“For the time is coming when people will not put up with sound doctrine, but rather – having itching ears – will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own desires. They will turn away from listening to the Truth and instead wander into the lands of haze and myth.” ~ 2 Timothy 4:3-4 […]
“No sooner had Jesus knocked over the menacing dragons of religious dogma and spiritual superstition than the ‘apostle’ Paul boldly set them back upright again. In truth, there is not one word of Pauline Christianity to be found in the gospel utterances of Jesus, and there has thus never been a more monstrous imposition perpetrated […]
“For the Lord himself will come down from the heavens, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.” ~ Paul of Tarsus (1 Thessalonians 4:16) “The Kingdom of God is not coming with things that can be observed; […]
While there are several extra-biblical sources that mention Paul (including Clement’s 1st epistle to the Romans, Ignatius’ letter to the Romans, and Polycarp’s letter to the Philippians – all written during the late 1st &/or early 2nd centuries), the primary historical wellspring related to the life and teachings of Saul of Tarsus is the Bible […]
In John 5:43, Jesus ostensibly warns his followers of a false prophet “coming in his own name.” Later, in the book of Acts, we see Paul doing just that – preaching under his taken name Paul instead of his given name Saul (starting with Acts 13:9). To be fair, Christian apologists have correctly pointed out […]
Jesus makes it quite clear in Matthew 23:9 that his followers were to “call no one your father on earth, for you have but one Father – the one in Heaven.”, and yet we see Paul doing just that in his first letter to the Corinthians, stating – “For though you might have ten thousand […]
In dramatic contrast to Jesus Christ, who received a noted enhancement of clarity after his baptism (“And when Jesus had been baptized, just as he came up from the water, suddenly the heavens were opened to him and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting upon him.” ~ via Matthew […]
Jesus makes it clear that children (more accurately read as “very young children” or “toddlers” in the ancient texts) are to be considered role models for our behavior – especially the unconditional Love they exhibit in their interactions with others & the innocent Wonderment they exude in their interactions with their surroundings (see Matthew 18:3-4 […]
While Jesus made it repeatedly clear that “my Kingdom is not of this world” (Acts 18:36), that “the ruler of this world has been condemned” (John 16:11), and that “I have conquered the world” (John 16:33 – see also John 17:16 “[my disciples] do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong […]
Jesus makes it quite clear that there is only one Way to enliven the will of his all-Loving Father (see John 14:6 – focusing on dia, the Greek word often translated as through, much more than the Greek word emou, oft translated as me) and only one very narrow gate of selfless sacrifice through which […]
While I personally do not subscribe to this particular argument, it is still interesting to note the following biblical tidbits: A) that the numeric value of Tarsus in Hebrew (TRSV) is 666, B) that the 1290 days mentioned in Daniel 12:11 match the probable length of Paul’s ministry, C) that Paul persecuted the saints of […]
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