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Responses to the BSA post “Was Paul even an Apostle?” by Michael L Waddell. The bullet formatting in the first one is mine. Luke, the author of Acts, loves Paul, but he loves the Paul he describes, not the Paul that Paul describes in his letters. In fact, if you hated Paul’s message, but your […]
Continue ReadingThe text below is from an email from Hebrew and Jesus Defender of Israel. He is not a Jew who is… One of the most important texts supporting Christian supersessionism (popularly known as replacement theology) is found in Apostle Paul’s letter to the Romans. Most translations read similar to one of the following two examples: […]
Continue ReadingGalatians 3 ASV – 23But before faith came, we were kept in ward under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed. 24So that the law is become our tutor to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. 25But now that faith is come, we are no longer under a tutor. 26For […]
Continue ReadingDid Jesus baptize people? YES “…according to the unique tradition preserved in the gospel of John, we could properly speak of “Jesus the Baptizer” in parallel with the better known designation of “John the Baptizer,” notice: “After this Jesus and his disciples went into the land of Judea; there he remained with them and baptized. John […]
Continue Reading1 Thessalonians 2 14 For you, brothers and sisters, became imitators of God’s churches in Judea, which are in Christ Jesus: You suffered from your own people the same things those churches suffered from the Jews 15 who killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets and also drove us out. They displease God and are hostile […]
Continue ReadingFrom Dr. James Tabor here. Text between the bold numbered lines was inserted by Tom to show the Pauline views by the unknown writers in that group as it differs from the Authentic Paul. This is a collection in progress. 1) Authentic or Early Paul: 1 Thessalonians, Galatians, 1 and 2 Corinthians, Romans, Philippians, and Philemon (50s-60s […]
Continue ReadingVerses where Paul says it is ok to lie for the right reason. (NRSV) Romans 3:7 – But if through my falsehood God’s truthfulness abounds to his glory, why am I still being condemned as a sinner? 1 Corinthians 9:20-22 — 20 To the Jews I became as a Jew, in order to win Jews. […]
Continue ReadingActs 22 – Was Paul Really a Roman Citizen? Extract from above link- There are a few scholars that deny the historicity of Paul’s citizenship. He does not mention it in his letters, the only source is the Book of Acts. Several questions have been raised. First, would a “tent-maker” be able to obtain citizenship? […]
Continue ReadingTabor says that Paul operates with a “situational ethics”. That is his ethics are based on the situation and 1 Cor 9:20-23 is just that and, per Tabor, he is not a hypocrite. Paul says: 19 For though I am free with respect to all, I have made myself a slave to all, so that […]
Continue ReadingIf you found this page then know that it is a collection of work by others for my personal reference. I tried to link everything back to the source and in no way am attempting to take credit for anything here. https://www.answering-christianity.com/abdullah_smith/paul_contradicted_himself.htm Written by Abdullah Smith Paul has been denounced by theologians and scholars throughout history, […]
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