Hebrew Voices #214 – A Bridge Between Worlds: Part 2

Hebrew Voices #214 – A Bridge Between Worlds: Part 2

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Nehemia: What we all have experienced, I think, in religion, which is the narcissism of small differences. But what it really means is the closer we are to each other, the more the small things get emphasized. If an alien were to come from another planet and hear about the difference between different Christian denominations, “These are all the same thing. What are you guys talking about? Like, what?”

Alright. Shalom and welcome to Hebrew Voices! I’m here with Digital Pastor Jim. Shalom, Jim. How are you doing?

Jim: Shalomie, my homie. How are you?

Nehemia: Pretty good.

I want to go back to… and I guess you kind of answered it, but I know there’s people who are listening to this who are saying, “Because Pastor Jim calls himself a pastor and uses the word church, even though he does everything else I do,” and I’m not talking about me, there’s people who are listening to this who will say, “I agree with everything he’s saying, but if you use the word church and Christian, we’re done.” Well, what would your response be to that? I call that… and I hope nobody’s offended. I’m not going to say it because it’ll offend someone. I’ll say it anyway.

Jim: Go ahead.

Nehemia: So, there’s a certain amount of people who… let me speak about myself. I had what’s called the ex-smoker syndrome. I don’t know if you’ve been around ex-smokers.

Jim: Yeah.