Walking in the Dust of Rabbi Jesus: How the Jewish Words of Jesus Can Change Your Life
In this ebook download of Walking in the Dust of Rabbi Jesus, Lois Tverberg challenges readers to follow their Rabbi more closely by reexamining his words in the light of their Jewish context. Doing so will provide a richer, deeper understanding of his ministry, compelling us to live differently, to become more Christ-like. We'll begin to understand why his first Jewish disciples abandoned everything to follow him, to live out his commands.
Our modern society, with its individualism and materialism, is very different than the tight-knit, family-oriented setting Jesus lived and taught in. What wisdom can we glean from his Eastern, biblical attitude toward life? How can knowing Jesus within this context shed light on his teachings for us today?
In Walking in the Dust of Rabbi Jesus we'll journey back in time to eavesdrop on the conversations that arose among the rabbis of Jesus' day, and consider how hearing Rabbi Jesus with the ears of a first-century disciple can bring new meaning to our faith. And we'll listen to Jewish thinkers through the ages, discovering how ideas that germinated in Jesus' time have borne fruit. Doing so will yield fresh, practical insights for following our Rabbi's teachings from a Jewish point of view.
Top Highlights
“Hebrew verbs stress action and effect rather than just mental activity.” (source)
“Understanding a few Jewish idioms can unlock Jesus’ strange saying about what kind of ‘eye’ we should have:” (source)
“But Paul’s Gentile church at Corinth had experienced the same outpouring, yet it struggled with immaturity, division, and sexual immorality. Why the difference? As wonderful as it was that the Corinthians found Christ, most had come out of a pagan reality, and their lives had not been saturated by the Scriptures that Jesus read, our Old Testament. They lacked the Torah’s training in moral laws that Christ built upon.” (source)
“Sometimes I wonder if too many of us assume that ‘The Feeling’ is the whole point of worship—worse, that it’s the whole point of Christianity,’ McLaren comments. He imagines God as asking, ‘If you never felt ‘The Feeling’ again, would you keep worshiping me anyway—for me, and not just for the feeling?’” (source)
“Being frugal is when we deny ourselves something in order to save money. But when we deny others what is due them, by underpaying workers or giving miserly tips, or even bargaining excessively, then we are selfishly saving at others’ expense.” (source)
Product Details
- Title : Walking in the Dust of Rabbi Jesus: How the Jewish Words of Jesus Can Change Your Life
- Authors:
- Tverberg, Lois
- Laan, Ray Vander
- Publisher: Zondervan
- Publication Date: 2012
- ISBN: 9780310412205
