Comments on: What Did Paul Want Us to Read? http://www.minthegap.com/2008/04/14/what-did-paul-want-us-to-read/ Standing in the Gap in a Society that's Warring with God. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:53:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: AG http://www.minthegap.com/2008/04/14/what-did-paul-want-us-to-read/#comment-80438 AG Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:21:56 +0000 http://www.minthegap.com/2008/04/14/what-did-paul-want-us-to-read/#comment-80438 Good point. There was a reverence for the law that we've forgotten. <em>AG's last blog post..<a href='http://talmidah-b-yeshua.blogspot.com/2008/04/fireball.html'>Fireball</a></em> Good point. There was a reverence for the law that we’ve forgotten.

AG’s last blog post..Fireball

]]> By: MInTheGap http://www.minthegap.com/2008/04/14/what-did-paul-want-us-to-read/#comment-80434 MInTheGap Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:59:24 +0000 http://www.minthegap.com/2008/04/14/what-did-paul-want-us-to-read/#comment-80434 Which would have also helped his reputation as a Rabbi. That he could handle the Scripture as well as He did meant something to people who respected the teaching of the Word. Which would have also helped his reputation as a Rabbi. That he could handle the Scripture as well as He did meant something to people who respected the teaching of the Word.

]]> By: AG http://www.minthegap.com/2008/04/14/what-did-paul-want-us-to-read/#comment-80431 AG Mon, 14 Apr 2008 18:57:52 +0000 http://www.minthegap.com/2008/04/14/what-did-paul-want-us-to-read/#comment-80431 It also puts sermons like the Beatitutes into context. When Jesus addressed a large group, the majority of the men in that group knew the verses he was referencing when he spoke of the Old Testament. <em>AG's last blog post..<a href='http://talmidah-b-yeshua.blogspot.com/2008/04/fireball.html'>Fireball</a></em> It also puts sermons like the Beatitutes into context. When Jesus addressed a large group, the majority of the men in that group knew the verses he was referencing when he spoke of the Old Testament.

AG’s last blog post..Fireball

]]> By: MInTheGap http://www.minthegap.com/2008/04/14/what-did-paul-want-us-to-read/#comment-80430 MInTheGap Mon, 14 Apr 2008 18:24:35 +0000 http://www.minthegap.com/2008/04/14/what-did-paul-want-us-to-read/#comment-80430 That would truly be impressive, and would explain why Paul had such a great grasp of the OT. It's hard to imagine what it would have been like to not be able to have a copy of the Word for yourself! That would truly be impressive, and would explain why Paul had such a great grasp of the OT. It’s hard to imagine what it would have been like to not be able to have a copy of the Word for yourself!

]]> By: AG http://www.minthegap.com/2008/04/14/what-did-paul-want-us-to-read/#comment-80429 AG Mon, 14 Apr 2008 17:30:27 +0000 http://www.minthegap.com/2008/04/14/what-did-paul-want-us-to-read/#comment-80429 I don't remember who I read this from, I think it was Rob Bell, but he was saying most Jewish boys had the entire Torah memorized by age 12 and every student who stayed in school at the synagogue had the entire Tanach memorized by adulthood. (Torah = Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deutoronomy. Tanach = Old Testament.) <em>AG's last blog post..<a href='http://talmidah-b-yeshua.blogspot.com/2008/04/fireball.html'>Fireball</a></em> I don’t remember who I read this from, I think it was Rob Bell, but he was saying most Jewish boys had the entire Torah memorized by age 12 and every student who stayed in school at the synagogue had the entire Tanach memorized by adulthood.

(Torah = Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deutoronomy. Tanach = Old Testament.)

AG’s last blog post..Fireball

]]> By: MInTheGap http://www.minthegap.com/2008/04/14/what-did-paul-want-us-to-read/#comment-80427 MInTheGap Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:45:49 +0000 http://www.minthegap.com/2008/04/14/what-did-paul-want-us-to-read/#comment-80427 Right, Holly. I don't know why the light bulb just went off yesterday. I mean, I read it elsewhere in the midst of debate, but we tend to emphasize the New Testament so much that I think we forget that Paul was emphasizing the Old! Right, Holly. I don’t know why the light bulb just went off yesterday. I mean, I read it elsewhere in the midst of debate, but we tend to emphasize the New Testament so much that I think we forget that Paul was emphasizing the Old!

]]> By: Holly http://www.minthegap.com/2008/04/14/what-did-paul-want-us-to-read/#comment-80418 Holly Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:50:22 +0000 http://www.minthegap.com/2008/04/14/what-did-paul-want-us-to-read/#comment-80418 So true! I realized this several months ago, through something that I read. When Jesus referred to the Scriptures...He was speaking of the Old Testament, for the New had not even been written yet! (How did I miss that for so long?) <em>Holly's last blog post..<a href='http://seekingfaithfulness.wordpress.com/2008/04/13/lets-talk-discussion-question-5/'>Let's Talk - Discussion Question (#5)</a></em> So true! I realized this several months ago, through something that I read. When Jesus referred to the Scriptures…He was speaking of the Old Testament, for the New had not even been written yet! (How did I miss that for so long?)

Holly’s last blog post..Let’s Talk - Discussion Question (#5)

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