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- Sun Nov 05, 2017 11:05 am
- Forum: Theology/Bible
- Topic: Christians and Sabbath
- Replies: 39
- Views: 61048
Re: Christians and Sabbath
Px, I'm not saying it was never a law. More like, the Jewish understanding and relationship to Torah was less "primitive", more nuanced (after 1000 years of it) than Martin Luther assumed it had been some 1500 years later ... Peter appears to be a little undecided between Paul's side and James', but...
- Sun Nov 05, 2017 11:05 am
- Forum: Theology/Bible
- Topic: Christians and Sabbath
- Replies: 39
- Views: 61048
Re: Christians and Sabbath
Px, I'm not saying it was never a law. More like, the Jewish understanding and relationship to Torah was less "primitive", more nuanced (after 1000 years of it) than Martin Luther assumed it had been some 1500 years later ... Peter appears to be a little undecided between Paul's side and James', but...
- Sun Nov 05, 2017 10:11 am
- Forum: Theology/Bible
- Topic: Christians and Sabbath
- Replies: 39
- Views: 61048
Re: Christians and Sabbath
Note, however, that according to the passage Peter WAS already committing the "sin" of eating with Gentiles - i.e. he was acting in agreement with Paul - before he succumbed to the human bigotry of other Jews, but then Paul set him straight. So that's far less support for your position than it might...
- Sun Nov 05, 2017 10:11 am
- Forum: Theology/Bible
- Topic: Christians and Sabbath
- Replies: 39
- Views: 61048
Re: Christians and Sabbath
Note, however, that according to the passage Peter WAS already committing the "sin" of eating with Gentiles - i.e. he was acting in agreement with Paul - before he succumbed to the human bigotry of other Jews, but then Paul set him straight. So that's far less support for your position than it might...
- Sun Nov 05, 2017 9:44 am
- Forum: Adventure of Faith (Religion/Spirituality)
- Topic: What is hell?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 33389
Re: What is hell?
For me, that's more like the exact difficult question at the center of the tradition, the one that Xians need to wrestle with .... it's problematical rather than offering a pat solution....
https://www.pcnbritain.org.uk/blog/post ... d_who_dies
https://www.pcnbritain.org.uk/blog/post ... d_who_dies
- Sun Nov 05, 2017 9:44 am
- Forum: Adventure of Faith (Religion/Spirituality)
- Topic: What is hell?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 33389
Re: What is hell?
For me, that's more like the exact difficult question at the center of the tradition, the one that Xians need to wrestle with .... it's problematical rather than offering a pat solution....
https://www.pcnbritain.org.uk/blog/post ... d_who_dies
https://www.pcnbritain.org.uk/blog/post ... d_who_dies
- Sun Nov 05, 2017 7:45 am
- Forum: Adventure of Faith (Religion/Spirituality)
- Topic: What is hell?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 33389
Re: What is hell?
Your lack of imagination in interpreting Christ's image is your essential problem from my point of view.... The " big message" in the Scriptures? It is couched in narratives & poetic forms & song lyrics & personal letters mostly. What does that say about it to you? Are those proper forms for a legal...
- Sun Nov 05, 2017 7:45 am
- Forum: Adventure of Faith (Religion/Spirituality)
- Topic: What is hell?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 33389
Re: What is hell?
Your lack of imagination in interpreting Christ's image is your essential problem from my point of view.... The " big message" in the Scriptures? It is couched in narratives & poetic forms & song lyrics & personal letters mostly. What does that say about it to you? Are those proper forms for a legal...
- Sun Nov 05, 2017 7:26 am
- Forum: Theology/Bible
- Topic: Christians and Sabbath
- Replies: 39
- Views: 61048
Re: Christians and Sabbath
Well, that's not the story as its told in Acts: there was perhaps some tension but no "direct opposition" and Paul's "mission" was pretty much accepted. So, where do you derive your theory from here? (Neither did Paul say there was something wrong with keeping the law, btw, just that it was unnecess...
- Sun Nov 05, 2017 7:26 am
- Forum: Theology/Bible
- Topic: Christians and Sabbath
- Replies: 39
- Views: 61048
Re: Christians and Sabbath
Well, that's not the story as its told in Acts: there was perhaps some tension but no "direct opposition" and Paul's "mission" was pretty much accepted. So, where do you derive your theory from here? (Neither did Paul say there was something wrong with keeping the law, btw, just that it was unnecess...