearly Torah study began again. The scrolls have been rewound from Deuteronomy back to Genesis, and once again, Jews will ruminate over Adam and Eden and Abel. Week by week over thousands of years, they’ve engaged in the study of the Pentateuch together. Often I’m asked what my favorite resources are for […]

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]]> https://ourrabbijesus.com/a-christians-favorite-jewish-books-on-the-bible/feed/ 11 2370 Great Books for Learning to Walk Like Rabbi Jesus https://ourrabbijesus.com/best-books-learning-walk-like-jesus/ https://ourrabbijesus.com/best-books-learning-walk-like-jesus/#comments Thu, 27 Sep 2012 20:43:10 +0000 http://ourrabbijesus.com/?p=2269 A while ago I wrote a blog called “Good First Reads About Jesus’ Jewish Context” which shared what I’d give to people who are just beginning to learn about Hebraic studies. Many of you wonder what else I recommend. You’d think that the next books I’d suggest would be more history. But discipleship is my […]

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]]> https://ourrabbijesus.com/best-books-learning-walk-like-jesus/feed/ 15 2269 Good First Reads about Jesus’ Jewish Context https://ourrabbijesus.com/good-first-reads-about-jesus-jewish-context/ https://ourrabbijesus.com/good-first-reads-about-jesus-jewish-context/#comments Wed, 01 Aug 2012 21:14:34 +0000 http://ourrabbijesus.com/?p=2145 Many ask me what the first books I’d recommend are to read if you want to learn about Jesus and the Bible in their Hebraic context. Below I’ve shared a short list of where to start. One thing I always tell people is that before they start studying, they need to have a firm grasp […]

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]]> https://ourrabbijesus.com/good-first-reads-about-jesus-jewish-context/feed/ 13 2145 Discovering the Jewishness of Our Faith https://ourrabbijesus.com/discovering-the-jewishness-of-our-faith/ https://ourrabbijesus.com/discovering-the-jewishness-of-our-faith/#comments Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:01:09 +0000 http://ourrabbijesus.com/?p=1831 Below is an interview I did recently with Sam Hailes of Christian.co.uk about Walking in the Dust of Rabbi Jesus. See the original at this link. (I’ve tweaked a few lines of my own below, just for clarity.)   Discovering the Jewishness of Our Faith When Lois Tverberg first heard about a seminar at her […]

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]]> https://ourrabbijesus.com/discovering-the-jewishness-of-our-faith/feed/ 3 1831 Covered in the Dust of Your Rabbi: An Urban Legend? https://ourrabbijesus.com/covered-in-the-dust-of-your-rabbi-an-urban-legend/ https://ourrabbijesus.com/covered-in-the-dust-of-your-rabbi-an-urban-legend/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:41:35 +0000 http://ourrabbijesus.com/?p=1422 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 […]

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]]> https://ourrabbijesus.com/covered-in-the-dust-of-your-rabbi-an-urban-legend/feed/ 40 1422 An Idea that Is Changing the World https://ourrabbijesus.com/an-idea-that-is-changing-the-world/ https://ourrabbijesus.com/an-idea-that-is-changing-the-world/#comments Fri, 20 Feb 2009 03:31:24 +0000 http://orj.mu.rocketwood.com/?p=388 A Time Magazine article says that re-judaizing Jesus is an idea that is changing the world.

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