Yeshua Matters: Putting the Jewish Rabbi Back at the Center of Christianity

Are you a spiritual person? A mature Christian? The apostles do not think that you are unless you have mastered the basic principles of the oracles of God. In Elementary Principles, D. Thomas Lancaster takes readers back to first-century Messianic Judaism to explore what he calls an apostolic catechism,"" the foundational basics of discipleship to Jesus of Nazareth. Think you know it all already? Get ready to rethink your religion. This book of basics"" challenges common Christian assumptions while laying out clear, biblical definitions for all followers of Jesus. We see depictions of him in movies, paintings, and stained-glass windows. We hear about him from the pulpit and the stage. We read about him in the Gospels. As his disciples, we follow him; we revere him; we glorify him. But how well do we really know him? Monks, imams, gurus, priests, and pastors of all kinds have tried to define him. But how does he define himself? What if the Jesus of history doesnt look like the Jesus were trying to follow? What if were wrongnot about Jesus theological identity, but about his priorities? His politics? His mission? His message? What if were wrong about Jesus religion? If the author is correct, then the root of modern Christianitys maladies is not disconnection between generations, conflict over worship styles, doctrinal differences, or a failure to keep up with cultural trends, but is instead a failure to apprehend and embrace the historical figure of Jesus. What would change if the church were to rediscover that at the very center of its faith stands a practitioner of Judaism? What would change if the Christian world were to rally around a risen Rabbi? What would change if we all realized that Jesus Jewishness changes everythingthat Yeshua matters?