If you look on You Tube for his interview with Stephen Colbert, you will understand one of the reasons I admire N. T. Wright. He has a magnificent brain, tremendous social poise, and has a lightning quick mind and wit. Besides all this, he writes like a dream. Today I want to outline for you […]
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In keeping with our new practice of assigning a different theme to every day of the week, starting today, our Fridays will be FAQ Fridays, dealing with Frequently Asked Questions, and also questions some of you submit from time to time in your comments. Return here every Friday and see what the questions are and […]
Today we begin yet another tradition on the Interfaithfullness blog, Truths our Father's Told Us Thursdays. Too many of us have been taught or assume that the rabbinical establishment and Jewish tradition has little of value to teach us about our service to God in Yeshua's name. Well, I am here to say, "Think again." […]
Today we begin yet another tradition for the Interfaithfulness blog: Wild Card Wednesdays. This means that if you will come here on Wednesdays, you will never know WHAT you might find, because the theme could be anything from productivity hints (I'm a productivity junkie), to book reviews, thoughts about just about anything, whether religious or […]
One of the conceits of our day is the assumption that because we are later in time than those who went before us, we are therefore advanced beyond them in every area of knowledge and wisdom. If you will but pause to consider this for a moment, you will realize that there is no necessary […]
This is the sixth installment of our serialized and interactive review of Amy-Jill Levine's "The Misunderstood Jew: The Church and the Scandal of the Jewish Jesus." With this installment, we begin a new tradition on the Interfaithfulness blog. Every Mondy we will make sure that our article centers on something about our Messiah, who He is, […]
The prophecies of Balaam concerning the people of Israel are some of the most remarkable in all of Scripture. This is so even though he was a pagan prophet, and eventually betrayed the well-being of that people of whom he spoke. But as he repeatedly made clear to Balak, the King of Moab, he could […]
This week we leapfrog from where we were in Exodus to catch up with where our people Israel have been reading in their synagogues. That brings us to Parshat Metzorah, Leviticus 14:1-15:33. When it comes to learning from Moses our Mentor, and finding "Lessons in Living from Israel's Great Teacher," we should remember that this learning […]
Here we continue our serialized and interactive review of Amy-Jill Levine's "The Misunderstood Jew: The Church and the Scandal of the Jewish Jesus." This installment considers her third chapter, "The New Testament and Anti-Judaism." You might think me a slow reader when I tell you that it took me quite a few hours to do […]
We continue today with our series of Torah Tuesdays including Lessons for Living by Moses our Mentor. This week we continue our investigation of Parshat Mishpatim, Exodus 21:1-24:18. Our considerations today are especially geared to Jewish people of whatever stripe, but others of you are likely to find this interesting as well. We will be […]
