And finally we come to the most important discrepancy of all – the not-so-well-known truth that, while Paul‘s theology primarily encouraged his followers to attain individual reward &/or personal benefit via faith, Jesus lived and proclaimed a ministry that fundamentally encouraged his adherents to actively sacrifice their own wealth & comfort & safety for the […]
I would offer that there is little that is more entertaining (or more important) than catching religious zealots in well-laid traps laid to expose their moral contradictions &/or their ethical hypocrisies (see much of Matthew 12 and almost all of Matthew 23, where Jesus boldly revels in doing just that). Of course, there is little […]
“There is, on the one hand, the abrogation of an earlier commandment, because it was weak and ineffectual … There is, on the other hand, the introduction of a better hope through which we approach God … Accordingly, Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant … He has obtained a more excellent ministry, […]
For starters, it is important for the reader to understand that this treatise is not meant to be a criticism of Paul himself. Yes, his letters clearly show him to be a man deluded by an incredibly potent psychological elixir – namely, being born into a life of unfair privilege while simultaneously harboring a disturbingly […]
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