That the World May Know — Volume 6: In the Dust of the Rabbi
During his ministry in Israel, Jesus called and trained disciples, His "talmidim." Their job would eventually be to bring His message of redemption to all the nations, Jew and Gentile. What would happen when they began to make disciples of their own and the gospel began to spread to a Greek and Roman world, to cultures completely unfamiliar with the God of the Jews? Follow the rabbi through Israel and Turkey as you explore what it meant to be the message of Jesus to all nations.
To a Jew in the first century, to follow a rabbi was to be enveloped in the dust of his feet. When Jesus summoned his disciples, it implied they would begin this process of becoming like him by following closely in his footsteps. Journey th…
Jesus devoted much of his ministry to the Jewish people, sharing the message of God’s kingdom with them. However, his deeper hope was that his Jewish disciples would carry this message to the Gentiles, those who had not yet acknowledged the…
As the early followers of the gospel extended their message to the Gentile world, they soon encountered a profound sense of alienation. Their faith positioned them as fundamentally at odds with prevailing societal norms. How could they arti…
When pressed regarding his teachings, Paul informs the Athenians that the singular God "does not dwell in temples constructed by human hands" (Acts 17:24). It is unsurprising, then, that those seeking to understand Jesus within the Greco-Ro…
From the dawn of civilization, humanity sought guidance and wisdom from the divine. The city of Didyma, located in present-day Turkey, stood as one of three principal oracular sites, destinations for those seeking counsel and glimpses into …
