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Making Sense of the New Testament: Three Crucial Questions is unavailable, but you can change that!

Many Christians assume that the New Testament is historically reliable. This confidence, however, is not universal, and there are many who, especially in light of modern biblical studies, question this claim. Some have also claimed that Paul founded a church quite distinct from the message of Jesus and the Gospels. How can we reconcile their seeming differences? What is the relevance of the New...

unchanged into the new age. Jesus not only challenges the Pharisaic traditions of what counted as work on the Sabbath; he outlines a principle which, if fully implemented, would altogether do away with the practice of ceasing from labor one day in seven: “The Sabbath was made for people, not people for the Sabbath,” so that it is always lawful “to do good” on the Sabbath (Mark 2:27; 3:4 par.). So, too, Paul, if we may accept the testimony of Colossians 2:16–17, links the Sabbath with monthly and
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