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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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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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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 the first post I discussed the idea of Jesus being the Messiah, the king or leader that would come to herald in God’s kingdom in this world. It was assumed that this was to be a human, a real king, not someone like Jesus.
In the second part I talked a bit about Paul. Paul [...]
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In the first post of my series looking at the Epistle of Paul to the Romans I discussed a bit about the role of the messiah (the Christ) from a Jewish perspective. Today, I want to talk about Paul himself since we need to understand some things about Paul before tackling his letter to the [...]
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Romans begins:
Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle and set apart for the gospel of God— the gospel he promised beforehand through his prophets in the Holy Scriptures regarding his Son, who as to his human nature was a descendant of David, and who through the Spirit of holiness was declared [...]
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I have been fascinated with the direction that Christianity has taken over the past couple decades. As I have learned more and more about what it meant to be a Christian in first century Jerusalem I realize that many of the Christian churches have it totally wrong.
Last fall I was in a bible study group [...]
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