The title of this book, "To the Jew First" may appear unsettling. To single out any group as somehow "first" and therefore special, grates against our assurance that no matter our background or status we are special too. From Sunday school on we are taught, "Jesus loves me, this I know" - the most basic truth of our relationship with God. The fact that Jesus loves me unconditionally as an individual removes any ethnic, racial, or economic privilege for any group of people. And yet, in one of the most cherished and important books in the Bible, Paul begins his letter to the church in Rome by...
The title of this book, "To the Jew First" may appear unsettling. To single out any group as somehow "first" and therefore special, grates against our...