Comments on: Obama on the Mount

By: VAL

VAL — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 02:21:33 +0000

hi there curt…please let Rebecca know I posted a note to her on her prayer journal page…thanks…love in Christ…Val.

By: the forester

the forester — Mon, 05 May 2008 02:56:49 +0000

Obama: “… an obscure passage in Romans.”

Ouch — Obama’s playing to people’s ignorance of the Bible.

Romans is one of Paul’s most systematic letters. The “obscure passage” comes in the first chapter, right after the salutations. Everything that comes later is predicated on the very reason Paul brought up homosexuality — demonstrating humanity’s sinfulness and need of salvation. This is an obscure passage?

I was going to approach Obama with an open mind, but the willfulness of this spin will make me question anything he says.

By: gerard

gerard — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 19:05:39 +0000

none written by their putative authors, all drawing on second - or third - or fourth hand accounts

No. Really, do we have to denigrate the gospels in order to affirm the value and inspired nature of Paul’s Epistles?

To be specific, people can and do dispute the authorship of all four gospels, but the traditional authors are strong and viable candidates. Also see Richard Bauckham’s “Jesus & the Eyewitnesses”

By: uncutdiamond

uncutdiamond — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:48:44 +0000

Interesting post…I never thought of the chronology of Paul as that important to understanding the people of the New Testament era. Not being a Biblical fundamentalist, I think it is important to have a sense of history about this confusing book. Good post.

By: Jesse

Jesse — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 01:21:42 +0000

I’m not arguing religion, but Paul was right in the debate.
We have rejected the Theory of Just War.

By: lovefights

lovefights — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 01:15:27 +0000

Mike Huckabee is the closest thing to a Christian politician in the American political presidential race. The rest are not born-again.