Not Knowing the Half of It: Confessions of a Wandering Jew 1 Not Knowing the Half of It: Confessions of a Wandering Jew Not Knowing the Half of It: Confessions of a Wandering Jew 2 The Incarnation Not Knowing the Half of It: Confessions of a Wandering Jew 3 Christs birth was no accident... Clear and detailed prophecies More than 300 prophesies Written over a 1,000 year span Written by more than 30 authors Not Knowing the Half of It: Confessions of a Wandering Jew 4 Messianic Prophesies... His pre-existence His ancestry His birth His character Not Knowing the Half of It: Confessions of a Wandering Jew 5 Messianic Prophecies... His ministry His dual nature His death His resurrection Not Knowing the Half of It: Confessions of a Wandering Jew 6 "To suggest that mere men maneuvered and manipulated to make the myriad of events surrounding the birth of Christ fit the Old Testament pattern is ludicrous. Far easier would it be to disassemble a complex watch, throw the dismembered parts into a running clothes dryer and believe that in due course, given enough time, the watch would be whole, running on time to the very second." -Marv Rosenthal Not Knowing the Half of It: Confessions of a Wandering Jew 7 Conflict in Sexuality Not Knowing the Half of It: Confessions of a Wandering Jew 8 An Ex-gay Ministry??!! First... Then... Not Knowing the Half of It: Confessions of a Wandering Jew 9 10 Not Knowing the Half of It: Confessions of a Wandering Jew 11 Not Knowing the Half of It: Confessions of a Wandering Jew 12 Not Knowing the Half of It: Confessions of a Wandering Jew 13 Not Knowing the Half of It: Confessions of a Wandering Jew 14 Not Knowing the Half of It: Confessions of a Wandering Jew 15 Not Knowing the Half of It: Confessions of a Wandering Jew 16 Not Knowing the Half of It: Confessions of a Wandering Jew 17 Not Knowing the Half of It: Confessions of a Wandering Jew 18 Not Knowing the Half of It: Confessions of a Wandering Jew 19 Not Knowing the Half of It: Confessions of a Wandering Jew 20 Not Knowing the Half of It: Confessions of a Wandering Jew 21 Not Knowing the Half of It: Confessions of a Wandering Jew 22 Not Knowing the Half of It: Confessions of a Wandering Jew 23 Not Knowing the Half of It: Confessions of a Wandering Jew 24 Not Knowing the Half of It: Confessions of a Wandering Jew 25 Not Knowing the Half of It: Confessions of a Wandering Jew 26 Not Knowing the Half of It: Confessions of a Wandering Jew 27 Not Knowing the Half of It: Confessions of a Wandering Jew 28 Not Knowing the Half of It: Confessions of a Wandering Jew 29 Not Knowing the Half of It: Confessions of a Wandering Jew 30 Not Knowing the Half of It: Confessions of a Wandering Jew 31 Not Knowing the Half of It: Confessions of a Wandering Jew 32 Not Knowing the Half of It: Confessions of a Wandering Jew 33 Not Knowing the Half of It: Confessions of a Wandering Jew 34 Not Knowing the Half of It: Confessions of a Wandering Jew 35 Not Knowing the Half of It: Confessions of a Wandering Jew 36 Not Knowing the Half of It: Confessions of a Wandering Jew 37 Without integration... 1.Repression and denial 2.Leave the Church 3.Anything goes theology Not Knowing the Half of It: Confessions of a Wandering Jew 38 Daniel 12: 2-3 Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake: some to everlasting life, others to shame and everlasting contempt. Those who are wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars for ever and ever. -Daniel 12:2-3 Not Knowing the Half of It: Confessions of a Wandering Jew 39 Safe though all safetys lost, Safe where men fall; And if these poor limbs die, Safest of all. Safety by Rupert Brooke Not Knowing the Half of It: Confessions of a Wandering Jew 40 What did I learn? Ex-gay Ministries Interpretation of Scripture Old Testament (Lev 19:18) 1.What HARM to neighbor was this command intended to PREVENT? 2.What GOOD to neighbor was this command intended to PROMOTE? Not Knowing the Half of It: Confessions of a Wandering Jew 41 What did I learn? New Testament Wooden/literal applications Bible and Science