Thoughts, Ideas and some Religion
From the category archives:
I will be continuing my posting series about the book of Romans soon, and I am mostly done with the post but want to read it again before I post.
There have been so many things going on. First, I have been absolutely engrossed by the idea that we can not find it within our country [...]
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I was recently reading an interview of Bishop Tom Wright regarding the new perspectives on Paul and it brought to light an angle that I have not covered in my earlier post on the beginning of Romans.
One of the key elements to consider in the so called new perspective on Paul is that Paul was [...]
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I know that it seems like an oxymoron, but I believe that there needs to be a rationality with which we approach religion or all of religion risks being relegated to irrational people with political agendas and cult like followings. I am specifically following up to my previous post, Are the Southern Baptists a Cult?. [...]
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Today I start to get to some of the key concepts that are often misinterpreted in Paul’s letters. First, the scripture, Romans 1:16 and 17
16I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile. 17For in [...]
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Having gone quite slowly through the beginning of Romans, I am going to go quickly through this next section.
8First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is being reported all over the world. 9God, whom I serve with my whole heart in preaching the gospel of his Son, [...]
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I have spent some time in looking at the V1.o of the Lost Codex and realize a couple things I would like to correct. First, here is the existing LC.
Everyone! As your fathers and the prophets have promised, I have come make everything right between you and God. I have come to tell you of a new [...]
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I was asked, by my Father, if I am coming up with this stuff on my own. I want to assure him that I am not alone in trying to recover this lost meaning from the scriptures. Actually, I am very much an amateur in this pursuit and am writing this blog as an outlet [...]
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So far we have discussed the Paul, Jesus being the Messiah and a bit about the gospel. Now I think we have enough background to start to get at what the letter to the Romans is saying.
Verses 5, 6 and 7
Through him and for his name’s sake, we received grace and apostleship to call [...]
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In addition to the conversation (or monologue) I am posting on Paul and his letter to the Romans, I routinely play with the good people over at the Jesus Creed. In the past couple days they have been discussing:
Christ and the Dragons – James Emery White thinks evangelicalism is teetering over a precipice, and his new [...]
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