... g from 60 A.D. to 160 A.D. suggested by Scholars. How does this reflect, if at all, about the statement that Paul's writings were “Scripture”?
Authorship of Scripture:
Josh 8:32 Several thi ...
... f 2Timothy?
Other scholars date 2Timothy to just before Paul’s death around 66 – 67 A.D. Do you prefer this dating and why?
What is the Bible?
In many cases there are no correct answers. Bel ...
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Since this is free and a project that has to fit around family and work, I am not making promises about how often a topic will be added but you may be sure I will do my best.
Paul Chubb Director ...
... ith Jesus so long and still not get it. Yet we do the same thing.
Paul writes in Romans:
For the anxious longing of the creation waits eagerly for the revealing of the sons of God. For Creation was ...
... led to be comfortable
The pictures I see both in the lives of the disciples and in the imagery used suggest the opposite.
From Paul talking about pummeling his body to make it fit to serve to Jesus cal ...
... mply send out two of their leaders to be missionaries.
Well that isn't quite correct, there were a group of people who were there in the spirit, ministering for Lord and the Holy spirit said "set apart ...
... hen stoned in Acts 7 by the Jews, the story that begins the narratives about Paul.
The reason this feast day is the most famous is that it is remembered in Good King Wenceslas. The song goes - Good ...
... sired just by being.
Conclusion:
About this time you are thinking - "Paul is preaching to the elders and ministry team again"
Everyone is a leader. I shared that definition of a leader a few mont ...
... of the woman with seven husbands - Mk 12:18-27
- Paul used the debate to divide the sanhedrin that was condemming him Acts 23
- The Sadducees were concerned to maintain the Sabbath and avoided the ...
... es but not the leadership
- Matthias who was selected by lot to replace Judas is just a name
- The great name in all this is of course Paul, appointed by God to the gentiles
- This is surprising si ...
... o relationship between conversion and the Holy Spirit. The baptism in the Holy Spirit is emphasized as well as his coming at other times. In Paul there is little or no mention of a coming of the Spirit aft ...
... five, prophets - the prophetic works and writings - all the rest in the OT
- historical, prophecy, wisdom, apocalyptic, epistles, gospels, psalms
- pentateuch and deuteronomic history
- Pauline, ...
... based on the network of synagogues. Paul first went to the jews and then the gentiles.
- in many cases his new church was built from the proselytes attached to a synagogue and the jews who defected. ...
... was that practice to do with the culture of the time?
Lets have a look at some examples of passages that are difficult to interpret:
a) 1Tim 2:9-15
Paul clearly indicates how women are to behave ...
Philippians
About the Epistle:
1) Place and Date of Writing:
Imprisonment:
i. Rome: 61-63 AD
ii. Caesarea: 58 AD
iii. Ephesus: 54-55 AD
2) Authorship: Definitely Paul
3) Unity of the Text: ...
... actor, the vision found fertile ground in that group.
6) Acts 13:1-5 - Commisioning of Paul (Saul) and Barnabas
One of the fascinating things about this passage is the context. Usually the making of mi ...
... t the success?
· What was the result of commissioning Paul?
I could add more. It seems like the people of the early church could achieve more simply walking down the street than we can with a full-blo ...
... arge number called Elders - and James the brother of Jesus is leading - and Paul who appointed elders over all his churches. Rather than concentrating on governance, the Apostles appear to be concentr ...
... t contrast to the qualities for leadership outlined in 1Timothy. In the context Paul goes to great pains to emphasize two things. Firstly he emphasizes that despite the spectacular nature of tongues, ...
... of New Testament leadership to realize that practically all the churches and the majority of the Christians are young and immature. Taking many of the examples, from Paul yelling at the Galatians to Pe ...