Torah & Gospel – What is the Relationship?
Torah & Gospel – What is the Relationship? By H. Bruce Stokes, Ph.D. The Torah and the Gospel, or more commonly in Christian terminology, the Old Covenant and the New Covenant, have to be placed into proper relationship before several other issues can be resolved. For example, the relationships of Israel and the Church, of […]
Nationalism & Diaspora
NAtionalism & Diaspora By H. Bruce Stokes, Ph.D. *This chapter is from the text Rethinking Christian Institutions by H Bruce Stokes, Ph.D. The text is part of the Theology as a Behavioral Science Series by H Bruce Stokes and Nathan P. Lewis The Biblical faiths of Judaism and Christianity have always had two models of existence […]
Religious Calendars
Ancient Christian Calendar of the month of January Religious Calendars By H. Bruce Stokes, Ph.D. Time, often called the fourth dimension, is an important part of our life. In fact, we measure life in terms of time. Seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, and years are the time periods that define our lives. We compartmentalize […]
Shavuot / Weeks: Counting the Omer
Shavuot/Weeks: Counting the Omer/ Counting the Sabbaths By H. Bruce Stokes, Ph.D. Judaism and Christianity make use of liturgical religious calendars which establish certain Holy Days. While the Jewish and Christian systems are related, they are also distinct. The Jewish holy days are based on Torah commands as listed in Leviticus 23 and relate directly to the […]
Establishing A Relational Community
Establishing A Relational Community: a Theology of Community for Messianic Jews & Judeo-Christians Author’s Note This paper was presented to the 2011 Hashivenu Forum in Agoura Hills, CA On January 30, 2011 Authored by Dr. H. Bruce Stokes Abstract This paper examines the idea of Community within the Behavioral Sciences and as a concept within the […]