What does the New Testament's radical inclusion mean for us today?
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“I wish that the ones who are upsetting you would castrate themselves!”—Galatians 5:12 The law of old making way for the Law of Love What has gotten the Apostle Paul so angry? Why is he so colorfully describing the people upsetting the Galatians? Paul is incensed that people in the Galatian church are insisting that Gentiles become circumcised in order to enter into the fellowship of community. Paul’s project in the New Testament, highlighted in Galatians, is to ensure to everyone that “being circumcised or not being circumcised doesn’t matter in Christ Jesus, but faith working through love does matter.” One translation says the
What does the New Testament's radical inclusion mean for us today?
What does the New Testament's radical…
What does the New Testament's radical inclusion mean for us today?
“I wish that the ones who are upsetting you would castrate themselves!”—Galatians 5:12 The law of old making way for the Law of Love What has gotten the Apostle Paul so angry? Why is he so colorfully describing the people upsetting the Galatians? Paul is incensed that people in the Galatian church are insisting that Gentiles become circumcised in order to enter into the fellowship of community. Paul’s project in the New Testament, highlighted in Galatians, is to ensure to everyone that “being circumcised or not being circumcised doesn’t matter in Christ Jesus, but faith working through love does matter.” One translation says the