I hope it is not controversial to say that Saul of Tarsus before his conversion must have shared what was probably the majority view in Israel – that Jesus of Nazareth was an offender against the Torah and a misleader of the people, who had rightly suffered the death of one accursed. Even our first [...]
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Paul’s two perspectives on Jesus
Posted in Paul, tagged beliefs, Bible, Christ, Christianity, Church, conversion, faith, Jesus, New Testament, religion, revelation, theology on December 9, 2010 | 1 Comment »
How Paul got his gospel on the Damascus Road
Posted in Paul, tagged Christ, Christianity, Church, conversion, evangelism, grace, New Testament, Resurrection, the Cross, theology on December 3, 2010 | 4 Comments »
In his letter to the Galatians Paul claims an apostolate not through man but ‘through Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised him from the dead’ (1:1). He further says he ‘did not confer with flesh and blood’ regarding the Gospel he preached until three years after his conversion (1:16-19). How is such independence possible? [...]
