What did Jesus mean when He told His followers to make disciples of all the nations? Did that mean that they were to "get them saved" ? Make them members of the local church? Teach them creeds and doctrines? Baptize them? The Church has overlooked the undeniable fact that not only did God choose to reveal Himself through the Hebrew people, language, and culture; but that He continued to do so throughout the "New Testament." The Church has nothing left to lose and everything to gain by returning to the original patterns of life, scholarship, liturgy, and fellowship that marked the original Way...

Though today he is one of the most overlooked Biblical scholars in Christendom, William Rainey Harper was nevertheless a giant among men in his brief time upon this planet. With a mastery of several ancient and classical languages, primarily Hebrew, Harper sought to establish widespread literacy in the biblical languages and improve the forms and methods of higher education. From his American Institute of Hebrew offering correspondence and summer courses in Hebrew to his efforts establishing the University of Chicago, Bradley University, and William Rainey Harper College, Harper was purposed...