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NT Doctrine — Acts 9:23-43
I cannot improve on my previous commentary. Where Paul had previously officiated the execution of Stephen, he now took up the work of Stephen himself, debating with the same overpowering logic in the synagogues. To have their chief enforcer now … Continue reading
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Tagged Apostle Paul, Apostle Peter, commentary on acts, miracles
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NT Doctrine — Acts 9:1-22
Jewish prejudices were being dismantled bit by bit. The Messiah overcame their murderous rejection and unilaterally declared a new Kingdom of Heaven. He opened the door to Diaspora Jews, Samaritans, and the ritually impure Ethiopian Eunuch. Now He’s going to … Continue reading
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Tagged Apostle Paul, commentary on acts, feudal obligations, religious conversion
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Discernment 01: Unlearning
You will spend your whole life unlearning. The call to faith is the song of the heart, crying out to God for redemption. It’s the song that pulls us back to Eden. This path we follow is the whole thing; … Continue reading
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Tagged Apostle Paul, Biblical Mysticism, heart-led, human senses, moral discernment, otherworldly, spiritual activity
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Romans 5-6 — Law versus Grace
I can’t promise that you’ll like my handling of this. Our difficulty is not merely that Western Christianity reads the words wrong, but that Western Christianity has a totally different set of assumptions about reality from what Paul held when … Continue reading
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Tagged Apostle Paul, Covenant of Noah, covenants, Garden of Eden, Greco-Roman, Law of Moses, sin
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Heavenly Consolation
Paul and his companions followed one solid rule during those missionary journeys: Go only where the Lord opens a door. It didn’t matter what made the most sense, or where he was yearning and burning to go. You have to … Continue reading
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Tagged Apostle Paul, divine calling, human reason, management, mission, peace, shalom
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A Little More about “Law”
In the Ancient Near Eastern (ANE) mind, “law” was nothing like our Western concept. It was always envisioned as a covenant. It was personal and feudal in nature. The closest term we can use is a “suzerain-vassal treaty,” and even … Continue reading
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Tagged ANE, Apostle Paul, feudalism, Judaism, Law of Moses, New Testament, old testament, Pharisaism
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Boundary or Not
To many Christians, I sound like a conspiracy theorist when I mention the Hellenizing of Hebrew religion into Judaism. It’s particularly odd when any decent Bible college teaches the widely known history of Post-Exile Jerusalem. They talk about the conquests … Continue reading
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Tagged American evangelicals, Apostle Paul, epistemology, Judaizers, Pharisaical Hellenism, theology
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05 The Sheikdom of Heaven
Paul was merely following the customs of his day when he wrote his letter to the Ephesian churches. Those first verses in chapter 1 string together a huge image, and in most English translations, it’s poorly rendered. That’s because it’s … Continue reading
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Tagged ANE, Apostle Paul, evangelism, Hebrew Mysticism, spirit realm, Two Realms
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NT Doctrine — Acts 13:13-52
After returning to Antioch, there came a time when prophets praying got the word to send out Paul and Barnabas on a missionary journey. They took John Mark along. The first headed to Barnabas’s home territory, the Island of Cyprus. … Continue reading →