The
Kingdom
of the Creator is a “Kingdom of ADAMs.” “ADAM” is a Hebrew word that traditionally
is translated man, mankind, or Adam (the name of a man). But, we must also be aware of “meanings defined by the context” in
which a word appears. In this case, the contextual
meaning is more accurate than traditional options. However, most Bible
readers have never heard that meaning. Continue reading at --
https://mailchi.mp/84a0417d6f7d/you-probably-do-not-know-what-you-were-created-to-do
Friday, January 31, 2020
Thursday, January 30, 2020
The Creator did His Part: Now It’s Up to Humans.
The
author of the First Story the Bible divided
the story into three distinct periods.
1.
From the creation of light through the
creation of the two humans (completed actions).
2.
The Creator’s blessing of the humans (completed
actions).
3.
The fulfillment of the Creator’s blessing
by humans (incompleted actions).
There
are important things members of the ancient audience saw in the story that modern
readers cannot see. Continue reading at --
Wednesday, January 29, 2020
Some things creatures “created in the image of God” need to know about each other and their DNA.
Every
year the entire Babylonian society was reminded of where everyone belonged and
how they related to each other -- gods, kings,
members of the kingdom and foreigners. The king was reminded of his
responsibilities to the gods, his subjects and foreigners. And the entire society learned how their king should act! Continue
reading at --
Tuesday, January 28, 2020
Why Did Our Kingdom Fall? Why Didn’t Yahweh Protect Us?
Why Did Our Kingdom Fall?
Why Didn’t Yahweh Protect Us?
Abraham’s
descendants no longer controlled the land Yahweh had given to Abraham. Yahweh’s
temple had been destroyed too. Ezra and his team of scribes wanted
to find answers to these questions. The book of Genesis contains the answers they found. Continue reading at --
https://mailchi.mp/15607440390e/why-did-our-kingdom-fall-why-didnt-yahweh-protect-us
Monday, January 27, 2020
Let God out of the Religion Box when you read the Bible.
In
the ancient world, gods were as much a part of everyday realities as
smartphones are today – physical signs of
gods were everywhere in ancient cultures. Gods were not neatly
compartmentalized and stored away in “religion
boxes.” Therefore, when we try “to
see the words of the Bible through the eyes of their ancient sources” we
must view them in light of all aspects of life. Continue reading at --
Sunday, January 26, 2020
Belief in the Resurrection of the Dead: Where Rabbinic Judaism and Christianity Come Together.
That
is not broadly grasped. Recently a prominent biologist reported that “a scholar at a religious conference”
told him that “what little Judaism has
to say about the afterlife is only there because Christians asked them.”
But, according to Bruce D. Chilton
(Christian scholar) and Jacob Neusner
(Jewish scholar), “That is far from the
truth.” Continue reading at –
Saturday, January 25, 2020
Before you deal with beliefs about God consider beliefs about the Earth.
When
I even hint at questioning beliefs about God, some people instantly unsubscribe
from this list! That doesn’t surprise me because for centuries Christians were
taught that “unquestioning obedience”
was God’s will! So today, I am going to focus on a much less threatening belief
model than beliefs about God – belief models
about the Earth. We often find them in the same contexts with beliefs about
God. Continue reading at --
https://mailchi.mp/f525806c0057/before-you-deal-with-beliefs-about-god-consider-beliefs-about-the-earth
Friday, January 24, 2020
How do Your Beliefs about God compare to Stories about God in your Bible?
Three
religions have belief models for their gods that are very similar – Judaism, Christianity and Islam. All
three belief models are monotheistic
and mutually exclusive. Since
the Bible is the most ancient body of information about god -- shouldn’t belief models of god be in harmony
with what the Bible reveals about god? Continue reading at --
Thursday, January 23, 2020
A New Way to Deal With Religious Conflicts! Will You Take the Pledge?
Obviously,
attempting to resolve religious conflicts between people who ignore facts, refuse
allow anyone to question the way they see things, and refuse
to change when errors are discovered in their beliefs – will not lead to good outcomes. In
Christianity we have had almost 2,000 years of people fighting and defending their
“irrefutable god realities.” Now we have new options for creating a very
different future! Read about them at --
Friday, January 17, 2020
Letting the Words of the Bible Tell Their Own Stories.
That
is a guideline we have been using since the mid-1980s. “Letting the Bible tell its own story” often creates challenges to
our personal belief models. Are
the first two stories in the Bible simply two versions of the same story? Do “Jesus is LORD” and “Jesus is Lord” mean the same thing? Continue reading at --
Thursday, January 9, 2020
Who Created “Good” and “Evil”?
How important is it
for people to understand what “good”
and “evil” mean? For those of us with
Christian Biblical Heritages, evil is a
very important word. In the King
James Version of the Bible the word “evil”
appears 613 times. “Good”
appears 720 times. I found this very interesting, because I heard a lot
more about evil than I did about good in the church my family attended when
I was growing up. That really stood out at the end of every church service when
“the invitation” was given. It was an
opportunity for “lost” people
to be “saved.” Why were they
lost and why did they need to be saved? Continue reading at --
https://mailchi.mp/a38b5c20c334/who-created-good-and-evil
Wednesday, January 8, 2020
The Home: The Creator's Training Center
When the Creator created the
Heavens and the Earth in the first story in Genesis, He created one institution
to govern it. It was not a religious or political institution.
It
was the family.
Before He created humans He
provided all of their basic requirements of life. Continue reading at --
https://mailchi.mp/278c2fd24755/the-home-the-creators-training-center
https://mailchi.mp/278c2fd24755/the-home-the-creators-training-center
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