I appreciate what you wrote, or at least most of it. It is well thought out and is real food for thought.
Except the absurd statement about Donald Trump. How any Christian could even think of supporting a confused, sadistic old man who has been convicted of 34(!) felonies because he covered...
Jesus was not a Pharisee. In fact, He disputed their teachings many times. He called them a brood of vipers and accused them of being hypocrites who "clean the outside of the cup" only.
Where did you get the idea that He was a Pharisee?
Do you really think that I will waste my time discussing anything with you? I only discuss things with people whom I respect. Clearly. That leaves you out.
You don't live???
The New Testament does much, much more than instruct me how to live!
It is the story of The Jewish Messiah who died as a penalty for all sin. By accepting His sacrifice as the punishment I deserve, He has literally bcome my Savior and I thereby have eternal life.
And that's...
One additional thing I want to point out...
A person's ethnicity isn't worth a damn. The Jews are NOT "God's chosen people". That is total nonsense. "For this is the way God loved the world: He gave His one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal...
Sure.
I was born a Jew and raised in a (reformed) Jewish home. I had a very unhappy childhood, due primarily to an overbearing, selfish father. I prayed often to God to change the situation, but nothing ever happened. I was Bar Mitzvah at age 13, and thought that then God would intervene...
a) Correct. So, what's your point?
b) I am Jew and I find the NT to be God's ultimate written message to humanity.
1) Are you boasting about Jews having a closed mind???
2) Almost all the New Testament was written by Jews.
3) Yeshua HAMASHIACH (When He was on Earth) was a Jew.
4) ALL...
Try reading this: "“Do not judge so that you will not be judged. For by the standard you judge you will be judged, and the measure you use will be the measure you receive. Why do you see the speck in your brother’s eye, but fail to see the beam of wood in your own? Or how can you say to your...