Guideline for Discussing the Elephants in the Room

Time Tested for 30 Years

I created this Guideline to resolve conflicts and disagreements that were disrupting Bible studies when I introduced new information that challenged doctrines of our denomination. It transformed those situations into educational opportunities and created a "team mentality."

It established the value of facts,
gave everyone permission to question each other,
and defined the goal of removing errors from our belief systems.

We use it in our educational emails too. I encourage you to adopt and promote it in your Bible studies too. By the way, it also works on Political and Economic Belief Systems too!

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Jim Myers

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Six Steps that Help Your Brain Function Better and Control Your Elephant.

The human brain operates on two very different levels – conscious and subconscious. The subconscious level, as an information processor, is one million times faster than the conscious level. Unless you get the conscious level more involved, the subconscious will absolutely control your life. Continue reading at --

https://mailchi.mp/ba9d378893da/six-steps-that-help-your-brain-function-better-and-control-your-elephant

Did You Know Adam Could Have Lived Forever After He Sinned?

When you are reading the Jewish Scriptures (Christian Old Testament), if you notice a word that appears seven times, pay close attention to it. Ancient scribes did it to highlight very important words – it was like placing a red flag in the text so readers wouldn’t miss them. But many translators did miss it in this verse “Behold, the man has become like MIMENU!” They said “Us,” but they are wrong.

Read more at -

https://mailchi.mp/2edcd81ccae6/did-you-know-adam-could-have-lived-forever-after-he-sinned

The Parable of the Lost Coin

The Parable of the Lost Coin is found in Luke 15.8-10.

Or what woman, having ten drachmas, if she would lose one drachma,

does not light a lamp and sweep the house and seek resolutely until she finds?

Our previous study was about a man that owned 100 sheep, not a poor shepherd. This parable is about a woman who has ten drachmas (silver coins) – she is by no means a marginal, outcast, or poor woman. She’s not only relatively well-off, she has a house. Luke 15 confirms what we know from other sources: women in Judea have access to their own funds – they are hardly the poorest of the poor. All four Gospels, in various ways, describe interactions Yeshua, the Jewish Jesus, had with women. So, a parable about a woman would have appealed to his female followers. Continue reading at - https://mailchi.mp/5d167f8aef1f/the-parable-of-the-lost-coin

The Parable of the Lost Sheep

“Which person among you,

having a hundred sheep and losing one out of them . . .”

Let me put his words in a 21^st century American context:

“Which person among you, having a million dollars . . .”

Most of people reading either Yeshua’s words or mine would have answered: “Not I.” People back then and today would be impressed by two things – being asked if they are that wealthy and thinking they would lose part of it.

In Yeshua’s world, a peasant might own five sheep, so noticing that only four were grazing on a hillside would be easy. However, one sheep missing from a flock of a hundred sheep would be easy to overlook. But this owner did notice it and immediately took whatever steps were needed to make the flock whole again. Continue reading at -

https://mailchi.mp/4d21675b1356/the-parable-of-the-lost-sheep

Ending the cycles of chaos that are destroying our society.

Back in 2008 the American public was blindsided by the Great Recession. Guess what? We have been blindsided again. I call these “blindside events” - “cycles of chaos.”

Chaos is a state of extreme confusion and disorder.

Putting a dozen dogs and a dozen cats in the same room, or a dozen Republicans and a dozen Democrats on the same committee, would probably lead to utter chaos. So what can we, the people whose lives are directly affected, do to end or weaken the cycles of chaos? Continue reading at -

https://mailchi.mp/92339fb2487c/ending-the-cycles-of-chaos-that-are-destroying-our-society

Reconnecting Americans through Their Biblical Heritages

What is your philosophy of life? You may not be able to explain it, but you have one. Your life experiences have produced beliefs about who and what you are, beliefs about how to have different types of relationships (with your spouse/partner, children, extended family, circles of friends and strangers), beliefs about how you spend your time, beliefs about what you value and what you don’t, and beliefs that are the standards you use to judge your actions and the actions of others. You may not be able to clearly and concisely communicate them, but “you feel them” every day.

A primary source of many American beliefs is Christianity. Today, however, when people hear the word “Christianity,” they think about God, Jesus, afterlife and conflicts. Christianity, as a religion, has served America in another very important way. Continue reading at -

https://mailchi.mp/b4f5c2002ee8/reconnecting-americans-through-their-biblical-heritages