Jason Fey

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All of the blog posts approach reading the bible from a 1st century historical and culturally Jewish perspective as Jesus and his disciples would have, Learn more about this in the hermeneutics category posts.

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  • Macaroni Principle – Discipleship Tools

    When We Misread What We Don’t Understand There’s a peculiar phrase in an old American song that most of us have heard but few have ever really understood: “Yankee Doodle stuck a feather in his cap and called it macaroni.” At face value, it sounds like nonsense. What…

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    The Omens & The Destruction of the Temple

    When Jesus declared, “There will not be left here one stone upon another that will not be thrown down” (Matthew 24:2), He was not speaking into a quiet or uneventful time, but into the active Second Temple Period. Both the Gospels and Jewish sources remember the years surrounding…

  • The Second Temple Period: A Historical Overview

    The Not So “Silent Years” When we open the pages of the New Testament, we step into a world already in motion—a world shaped by centuries of history, struggle, faithfulness, and expectation. That world is what scholars call the Second Temple Period, and without understanding it, many parts…

  • What Is Replacement Theology? Why Should I Care?

    Replacement theology—also called supersessionism in academic circles—is the belief that the Church has replaced Israel in God’s covenant plan. According to this view, the promises God made to the Jewish people in the Hebrew Scriptures are no longer directed toward them as a people. Instead, the Church is…

  • The Gospel

    The Gospel of the Kingdom When most Christians hear the word gospel, they often think of a simple statement such as, “Jesus died for your sins so you can go to heaven.” While that contains truth, the Scriptures describe the gospel in a much larger way. In the…

  • Romans 7: The Sin Problem

    Below is an exegetical walkthrough of Romans 7. While multiple interpretations of this passage exist, this study aims to approach the text as objectively as possible within its historical context, setting aside supersessionist assumptions. The goal is to situate several highly debated verses within the flow of Paul’s…