http://www.derekleman.com/musings Messianic Jewish Theology and Biblical Reflection. Comments: ancientbible@gmail.com Fri, 17 May 2013 12:47:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.derekleman.com/musings/the-outer-circle-around-yeshua/ http://www.derekleman.com/musings/the-outer-circle-around-yeshua/#comments Mon, 28 Feb 2011 14:48:15 +0000 Derek Leman http://derek4messiah.wordpress.com/?p=3601 . . . but for those outside everything is in parables. These are Yeshua’s words in Mark 4:11. But most of us do not believe him. We see all around us religious empires built on the simplistic understanding of “those...]]> http://www.derekleman.com/musings/the-outer-circle-around-yeshua/feed/ 11 http://www.derekleman.com/musings/podcast-gospel-knowledge-yeshua-in-context/ http://www.derekleman.com/musings/podcast-gospel-knowledge-yeshua-in-context/#comments Fri, 25 Feb 2011 20:36:13 +0000 Derek Leman http://derek4messiah.wordpress.com/?p=3597 I start with some thoughts about principles for a more accurate reading experience in the gospels. Then I share some (not all) of the questions from a]]> http://www.derekleman.com/musings/podcast-gospel-knowledge-yeshua-in-context/feed/ 0 http://www.derekleman.com/musings/exam-the-gospel-proficiency-test/ http://www.derekleman.com/musings/exam-the-gospel-proficiency-test/#comments Fri, 25 Feb 2011 15:33:46 +0000 Derek Leman http://derek4messiah.wordpress.com/?p=3593 How well would you do in a test of your knowledge of the gospels in English? No tricks. No requirement of knowledge of commentaries or historical dictionaries or anything. This could be a good spiritual experience for you. You can...]]> http://www.derekleman.com/musings/exam-the-gospel-proficiency-test/feed/ 0 http://www.derekleman.com/musings/a-very-moving-blog-by-gene-shlomovich/ http://www.derekleman.com/musings/a-very-moving-blog-by-gene-shlomovich/#comments Fri, 25 Feb 2011 12:58:17 +0000 Derek Leman http://derek4messiah.wordpress.com/?p=3591 On baseless hatred as the cause for the Second Temple’s destruction and relating it all to Yeshua’s suffering. http://dailyminyan.wordpress.com/2011/02/25/why-was-the-second-temple-destroyed/]]> http://www.derekleman.com/musings/a-very-moving-blog-by-gene-shlomovich/feed/ 0 http://www.derekleman.com/musings/passover-last-supper-crucifixion-2011-notes-part-2/ http://www.derekleman.com/musings/passover-last-supper-crucifixion-2011-notes-part-2/#comments Thu, 24 Feb 2011 14:34:41 +0000 Derek Leman http://derek4messiah.wordpress.com/?p=3586 In Part 1, we talked about the discrepancy between Mark and John regarding the day on which Yeshua was crucified and whether the Last Supper was a Passover Seder or not. I will explain this again briefly below a different...]]> http://www.derekleman.com/musings/passover-last-supper-crucifixion-2011-notes-part-2/feed/ 17 http://www.derekleman.com/musings/18-things-to-love-about-passover/ http://www.derekleman.com/musings/18-things-to-love-about-passover/#comments Wed, 23 Feb 2011 15:01:18 +0000 Derek Leman http://derek4messiah.wordpress.com/?p=3583 If you’ve had a boring Passover before, I’m sorry. There’s lots to love. And even if you are not the leader of the Seder, there are plenty of things to do to make the whole Passover season fun and rewarding....]]> http://www.derekleman.com/musings/18-things-to-love-about-passover/feed/ 6 http://www.derekleman.com/musings/two-articles-of-note-on-yeshua-in-context/ http://www.derekleman.com/musings/two-articles-of-note-on-yeshua-in-context/#comments Wed, 23 Feb 2011 12:13:41 +0000 Derek Leman http://derek4messiah.wordpress.com/?p=3581 Close reading is a lost art. Maybe it has something to do with the skimming we routinely practice reading way to many articles on the internet. “John 14:31, Why Close Reading Helps.” As part of my research into the Passover...]]> http://www.derekleman.com/musings/two-articles-of-note-on-yeshua-in-context/feed/ 0 http://www.derekleman.com/musings/the-dilemma-of-writers-in-the-age-of-free/ http://www.derekleman.com/musings/the-dilemma-of-writers-in-the-age-of-free/#comments Wed, 23 Feb 2011 12:10:40 +0000 Derek Leman http://derek4messiah.wordpress.com/?p=3579 Ah, yes. There was a time when perhaps a guy like me could have made a regular income at writing articles. My wife and I are reading a book about country living in which a couple in the 80′s moved...]]> http://www.derekleman.com/musings/the-dilemma-of-writers-in-the-age-of-free/feed/ 2 http://www.derekleman.com/musings/passover-last-supper-crucifixion-2011-notes-part-1/ http://www.derekleman.com/musings/passover-last-supper-crucifixion-2011-notes-part-1/#comments Tue, 22 Feb 2011 15:36:57 +0000 Derek Leman http://derek4messiah.wordpress.com/?p=3576 I know this post will disturb some good people and for good reason. I have the unenviable task of introducing a topic that calls into question many people’s view of the Bible, and specifically the gospels, as a unified, non-contradictory...]]> http://www.derekleman.com/musings/passover-last-supper-crucifixion-2011-notes-part-1/feed/ 20 http://www.derekleman.com/musings/path-of-the-just-mesillat-yesharim/ http://www.derekleman.com/musings/path-of-the-just-mesillat-yesharim/#comments Mon, 21 Feb 2011 13:27:59 +0000 Derek Leman http://derek4messiah.wordpress.com/?p=3573 This is not exactly a book review, though it is on the way to being one. I will do a full book review at some point. At the Society of Biblical Literature this year, I once again had the chance...]]> http://www.derekleman.com/musings/path-of-the-just-mesillat-yesharim/feed/ 0