I have become completely convinced that unless we have a firm grasp of our Hebrew heritage and a comprehensive understanding of Jewish and Near East culture we will never have good theology. Our understanding of scripture must build upon the foundation that God laid out in the Torah, not in spite of it. Our understanding must grow out of our Hebrew roots, not sepeate from them. If we are to be wholeistic followers of Jesus (our Jewish Rabbi) then we must learn to be more like Him in our thinking; meaning we should think less like Westerners and more like someone from the ancient Near East.

Thoughts?