Articles, Research, Thoughts
of Ross NicholsNew Series – Prophets & Prophecy
I am excited to announce a new series, beginning January 6th, 2018, called Prophets and Prophecy. The classes will be live-streamed every Saturday morning at 10:30 AM CST from the United Israel Facebook Page. We will discuss not only the origin of, and reason for...
read moreTransforming the World: Evangelism from the Hebrew Bible
This is a video lecture from a United Israel World Union conference. The title of the class is, How the Evangelistic Message of the Hebrew Bible Can Transform the World. Most people associate "evangelism" with Christianity and the New Testament, but in this class, a...
read moreRemembering a Giant – Frank Moore Cross
On this day in 2012, Frank Moore Cross, the distinguished Bible Scholar breathed his last and was gathered to his people at 91 years of age. Professor Cross was considered one of the great Bible scholars of our time. He is probably most known for his work on the Dead...
read morePaul and Jesus, How the Apostle Transformed Christianity by James D. Tabor
In November 2012, the author of The Jesus Dynasty once again released a book that challenged our thinking when it comes to Christian Origins. In his latest work, published by Simon and Schuster, James D. Tabor turns his academic attention to a thorough investigation...
read moreShattering the Conspiracy of Silence
Nehemia Gordon’s book, Shattering the Conspiracy of Silence is fact-filled and engaging. I could hardly put it down once I started it. The book is written in a very inviting and personal manner, carrying the reader along for the discovery of a lifetime. The book...
read moreChrist and Christian – It’s All Greek To Me
The word Christian occurs 3 times in the New Testament (Acts 11:26, Acts 26:28 and I Peter 4:16). It comes from the Greek khris-tee-an-os, which in turn comes from khris-tos and means “anointed.” So Khrist-tos, or Christ originally meant the Anointed One and a...
read moreWas Christ our Passover?
On a positive note, more and more Christians are searching Scripture in an effort to orient themselves towards a more Hebraic understanding. Non-Jews are celebrating biblical festivals, taking up dietary rules prescribed in the Torah, abandoning their previously...
read moreA Drunkard and Glutton – Jesus and the Dead Sea Scrolls
In March of 2016, three-time Emmy winner for Outstanding Investigative Journalism, director, producer, and New York Times Best-selling author, Simcha Jacobovici, stirred the religious community when he suggested that a Dead Sea Scroll fragment (4Q541) might be...
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