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In this study you will discover the Gospel message by answering important questions.   "What is my current relationship with God?" and "How can I know my sins are forgiven?"   L.I.F.E. Groups Bibles Studies challenge people to glorify God by "Growing God's Way" in life by being Bible-driven.   To see other studies available in this series go to the Resource page above.    This is the first booklet in the Beginning Series.  The Beginning Series is designed to introduce you to Christianity.  The Growing Series is the next set of booklets and is designed to help you grow in your Christian walk. To order in booklet form or request a pdf file with better formatting please send me an e-mail. Grace! Do You Know God - LIFE Groups studies, Beginning Series by timrichmondnyc

A Jewish Rabbi in our neighborhood is passing out DVD's of a debate between himself and a Christian teacher (who will remain nameless).   In the video,   Rabbi Mizrachi boasts of asking numerous Christian leaders and pastors why there are two separate accounts of the family tree of Jesus and has never been given an answer.   Two things surprised me about this.   First, he didn't say no one gave him a good answer, he said no one has even given an answer.   I found that hard to believe.   Second, the Christian teacher he was debating did not give him an answer.   That was a bit troubling. Since then, a few other people asked me the same question, and two of them had watched the video.   So, I'd like to offer a brief answer.   If you want to get into more detail (and survey the of related questions in the minutia) you can review the reading material below. Let me state the question simply.   Why are the family trees given by Luke and Matthew different? Quick answer-M

Future Israel - Why Christian Anti-Judaism Must be Challenged By Barry E. Horner Readability 4 Spiritual challenge 6 Doctrinal Agreeability 9 This topic (and book) was brought to me by an unbelieving Jewish man who started studying the New Testament (NT) because he has observed anti-Semitism historically in Christianity and wanted to see for himself if the source was the NT, or an improper interpretation of the New Testament. So, up front, I want to challenge my friend that Jesus and the majority of the NT writers are Jewish, and their writings are not anti-Semitic.   And Horner does  great job showing that through appealing to OT and NT sources.  Another reason this topic is of considerable interest to me is the number of my friends that are becoming more Reformed in areas beyond Soteriology to a Reformed Eschatology and Ecclesiology.      In Future Israel Horner traces a correlation between anti-Semitism in history and a Reformed Ecclesiology and Eschatology.   His prem