Hard Sayings of Paul

by Brauch, Manfred T.

• ISBN13: 9780830812820
• ISBN10: 0830812822
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1989-06-01
• Publisher: INGRAM

Summary

The apostle Paul makes clear the central truths of Christianity. But sometimes he leaves us puzzled. As Peter said so long ago, Paul's "letters contain some things that are hard to understand."Is the law good? Is it better to be single or married? Is God really just? What wil happen to the Jews? Should women be allowed to teach? Seldom have the questions become easier over time.Manfred Brauch, drawing on years of pastoral experience and biblical study, takes on forty-eight hard sayings of Paul and offers the kind of help we need. By supplying background and putting these sayings in the context of the whole of Paul's teaching, he helps us not only to understand them but to see their importance for Christian living today.

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction: Understanding and Interpreting Biblical Texts

Is God Wrathful?--Romans 1: 18

One Man's Sin Means My Death?--Romans 5:12

Increasing Sin--Romans 5:20

Dead to Sin--Romans 6:2,7

A Slave to Sin--Romans 7:14,19

All Things for Good--Romans 8:28

Is God Unjust?--Romans 9:13-15

The End of the Law--Romans 10:4

Israel's Salvation--Romans 11:26

God Has Bound All to Disobedience--Romans 11:32

Heaping Burning Coals--Romans 12:20

Submitting to Government--Romans 13:1

Eating that Destroys--Romans 14:15

Destroying God's Temple--1 Corinthians 3:17

Handing Over to Satan--1 Corinthians 5:5

Who Inherits the Kingdom?--1 Corinthians 6:9-10

Is It Good to Marry?--1 Corinthians 7:1

Not I, but the Lord--1 Corinthians 7:10,12

Remain Where You Are--1 Corinthians 7:20

Live As Though You Had No Spouse--1 Corinthians 7:29

Many Gods and Lords--1 Corinthians 8:5-6

Headship?--1 Corinthians 11:3

The Glory of Man--1 Corinthians 11:7

Because of the Angels--1 Corinthians 11:10

Discerning the Body--1 Corinthians 11:29

Should We All Speak in Tongues?--1 Corinthians 14:5

Silence in the Churches--1 Corinthians14:33-34

Baptism for the Dead--1 Corinthians 15:29

A Veil over Their Minds--2 Corinthians 3:14

All the Old Has Gone?--2 Corinthians 5:17

Yoked with Unbelievers--2 Corinthians 6:14

Condemning Opponents--Galatians 1:9

Christ of No Value--Galatians 5:2

The Israel of God--Galatians 6:16

Ascending and Descending--Ephesians 4:9-10

Wives, Submit--Ephesians 5:22

Work Out Your Salvation--Philippians 2:12-13

Faultless before the Law--Philippians 3:4-6

The Firstborn over Creation--Colossians 1:15

What Is Lacking in Christ's Afflictions--Colossians 1:24

Anti-Semitic?--1 Thessalonians 2:14-15

The Man of Lawlessness--2 Thessalonians 2:3

The One Who Holds Back Lawlessness--2 Thessalonians 2:7

No Women Teachers--1 Timothy 2:11-12

Salvation through Childbirth--1 Timothy 2:13-15

Worse Than an Unbeliever--1 Timothy 5:8

Wine for the Stomach--1 Timothy 5:23

Cretans Are Always Liars--Titus 1:12-13

Scripture Index

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