Teachings

Spiritual Warfare - Ephesians 6:12 and Luke 11:14-26, Why is it that the Casting out of Demons may result in Seven Other Spirits Coming to Inhabit the House?

Absalom: God's First Choice As King? - The Consequences of Rape, The Mosaic Law, The Murder of Amnon, The Anger of King David, The Lack of Reconciliation, The Root of Bitterness, The Rebellion of Absalom, The Inability to Hear God, The Death of Absalom

Luke's Theology of the Holy Spirit - From Luke 1:1 through Acts 28:31, Luke uses the same Greek word for the empowerment or cloaking or mantle of the Holy Spirit, yet our Christian theology ascribes very different meanings to many of his usages, including Acts 2:4, a/k/a/ The Birth of The Church.

Ecclesiology - Purpose and Meaning of the Church vs. What has Developed over the past 20 Centuries

Apostles and Prophets - A Historical Look at the Fivefold Ministry - How was the word "prophet" and "apostle" used in the First Century, and how might it be radically different than the usages of today

Second Temple Judaism - Zadokite Priesthood, The Books of Enoch, The Essenes, The Beginnings of Christian Theology, The Wisdom Books, The Pharisees, The Beginnings of Rabbinical Judaism, Rabbi Akiba, Simon Bar Kohkba (the Jewish Messiah), and War for Supremacy with the Messianic Jews (500 b.c.e. through 135 c.e.)

The Parables of Jesus - In this study, we will examine the parables of Luke 15, 16 and the first part of 17. The focus of this study will be the forgiveness of those who have sinned against community standards. The contextual timeline is of a time of colonial style rule and the national (Jewish) identity was at stake. The people were dividing along ideological lines and new groups were forming regularly.