1. The Yeshua Quest Forum focuses on the quest for the historical Yeshua and the early development of his Repentance/Kingdom Movement. Therefore, Forum participants should limit their discussions to placing the man, his movement and the writings of his early disciples back into their proper historical, linguistic and cultural context. Your post may be deleted if it deals with unrelated subjects.

2. Theological affirmations, dogmatism and doctrinal disputes are not the focus of this forum! Missionary and Counter-Missionary banter will not be tolerated!

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