I have begun presenting information about Paul’s Letter to the Romans. After Paul announces his theme that the Gospel is for both Jew and Gentile, much of the rest of the chapters is about the mutual responsibility that both Gentiles … Continue reading
Category Archives: A Look at the New Testament
The Pauline letter which is used during the first weeks after Pentecost for our Epistle reading is the Letter to the Romans. In addition to introducing Paul to Christians in Rome, this letter has another primary purpose, namely explicating its … Continue reading
The next Pauline letter that needs to be considered in a chronological presentation of the “books” of the New Testament (NT) is his letter to the Romans. It is his longest letter and distinctive in many ways. Only his First … Continue reading
In the last issue of this article, I began sharing thoughts about St. Paul’s letter to the Philippians from the author Marcus Borg. Given that Paul was in prison and uncertain about whether he would be executed, it is remarkable … Continue reading
The next letter of St. Paul’s that we must consider when we are looking at a chronologically accurate New Testament (NT) is his letter to the Philippians. This letter is the most consistently affectionate of all of his letters. Philippi … Continue reading
In addition to illustrating Paul’s rhetoric of persuasion, Philemon, his smallest letter, provides a case study of what life in Christ, in Christ-communities which were the new creation, was to be like. The issue was larger than resolving a conflict … Continue reading
The last issue of this article began to look at Paul’s Letter to Philemon, the shortest of his letters, and never used in the worship of the Eastern Church. This letter illustrates Paul’s exceptional gifts of persuasion as well as … Continue reading
In the canonical New Testament (NT), Philemon is the last of the 13 letters attributed to Paul. This is because it is the shortest, only 25 verses long, so brief it is not even divided into chapters. But in a … Continue reading
As indicated in the last issue of this article, Paul addresses the issue of the resurrected body of Christ, indicating that it was a spiritual body. What Paul means by a spiritual body is not completely clear. It appears, however, … Continue reading
It is important to note that the earliest, extended treatment of the Resurrection of Jesus in the New Testament (NT) is in Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians (cf. Chapter 15). Paul’s earlier letters to the Thessalonians and Galatians presuppose … Continue reading