I am a “ numbers guy ” who “ loves facts .” Amazon delivered “ The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2021 ” to my back porch on Saturday, so you can probably guess how happy that made me. One of the first sections I always visit is the religion section. When I added the new information to what I already knew, this is what I visualized in my mind. 30 CE (Globally) One Jesus with One Group of Followers. 1970 (Globally) 1,130,000,000 Christians & 18,630 denominations/paradenominations. 2000 (Globally) 1,888,000,000 Christians & 33,820 denominations/paradenominations. 2020 (Globally) 2,545,579,000 Christians & 40,000 denominations/paradenominations. Next, I checked the number of Christians in America as we prepare to enter 2021. 245,264,000 (73.5% of the Total Population) As I focused on the trends above, a seemingly crazy question popped into my mind: What would happen if Christians found ways to work togethe...
Blogs about the life of the real Jewish Jesus whose actual name was Yeshua. View his life, teachings and movement in the cultural context of first century Galilee and Judea. Using a Linguistic Model to more accurately understand what his words meant to his original Jewish apostles, followers and audiences.