Truth, Tradition, or Tare: Growing in the Word (BEKY Books) (Volume 7)

Readers of the New Testament can find its treatment of tradition confusing. Many of the customs in its pages are Jewish, and therefore foreign to non-Jewish believers. Yeshua (Jesus) sometimes corrected those observing religious customs, yet at other times he said they SHOULD have observed them. Paul appears to do the same in his letters, for twice he instructs non-Jewish believers to keep the Jewish customs he passed on to them. Is there some way to determine which customs are "good" and which are "bad"? The methods used by the prophets of the Older Testament (TANAKH) as well as the writers of the Newer Testament did leave readers guidelines to divide seeds of truth from tradition, and then to separate a tradition grown from truth from a "taredition" grown from a different seed. The most important consideration in the prophets', Yeshua's, and the apostles' instructions is the sincere heart that holds justice, mercy, and faithfulness as the weightier matters of any religious custom.

• | Author: Hollisa Alewine PhD
• | Publisher: BEKY Books
• | Publication Date: November 11, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 124 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0996183973
• | ISBN-13: 9780996183970