Paul of Tarsus

Mus­lim Pas­sion for The Christ

Like every­one else, I was warned about the blood and vio­lence, and braced for it. But the bit about the Eng­lish sub­scripts must have slipped my mind. One unex­pect­ed thing I got out of watch­ing The Pas­sion of the…

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The Prob­lem of Paul Regard­ing Esau

There is an inter­est­ing obser­va­tion made by a pro-Torah Chris­t­ian and he has issued a chal­lenge” to Pauline Chris­tians regard­ing Paul’s (mis)understanding of the…

Paul of Tar­sus : The Clear-Cut Hypocrite

We read the fol­low­ing teach­ings of the so-called apos­tle” from Tar­sus, Paul, writ­ten in his epis­tles as fol­lows : If pos­si­ble, so far as it depends…

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