Quite a few synagogues today have a replica of the Ten Commandments prominently featured, mounted above the "bema", in a place on the platform just about where you'd see a cross, if you were in a Church instead. One problem a lot of Jews have with Christianity is that they think Christians have thrown out the Law and the Ten Commandments because they now believe in Jesus. Problem is, a lot of churches actually HAVE.
Then again a lot of synagogues have too, because despite their prominent display of the Decalogue, they treat it as a relic of history; as witnessed by the new head of the Central Conference of American Rabbis, (i.e. Reform Judaism), who is an openly homosexual woman. The Reform Jewish prayer book is also being changed to accommodate gay marriage. Leviticus 18:22 says: "A man shall not lie with a man as with a woman; It is an abomination." But most Orthodox Jews (and they are a minority), still take the Law seriously, and they think evangelical Christians (and the other branches of Judaism) do NOT.
Are they right? So then, what place should the Law hold in the lives of New Testament Christians?
St. Paul (formerly Rabbi Saul of Tarsus) was an expert in knowing about this Law, and he explains its use in Romans chapter 2, to those who knew it in its "Jewish" codified form; as well as to the GENTILES, who never heard of that Law in its written, codified form, but who nonetheless had the basics of that Law "written in their hearts".
Tune in and take notes! Your host, Rev. Rick Anderson on "Jewish Roots", each Thursday at 9:30 pm, EST.
Hear the broadcast: it's the 9th broadcast down in the broadcast queue, at: www.blogtalkradio.com/fougcrew
Then again a lot of synagogues have too, because despite their prominent display of the Decalogue, they treat it as a relic of history; as witnessed by the new head of the Central Conference of American Rabbis, (i.e. Reform Judaism), who is an openly homosexual woman. The Reform Jewish prayer book is also being changed to accommodate gay marriage. Leviticus 18:22 says: "A man shall not lie with a man as with a woman; It is an abomination." But most Orthodox Jews (and they are a minority), still take the Law seriously, and they think evangelical Christians (and the other branches of Judaism) do NOT.
Are they right? So then, what place should the Law hold in the lives of New Testament Christians?
St. Paul (formerly Rabbi Saul of Tarsus) was an expert in knowing about this Law, and he explains its use in Romans chapter 2, to those who knew it in its "Jewish" codified form; as well as to the GENTILES, who never heard of that Law in its written, codified form, but who nonetheless had the basics of that Law "written in their hearts".
Tune in and take notes! Your host, Rev. Rick Anderson on "Jewish Roots", each Thursday at 9:30 pm, EST.
Hear the broadcast: it's the 9th broadcast down in the broadcast queue, at: www.blogtalkradio.com/fougcrew
