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| In the tradition of Moses, the development of a group called the "Pharisees" sustained the spiritual teachings of the Law. Because of their commitment to Halakah and Agadah, both distinct methods of teaching Torah, it is clear that Torah and the Jewish people are one. One without the other is as inconceivable as Christendom is without Christ.[1] This Pharisaic spirit is visible in the ethical and moral standards of Jewish life. It should be the controlling element in the daily life of each person and in society as a whole. The foremost concern of the Pharisaic spirit is to pursue truth and promote the spiritual welfare of man. Judaism is a religion today only because of the Pharisees.
| | written by: William V. McDonald, Ph.D. - posted: September 03 2004 | | More... |
| Have you ever stopped and come to grips with how bad the spiritual situation is in the world today? It is frightening when we give ourselves to some serious thought and realize how far we have digressed from what was intended to our present state. We read of a united Church in the New Testament - a Church that was alive, dynamic, and moving out in a dimension of power and authority. Today, however,we see over 400 warring Protestant denominations, Catholics, and many others who all use the same Bible as a foundation for their beliefs. Each one of these groups is calling out,"We have the way" or,"Lo, here is Christ." The result of all these splits, feuds, and divisions is that most of us are running around in some kind of fog, bewildered, and asking essentially the same question that Pilate asked 2,000 years ago: "What is truth?".
| | written by: Roy B. Blizzard, Jr., Ph.D. - posted: March 18 2004 | | More... |
| R. David Freedman has written an
article entitled Woman, A Power
Equal to Man. In this article, he
proposes an interpretation of Genesis
2:18b different than the traditional
interpretations of this passage.
Some of the traditional Bible
translations interpret Genesis 2:18b
as follows:
| | written by: Johnnie E Brafdord, Jr. - posted: February 25 2004 | | More... |
| It is very difficult for us, almost 2,000 years removed from Jesus' day, to project ourselves back across the centuries of time to a culture and language so totally foreign to the western mind of today. And yet, before we can even begin to understand the magnificent and thrilling words of Jesus, that is exactly what we must do.
| | written by: Roy Blizzard and David Bivin - posted: February 25 2004 | | More... |
| Those who are familiar with Judaism and Jewish Law are aware that women have always been held in the highest regard. In no way were women considered to be inferior to men. Because of woman's role as wife, mother, and homemaker, her sphere of activity is different from man's, but no less important to the community of God. Because of a basic misunderstanding of the Hebrew foundation of the Christian faith, all too many Christian leaders have read the New Testament, found seemingly damaging passages relative to the function of women in the home and church, and then taken these passages out of context--bringing them into our 20th century Western world. In order to correctly understand the role of women in the Church of the first century, it is imperative that we project ourselves back into that historical and cultural context, asking, "To whom was the author writing, why was he writing, and do his words have any practical application for the Church today?"
| | written by: Roy B. Blizzard, Jr., Ph.D. - posted: January 29 2004 | | More... |
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