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1. Between the pursuit of authenticity and dogmatism Between the pursuit of authenticity and dogmatism

In this article I want to:

• establish the fact that authenticity is not necessarily of great importance to all people. This is important for us who seek the authentic understanding of God the correct meaning of Scripture.
• One extreme is to use what we discover in our pursuit of authenticity as a way to legitimize dogmatism - the tyrannical imposition of “truth” in a way that demonizes others. We can expose without demonizing. When we present what we discover in our pursuit of authenticity, those who are meant to “get it” will get it. Some (many) will not. We need to accept this and not resort to a new form of sectarianism.
• We need to discover meaningful ways to restore authenticity without dogmatism. We are responsible for this, not our opponents and traditionalists. We might fail or succeed but it's on us to give shape and form to what “better”, “more Biblical” and “more normal” Christianity looks like as reflected in our way of thinking, speaking and living our lives.

1. Christian Hebraism - the Forgotten Reformation

Hebrew was the language of the Bible and the New Testament. Not Greek, not Aramaic, not Latin. This is of paramount importance. Why? Because we can't believe in a God who equates himself with THE WORD while we ignore what words and languages mean or don't mean.

A return to Hebrew was a major trait of the Reformation of the Middle Ages. But this has been purposely hidden or forgotten by Christians today.

Restoring the Jewishness of the faith in our liturgy might only be relevant to those of Jewish origin.

But to most non-Jews this might seem like an irrelevant, secondary and even petty issue.

Hebraism deals with the core issues of faith: what do words mean (and don't mean), what was their original meaning when transmitted initially and how this relates to us today.

- Brief history of Christian Hebraism

- The legacy of Christian Hebraism

- Practical examples of big ticket corrections most if not all scholars agree on

- the issue of translations

- The Gospels and the NT in Hebrew - a game changer

1. Linguistic, liturgical and spiritual tensions
2. The Contemporary Messianic Movement - who is it for
3. The national religious landscape and the restoration of Biblical truth in the context of Christian Hebraism