I have one simple question for the millions of faithful followers of my blog (pffft....ya....).
Paul the Apostle was one of the greatest advocates for the Christian faith in history. Let's speak hypothetically here though. Suppose Paul wasn't born during the time of the early church. Suppose he lived now. One day, your church body receives a letter entitled, "To the Church in America" and enclosed is the exact same letters he wrote to the church in Corinth (but remember, Paul never existed, so you have no knowledge of 1 and 2 Corinthians or any of that stuff because, obviously, it never existed). Now i know there are many little things that could be argued like "well, we wouldn't be doing X or Y if Paul had never existed." But let's keep it simple.
Question: Would Paul's Theology be questioned by the modern-day church?
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Absolutely! Not only Paul's, but how about James' theology? "So you see, faith by itself isn’t enough. Unless it produces good deeds, it is dead and useless." (James 2:17)
A "dead faith"? I'm thinking about that one because I used it last night in my "sermon."
Paul says something similar -- "If I have so much faith that I could move a mountain but don't have love, it's useless." (paraphrase of 1 Corinthians 13:2)
I believe there are a lot of passages like these that we've essentially "adjusted" (though hopefully not ignored) to fit our lifestyles, and if we heard them for the first time, we might think that they're crazy.
Good question! Did you have a specific passage in mind?
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