tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14521325.post4879639467609155786..comments2007-10-19T12:28:05.339ZJames Crossleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10661575117163837659noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14521325.post-65088895422226797682007-10-19T12:28:00.000Z2007-10-19T12:28:00.000ZStrangely enough, I am not so sure. Or at least, I am not so sure that is the right way to frame the question. Paul's solution to the issue of gentiles does draw on concepts of grace. If we read Paul, for example, in terms of grace playing a dominant role, the law (acc to Paul) being simply too difficult for all to keep, and good works/ethics as a kind of manifestation of the spirit without being instrumental in salvation (feel free to word it better than me) then, for all the language of NT scholarship, are we really so far away from orthodox Christianity?James Crossleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10661575117163837659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14521325.post-31869551327259081722007-10-16T21:11:00.000Z2007-10-16T21:11:00.000ZOr perhaps to put it another way- what if Luther was just dead wrong... I think about that a lot. And Augustine... What if he missed the boat and the whole of Church history has followed in their misunderstanding of Paul? (Which is probably the case).Jimhttp://drjimwest.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com