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From ChatGPT on 7/7/2025 Prompt – Provide the bible scripture where it says two of Jesus’s desciples are unlettered and what critical bible scholars say is the meaning. Cite all sources. The passage you’re referring to is found in the Book of Acts, specifically: Acts 4:13 (NRSV) “Now when they saw the boldness of Peter […]
Continue ReadingFrom Claude.ai on 2/24/2025. Reconciling Salvation Models in Luke and Acts: Critical Scholarship Perspectives When examining Luke-Acts as a two-volume work by the same author, scholars have long noted an apparent theological tension between the salvation models presented in each book. Luke’s Gospel often emphasizes salvation through redemption and ethical living, while Acts appears to […]
Continue ReadingFrom ChatGPT. Paul’s conversion experience is described in three passages in the New Revised Standard Version (NRSV): See the passages after the response below. Second response. The three accounts of Paul’s conversion in Acts 9, Acts 22, and Acts 26 present the same core event but include variations in detail, perspective, and emphasis. These differences […]
Continue ReadingResponses 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 […]
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