While reading 1 Thessalonians, I read on the side comments that Philippians is the inferred first book that was written by Paul. Speaking personally, the whole chronological order of the bible is very confusing for me. For me, I believe you either have to know every part of one story…

While continuously reading about Paul, I have began to think that people are trying to put Paul into a specific box. The options are either Jewish or Christian. In reality, Paul does not really fit into either box; in a way, Paul was both. Paul called himself a Pharisee, but…

The preface re-read was kind of eye opening. It is how everyone is with their actions. We always want to believe we are “on time” and doing the best, with the best intentions. Paul had this same mentality, that what he was doing was good and that he had a…

I believe this section comes down to something I have thought about before. I believe it comes down to different translations. These translations change the meaning of what is being said in these texts and can make it difficult to fully understand what is being said. …

To start off, I found this topic very interesting. It has been something that I’ve always been curious about. I have also had a certain friend ask me specifically as to why there are so many different translations in Christianity and I honestly had no idea how to answer him…

I found this topic to be very interesting. It reminded me of a previous lesson that we have had, the religious studies v. theology. It is something that is obvious but it is often disregarded by us. We can see bias everywhere we get our information. …

From going to church all my life, I have learned a bit about Paul, but not anything really substantial, like I wish I knew. I know that Paul wrote a lot of the books that are in the New Testament, like Acts, the Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, and there’s more but…