Hi Laurence et al, So doing a bit more with Acts 15 we read: 22a Then it pleased the apostles and elders, with the whole church... This HALAKHAH for the...
Hi Michael: ... In my reading on the new perspective, I have noticed that they do not regard all Protestant groups as anti-Jewish, but apply that label to the...
Hi All, I am returning for a time. Some of the Newcombers may not know me so I will introduce myself. My name is Joe Machuta and I was once a member here....
Hi Michael: ... It was necessary, in order to persuade the Gentiles, for Luke and James and the church to present their decision as having achieved a broad...
Hi Michael: ... I think there may have been some things in the NT that were polemical. Paul clearly challenged some aspects of the Judaism of his day. But the...
Hi Lawrence, This is interesting. I would like to speak generally about the New Perspective. I like the insight of NT Wright and I have been influenced by...
Congrats Roy, Marie and Sarah! Joe! My friend, you're back! The orioles brought their babies to the feeder for the first time this morning and now this. Can my...
Hi Joe! Welcome back. If some of you didn't know, Joe is the founder of the Acts 2:42 forum. He left a little while back for various personal reasons and...
Hi Tammie, ... Yeah, you can get me some tickets to the Orioles' games too. Do you have season passes? Is the feeder in the duggout, or behind the scenes. Man...
Hi Laurence et al, ... Yes, I recognise that. For that reason I wrote, "**Not so much** as polemic against it." In the past the differences tended to be ...
... But I was. I was NOT making the distinction you suggest. No part of my argument rests on that. And while I acknowledge having been influenced by...
Hi Joe: ... N. T. Wright seems to disagree with Sanders a lot from what I have read. E. P. Sanders was a groundbreaker. But if Wright's Reformed position can...
Hi Michael: ... You can, of course, pull up that one scripture. There aren't any others to support that position. Furthermore, Paul may have been referencing...
Hi Joe! Thanks, and welcome back! Good to see you again. If you'd like, I'll send you some more photos, lol. I'll look forward to reading your contributions...
Hi Laurence et al, ... That's mostly because Luther's view is the prevalent one among Protestants. NP advocates aim elsewhere as well because all of the ...
Hi Laurence et al, ... Yes, I agree with you here. The commonalities can be exaggerated. I remember speaking with a woman in Aqaba, Jordan about this. She went...
Hi Tammie et al, ... Good! I had a feeling that I had it all pretty much figured out, but your assurance helped me know so even more confidently. Thanks! :D ...
Hi Laurence et al, ... Both ideas are Pauline. I say then that we should account for them both, with the accent mark on "saints." :) Most of your other...
Hi Michael: ... I somewhat agree with you on this, although I haven't thought about what you are saying very deeply yet. In my thinking, one of the central...
Hi Michael: ... Oh, that is choice. Wish I could've seen it. So you see what I see. I must tell you, Michael, that you seem rather reasonable compared to some...
Hi Laurence et al, ... There are a lot of reasonable Messianics and...you've just got me on a topic with which we have some common ground. Remember, it was not...
Hi Laurence et al, ... These are good issues to contemplate. Here is my understanding: The promise of the Abrahamic Covenant is being, and will ultimately be ...
Hi Phil et al, ... At the time of Paul there was Jewish debate about the status of Gentiles. Some said that Gentiles could remain as is and be brought into...
Hi Michael: ... The requirement that the physical seed of Abraham be circumcised is not the same as circumcision as an entry point to the Mosaic covenant. As...
Hi Phil and Michael: ... Well, Phil, it looks like Michael took your Bible quote and turned it around on you by quoting the second half of the verse. That's...
Hi Laurence et al, ... I don't agree with you here, Laurence. I cannot see circumcision bypassing the Mosaic Covenant. As I wrote earlier, the Mosaic Covenant...
Hi Laurence et al, ... I think this expresses your point. ...And "faith working through love" is but an slightly differently emphasized rendition of "keeping...
... Why 2 Cor. 3 in particular? The issue of freedom is all over the NT, and the OT has some things to say about it too. If you don't come to terms with the...
