Can you give me some basic guidelines for interpreting Scripture?
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What is your opinion with the various calendar issues which can seem to divide the Messianic community?
Does the Torah actually teach that by keeping its commandments, a person can earn eternal life?
Is it not true that the idea of an intermediate afterlife in Heaven or Hell is predicated on dualism? Is it not true that dualism was a philosophical view that originated with the Greeks, and not with Scripture?
What is your position on the Book of Jashar? I have seen that some Messianic people consider it to be legitimate, perhaps even Scripture. This disturbs me.
I am encountering many progressive Christians and Jews who support abortion. This is very confusing to me. I need some better answers to their statements about human life.
I am a non-Jewish Believer, and I have encountered some Messianic Jews who consider me as some sort of “God-fearer” in their midst. What is this supposed to mean? Even with our natural differences and distinctions, I thought we were supposed to emphasize one another as fellow brothers and sisters.
What is “the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees” which Yeshua warned about? Are the numbers twelve supposed to relate to the Twelve Tribes of Israel, and seven to relate to the seven laws of Noah? How am I supposed to approach this?
Do you believe that the New Testament was originally written in Hebrew? It seems that many within today’s Messianic movement believe the New Testament was written in Hebrew, but they lack substantial proof for this.
I have heard that there is some kind of controversy concerning the genealogical lists of Genesis 5 and 11. Can you explain this?
