Welcome to my blog with some of my work in progress. Below you’ll find the latest postings. If you’re wondering, yes, I plan to replace the picture above. It was the default one that came with the theme I’m using.
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Did Jesus Veto God Regarding Food?
You can eat anything! “There are no food restrictions in Christianity. You can eat whatever you want.”
Christians often cite the passage in Mark 7:14-18 as proof text that BBQ and catfish should be a mainstay in the diet of Christians. Indeed, in Jesus is quoted in Mark 7:18 that “whatsoever thing from without that entereth into the man, it cannot defile him.” So is this carte-blanche blessing on eating anything you please?
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Paul misrepresents Psalm 14
If you’ve ever heard the “Roman Road” to salvation as presented by Baptists, Pentecostals and many others, it includes the following as it’s first point taken from Romans 3:10.
… as it is written: “None is righteous, no, not one";
Now wait, Paul is suggesting he didn’t even author this concept. He’s describing that it’s written, and it’s therefore authoritative. So, “as it is written”, written where? Paul is apparently loosely quoting this from Psalm 14:1-3.
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Paul teaches same gospel as the Jerusalem church?
Paul made a trip back to Jerusalem in approximately 55 AD. By this time, the Jerusalem church has been thriving for over 20 years. Paul has been teaching what he calls “my gospel” for approximately 15 years.
It’s rather remarkable, but the Jerusalem church now has thousands of followers, and they don’t even KNOW what Paul has been teaching, except for some rumors.
Paul presents himself before some very concerned elders of the Jerusaelem church as described in Acts 21:18-22.
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