N. T. Wright’s creative reconstruction of Paul and his world
Wright tells a great story. Would the apostle recognize it?
Season after Pentecost | 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A)
Genesis 24:34-38, 42-49, 58-67; Psalm 45:10-17 or Song of Solomon 2:8-13; (Zechariah 9:9-12; Psalm 145:8-14;) Romans 7:15-25a; Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30
"It's a sin problem," goes the slogan, "not a gun problem." Whatever definition of sin is operative here, it isn't Paul's.
True character is only formed over long periods of time.
Rest is often viewed as a privilege rather than a necessity.
I would have been embarrassed, downright ashamed to be associated with gluttons, drunkards, and sinners.