Watch Rabbi Jeffrey Leynor and Jim Myers discuss their journey.

Rabbi Jeffrey Leynor and former pastor Jim Myers have been on a journey together for over a quarter of a century now. They talked about how two guys with mutually exclusive monotheistic belief systems brought transparency to their discussions learned to cooperate instead of argue about their belief conflicts. Watch their entertaining and informative discussion at https://www.facebook.com/100011127369862/videos/710682599312646/?l=5085125354997611633

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Why did they lay their coats at Saul's feet?

The witnesses, laying their coats at the feet of Saul, were the men that would cast the first stones at Stephen in Acts 7. Why did they all lay their coats at Saul’s feet? The Talmud contains a very interesting account of the act of stoning that may provide the answer. “When the trial was over, they take him [the condemned person] out to be stoned. The place of stoning was at a distance from the court, as it is said, ‘Take out the one who has cursed.’ [i] A man stands at the entrance of the court; in his hand is a signaling flag [Hebrew sudarin = sudar , ‘scarf, sweater’]. A horseman was stationed far away but within sight of him. If one [of the judges] says, ‘I have something [more] to say in his favor,’ he [the signaler] waves the sudarin , and the horseman runs and stops them [from stoning him]. Even if [the condemned person] himself says, ‘I have something to say in my favor,’ they bring him back, even four of five times, only provided that there is some substance to...

What Walking With God and His Kingdom Means

I introduced the Story of TESHUVAH (Ezekiel 18) in my last email . I pointed out that TESHUVAH is usually translated “ repentance .” TESHUVAH is one of those important Hebrew words that do not have an English word with the same meaning. Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz wrote a book called Teshuvah, in it he said, “ Teshuvah occupies a central place in Judaism and has many facets. As individuals differ from one another, so too do their modes of teshuvah, in both motive and form of expression .” Based on an individual’s relationship with God, TESHUVAH has two different meanings. 1. TESHUVAH means “ Return! ” for people that have been in a conscious relationship with the Creator of the Heavens and the Earth in the Jewish culture. 2. TESHUVAH means “ Turn Around! ” for people who have not been in a conscious relationship with the Creator of the Heavens and the Earth in the Jewish culture. Below are ideas related to the meanings above. 1. There ...

Human Lives are Valued more than Religious Institutions and Rituals

Human lives are valued more than religious institutions and rituals by the unnamed god in the first account in Genesis . That message is repeated throughout the Hebrew Scriptures and the teachings of Jesus in the Synoptic Gospels. Read the complete short articles at - https://mailchi.mp/2116c809b552/human-lives-are-valued-more-than-religious-institutions-and-rituals

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