Tuesday, October 12, 2010
What does it mean to be saved and what are we being saved from?
Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12
Sunday, September 19, 2010
What is the Jewish Law and is it valid for Christians today
What is Halakhah?
Judaism is not just a set of beliefs about G-d, man and the universe. Judaism is a comprehensive way of life, filled with rules and practices that affect every aspect of life: what you do when you wake up in the morning, what you can and cannot eat, what you can and cannot wear, how to groom yourself, how to conduct business, who you can marry, how to observe the holidays and Shabbat, and perhaps most important, how to treat G-d, other people, and animals. This set of rules and practices is known as halakhah.
Intro
I chose as the first topic The Jewish Law because there is so much more than a purely spiritual story here, there is also a historical, political and legal one as well. I believe that The Law is one of the least understood aspects of Christian tradition and parallels powerfully many of the political debates that are at the core of American and global culture today.
This can very easily be classified as a multi tiered subject that leads directly to Jesus and the time in which he lived. With this comes subjects like colonialism, grace and it's relationship to freedom, the importance of moral accountability and whether we wish to be governed or self governed. In the end the most important question might be, can we be immoral and still be free or to put it another way, is it possible to be good without God!
Judaism is not just a set of beliefs about G-d, man and the universe. Judaism is a comprehensive way of life, filled with rules and practices that affect every aspect of life: what you do when you wake up in the morning, what you can and cannot eat, what you can and cannot wear, how to groom yourself, how to conduct business, who you can marry, how to observe the holidays and Shabbat, and perhaps most important, how to treat G-d, other people, and animals. This set of rules and practices is known as halakhah.
Intro
I chose as the first topic The Jewish Law because there is so much more than a purely spiritual story here, there is also a historical, political and legal one as well. I believe that The Law is one of the least understood aspects of Christian tradition and parallels powerfully many of the political debates that are at the core of American and global culture today.
This can very easily be classified as a multi tiered subject that leads directly to Jesus and the time in which he lived. With this comes subjects like colonialism, grace and it's relationship to freedom, the importance of moral accountability and whether we wish to be governed or self governed. In the end the most important question might be, can we be immoral and still be free or to put it another way, is it possible to be good without God!
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