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  The language of Jesus was the Hebrew language in the scroll Ezra carried to Jerusalem in 458 BCE. The scribal schools at the Temple in Jerusalem were around until 70 CE when the Romans destroyed the Temple. And soon after that this form of Hebrew was lost to the followers of Jesus. Continue reading at - https://mailchi.mp/2b2d20b82f2b/a-list-thinking-lesson-from-jesus

  You are going to discover what the reader from the ancient world would know immediately, while at the same time knowing that it is totally oblivious to most modern readers. Get ready for an exciting and very important exploration! Continue reading at - https://mailchi.mp/70d26bdc76c7/why-did-the-creator-rest-on-day-seven

  Why is the “ Creator ” in the Declaration of Independence ? We can’t pretend to understand, “ We hold these truths to be self-evident . . .,” until we answer the first question. In the very first sentence of the Declaration , the colonists describe themselves as founding a country that would take its “ separate and equal ” place on the world’s stage. Continue reading at: https://mailchi.mp/6b9fa539509f/why-is-the-creator-in-the-declaration-of-independence

  So popular was the Hebrew Language in the late 16th and early 17th centuries that several students at Yale delivered their commencement orations in Hebrew . Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Brown, Princeton, Johns Hopkins, and the University of Pennsylvania taught courses in Hebrew - all the more remarkable because no university in England at the time offered it . Many of the Founding Fathers of America were products of these American Universities. Continue reading at - https://mailchi.mp/d1a5da9e4ae2/the-story-of-the-hebrew-scriptures-in-the-american-colonies

  Before the 4 th century CE it is misleading to refer to Christian "heresy" because there was no dominant orthodoxy before this time. It is also misleading to use the terms apocryphal and canonical because the New Testament canon was not closed until the 4 th century at the earliest. This means that for almost 300 years there were many different and conflicting belief systems with Jesus as the central character. Why did that happen? The answer is in neuroscience not history books. Continue reading at - https://mailchi.mp/9308b8a7d769/this-is-how-christians-canbecome-a-unifying-force-for-good

  Categorizing people by race runs contrary to science, the Bible, and the worldview of many indigenous peoples. Many indigenous peoples oftentimes say, ‘Well, we’re not a race, we’re a nation.” Continue reading at – https://mailchi.mp/34b5354620e5/exploring-dna-race-and-racism