Category: Bible Discussion

Some Bible translations start this story in Acts 10 under the editorial sub-heading, “The Inauguration of the Gentile Mission,” thus stamping the New Testament text with the Church's acceptance of Paul as a spokesman for Christianity and accepting Paul's subsequent Gentile mission…

HAVING LOOKED (Parts 1-6 of this series) at evidence in the Gospel accounts of the New Testament regarding whether non-Jews were ever invited to be followers of Jesus, we now turn to the narratives of the book, the Acts of the Apostles,…

Who Will Judge Gentiles who have Converted to Christianity—Paul? Since it is the twelve Disciples of Jesus whom Jesus indicated would rule over the twelve tribes (‘nations’) of the Israelites (Part 5), the Jesus story applies only to Jesus, his Twelve Disciples…

PAUL: MASTERMIND OF CALLING NON-JEWS TO HIS GOSPEL (continued) Paul: Self-claimed “Master Builder” and “Founder” NOT ONLY DID Paul usurp a role as “Apostle of Jesus Christ,” but he even compares himself to Jesus or to an angel—with whom not even prophets…

BEFORE WE COME to the teaching of Paul, the self-styled ‘Apostle to the Gentiles,’ let us examine the arguments that Christians use for including themselves (being largely non-Jews/ “Gentiles”) within the scope of Jesus’ message. The Prophecies of Isaiah Purportedly Regarding “the…