The thoughts that would become the BHC Primary Guideline came to me about twenty years or so ago while I was watching an interview of Dr. Robert Lindsey on a Christian television network. Dr. Lindsey was trying to explain his theory about the dating of the Synoptic Gospels, but the host kept trying to make what Dr. Lindsey's was saying support a doctrine that seemed to be very important to him. The fact that Dr. Lindsey had been a speaker at one of our conferences in Arlington , Texas was the reason that  the interview first caught my attention.

It was clear that Dr. Lindsey understood what the host was trying to do, but the host's doctrine simply couldn’t be supported by Dr. Lindsay’s theory, so he patiently attempted to correct the host. I don't remember Dr. Lindsey's exact words, but the bottom line was that he told the host that he should also consider the facts along with his beliefs.

Over the years I have been blessed to personally communicate with many of the scholars who have made significant contributions to the studies of the Jewish Jesus, Second Temple Judaism, Early Christianity and the Noachide Movement. One thing I discovered is that the personal beliefs systems of many of those I communicated with affected them just as they control the lives of the leaders of religious organizations: “Their work is guided by the goal of searching for anything that will support their belief systems instead of using the facts that they discover to mold and shape their belief systems.”

Five scholars, in particular, have demonstrated the core ideas that make up the BHC Primary Guideline consistently in their work-- Dr. Ike Tennison (president of BHC ), Rabbi Jeffrey Leynor, Dr. David Flusser, Dr. Robert Lindsey, and Dr. James Tabor.

An important part of BHC 's mission is to provide as many facts as we are able to discover with as many people as possible. One thing I have witnessed over the past 25 years is that when people become aware of facts that disagree with their beliefs, they may try to ignore them, but facts won't simply disappear. Those pesky little facts keep finding a way to pop up and remind them that their beliefs may be wrong.

If you haven't already done so, I would like to encourage you to incorporate the BHC Primary Guideline into your Belief System. We coined the name "Informed Believers" for those who have made that commitment. There are now Informed Believers who are also, Christians, Jews, the "spiritual-but-not-religious," agnostics and atheists. That's right, even atheists are believers; they believe that there is no such thing as any god.

I would love to hear from you if you are committed to the principles found in the BHC Primary Guideline. Let me know how it has affected your life & how BHC can better assist you. I have been meeting with Dr. Ike Tennison & Rabbi Jeffrey Leynor over the past few days and we are planning our future activities, meetings, research and publications. Your input is valuable and will be greatly appreciated. Click here to email me.

Thank you for your interest in BHC 's work. We would like to say a special "Thank You!" to those who have also made financial donations to support our work. BHC is funded completely by contributions from individuals. 

BHC's commitment is to you -- not to protecting an institutional doctrinal system.

May you have a healthy and rewarding life!

Shalom,
Jim Myers
Vice-President & Co-Founder
Biblical Heritage Center, Inc.

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