Author Archives: yourphariseefriend

To family and friends, It seems that we are in a kind of “day of reckoning”: right now, with people making firm decisions about their lives and lifestyles, and then pronouncing such changes and affirmations openly. I feel it is … Continue reading →

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Biblical Offerings versus Christian Doctrine Christianity contends that the crucifixion of Jesus represents the culmination of the offerings described in the Jewish Bible. It is claimed that Jesus is the…

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Day of Judgment ? Rosh Hashana, the first day of the seventh month, is known as “Yom HaDin” – “The Day of Judgment”. We have received that on this day…

Why I Left Jesus – by Concerned Reader Annelise, as you have noted, (and I tend to agree,) we seem to be tied by strong conviction and knowledge to our own experiences as communities and individuals. We can only see … Continue reading →

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What Would It Take? ? Belief systems generally provide their adherents with a complete world-view. Followers of various belief systems tend to look at the world in a way that…

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Third Response to Dalton Lifsey http://thecontroversyofzion.com/2012/02/my-second-response-to-yisroel-blumenthal-the-judicial-hardening-of-israel/ Dalton Thanks for your response. I appreciate the opportunity you give me to articulate my position yet again. As I said in my original…

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Without Preconceived Notions In one of my articles (entitled Messianic Expectation https://yourphariseefriend.wordpress.com/2010/08/31/the-messianic-expectation/  ) I wrote: “When we read the scripture without any preconceived notions about the Messiah, when we read…

To those Christians who find it outrageous to consider that the Jewish people have a special understanding of Torah, One of you, David I believe, misrepresented the Jewish position on this matter. He made the Jewish position out to be … Continue reading →

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IV. 5. Objection 5.15 Brown presents an objection to Christianity: “When Jesus failed to fulfill the prophecies, his followers invented the myth of his substitutionary death, his resurrection, and finally…

4 Reasons Christians come to accept Jesus so emphatically, can’t understand why others don’t, AND WHY ITS A PROBLEM. 1. Christians often have a “conversion experience.” Dr. Michael Brown is a perfect example. He says he was an addict and … Continue reading →