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Dec 16, 2020

Lesson 3.16

Horrell explains Romans 12–16 as Paul implying that this new community of believers in Christ that he is a part of has a distinct identity aside from established Judaism. These people are the ones that are saved by faith and not by works in opposition to the Jews who work…

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Dec 16, 2020

Advice on #PaulUH

PRIORITIZE!!! Set time aside two times a week that you can spend time on the work for this course. It is important that you have time to really dig into things, analyze, and also have time to think about things for yourself. You need anywhere from 1.5–3 hours for each…

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Dec 16, 2020

Paper 3

At the beginning of this course, it is clear that I knew minimal information about Paul. I knew he was a character in the bible, but I had no idea that he wrote so much of the New Testament. He played a huge role in the creation of Christianity, whether…

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Dec 15, 2020

Lesson 3.15

The remnant concept used throughout second temple Judaism shows up in Romans. The remnants are the people who in the end will be saved because of their preselection. Paul identifies these people as Jewish believers in Christ. This whole concept is a little confusing to me. …

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Dec 15, 2020

Lesson 3.14

In “Paul and self-control” Zetterholm explains again the idea that we cannot fully understand the things Paul writes because we are lacking the knowledge of the context in that time period. “This means that the reader of a text, besides knowing the actual language, also must be familiar with the…

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Dec 15, 2020

Lesson 3.13

Romans 1: 24–32 is a passage in the bible that people believe condemns homosexuality. In the time that Romans 1 was written by Paul sexuality was completely different than it is now. “Homosexuality” was not a concept, men sometimes had sex with men, but they also had sex with women…

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Dec 13, 2020

Lesson 3.12

The book Philippians takes place with Paul in jail writing to the Philippian believers. Philippians raises a lot of theological questions. Did Paul believe that Jesus was equal to God? Did he believe that Jesus was actually God’s son? Did Paul believe that Jesus was fully God or fully man? …

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Dec 13, 2020

Lesson 3.11

Genesis 12–22 tells the story of a slave girl named Hagar, meaning “the resident alien”, and her master Sarra. Abraham told God that he would have children with his wife Sarra, after some time of this not happening they became impatient with God's plan. Sarra gave Abraham her servant Hagar…

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Dec 12, 2020

Lesson 3.10

Is Paul an apostle? According to him not by human authority, but from God himself he is called an apostle. Paul tries to prove he is an apostle by the sights the wonders and the healings. Paul says all the apostles have seen Jesus and then tacks himself on the…

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Nov 15, 2020

Lesson 3.9

It was fascinating to think of Paul as a “freelance religious expert.” We see Paul in the bible as a huge authority figure, a lot of the new testament books were written by him, by someone else trying to pose as him, or by someone telling a recount spin-off story…

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