by Andy Roland | Jun 28, 2018 | Apostles and their Letters, Bible
Did St Paul regard homosexuality a a sin? The straight-forward answer is yes. In Romans chapter 1 he describes homosexual liaisons, both men and women, as an natural outworking of a society based on idol worship. But there is more to be said. Claiming to be wise,...
by Andy Roland | Jun 21, 2018 | Apostles and their Letters, Bible
Was St Paul anti-women? There are arguments for and against. The Case for the Prosecution Of course St Paul was anti-women. He kept telling them to be submissive, subject to their husbands and to be silent in church. Here are some of the things he said: “Women...
by Andy Roland | Jun 13, 2018 | Apostles and their Letters, Bible
ST PAUL AND JESUS INTRODUCTION A favourite way of attacking Christianity is to assert that it went downhill because of St Paul. He complicated the simple message of Jesus and made the church a guilt factory. Apart from the fact that Jesus’ message was far from simple...
by Andy Roland | Jun 6, 2018 | Apostles and their Letters, Bible
PAUL ON FOOD Introduction It was all very well sorting out a compromise over how Jews and Gentiles could enter the new Jesus community, i.e. through adult baptism, NOT through adult circumcision and baptism. But if you were to have any kind of common life between...
by Andy Roland | May 7, 2018 | Apostles and their Letters, Bible
WHY WE GET PAUL WRONG – Part 2: The Question of Circumcision The word “mystery” is a favourite of Paul’s. He uses it twenty times. Here is an example: “the...
by Andy Roland | Apr 19, 2018 | Apostles and their Letters, Bible
WHY WE GET PAUL WRONG Part 1 Introduction Paul wrote an awful lot. And he wrote very emphatically about everything. The Church has always seen him as a prime source for its theology, its understanding of what the Christian faith is all about. BUT the Church always...
