Tag Archives: paul
N. T. Wright: “Romans and the Theology of Paul”
It’s thirty-two pages, and it’s here. Related Posts:N. T. Wright on Paul’s GospelOn the Conditions of Salvation: A Response to John Fensel (#6)Romans 3 and 4Sing with the understanding also: swift and beautiful feet Why I Intend to Study Law
N. T. Wright on Paul’s Gospel
From his worthwhile speech New Perspectives on Paul: I begin where Romans begins – with the gospel. My proposal is this. When Paul refers to ‘the gospel’, he is not referring to a system of salvation, though of course the gospel implies and contains this, nor even to the good news that there now is [...]
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On the Conditions of Salvation: A Response to John Fensel (#6)
You mention that you are confused as to what I think about the conditions of salvation. I will try my best to bring what clarity I can to the question, although I confess that I do not know what God would do with the hypothetical moralizing psychopath that you have created. (As a Christian, however, [...]
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Prepare yourself for hypothetical judgment?
Therefore we labor, so that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted by him. For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad. Knowing therefore the terror of God, we persuade [...]
Romans 3 and 4
Romans 3 1 What advantage, then, does the Jew have? Or what is the profit of circumcision? 2 Much in every way! Because first of all, they were entrusted with the oracles of God. Related Posts:On the Conditions of Salvation: A Response to John Fensel (#6)augsburg wednesday, article 4: justificationSing with the understanding also: swift [...]
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didache tuesday
One important document for understanding the early church is the Didache, and, to move closer to a full complement of weekly posts, we begin a sixteen-week series on the Didache. The Didache, also called The Teaching of the Twelve Apostles, is a work which was written perhaps as early as 60 AD, and widely circulated [...]
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watching fireworks with mennonites and others
Yesterday night I watched a fireworks display with my church on a roof. The fireworks event is a major annual display here in Columbus, and it is accompanied by a patriotic / musical presentation on the radio machine. Immediately before the fireworks began, the radio told us to stand for the singing of our national [...]
doug casey says
that Paul was a proto-Leninist. Anybody have any idea what it is he’s talking about? Related Posts:Three Events of 1973 Which Define Our World TodayWhy I Intend to Study LawN. T. Wright on Paul’s GospelOn the Conditions of Salvation: A Response to John Fensel (#6)Why they hate us.
book of ephesians
So today, my blog post is the letter to the Ephesians: Related Posts:new location for the bible projectopen source bible project: moving toward a more organized methodabout the bibleWhy I Intend to Study LawN. T. Wright on Paul’s Gospel
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