The Real Yeshua

  Although Hillel and Akiba after him taught that love of man is a central pillar of the Torah’s teaching, behind it is something even more basic. Love of neighbor is itself derived from an even greater principle: that man is made in the image of God; and a religiously inspired love of man flows from the more fundamental love of God. Continue reading at - https://mailchi.mp/1596bff17ac0/hillel-taught-that-all-people-are-deserving-of-love

  If we had been there at the time of Ezekiel, as we walked around Jerusalem, we would have seen people giving food to idols and worshipping them on the mountain tops around Jerusalem. There were idols in the Temple also. Who put the idols in Jerusalem? Continue reading at - https://mailchi.mp/f44166b57dd2/lots-of-elohims-idols-and-king-solomon-this-why-we-use-models-guidelines

  TZEDAQAH is the outstanding, overriding, and yet simple, theme of Jesus. This means one thing to people who view Jesus through a “Religion Box.” It means something very different to people who view Jesus through the “Alliance and Covenant of the Creator of the Skies and the Earth” box! Continue reading at - https://mailchi.mp/b63c22467a93/remember-the-power-of-tzedaqah-and-returning

  This a difficult concept for many American Christians to grasp. However, in order to understand the movement Jesus led, we must think about the things that he did. His parents took him to the Temple in Jerusalem every Passover because he was circumcised and named when he was eight days old. That day he became a son of the covenant Yahweh made with Abraham and his descendants. If that hadn’t been done, he would not have been allowed to enter specific areas of the Temple. Continue reading at - https://mailchi.mp/9a75f2a8590c/jesus-did-not-create-a-religion

  We were known and often introduced as the Professor, Rabbi, and Preacher .  Ike Tennison  was the Professor,  Jeffrey Leynor  was the Rabbi, and I ( Jim Myers ) was the Preacher. Everyone knows that when a professor, a rabbi, and a preacher -- two Christians and one Jew -- are sitting at the table discussing Jewish and Christian Scriptures --  there are some very big elephants in the room . Continue reading at – https://mailchi.mp/5c45631843ea/the-professor-rabbi-and-preacher-who-confronted-the-elephants-in-the-room-corrected

  Before 1947 it was impossible to grasp the role of Jesus as a Jewish teacher in his generation. One of the most important and general contributions of the Qumran wisdom texts to New Testament studies lies in their extending what we know about wisdom teachings and wisdom teachers in Jesus’ time . Continue reading at - https://mailchi.mp/507e97fb90b1/a-kingdom-above-all-nations