Paul Behaving Badly: Was the Apostle a Racist, Chauvinist Jerk? (Biblia.com)

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The apostle Paul was kind of a jerk. He was arrogant and stubborn. He called his opponents derogatory, racist names. He legitimized slavery and silenced women. He was a moralistic, homophobic killjoy who imposed his narrow religious views on others. Or was he? Randolph Richards and Brandon O’Brien explore the complicated persona and teachings of the apostle Paul. Unpacking his personal history...

with his deeds and teachings.”3 This is overstating the case, though it is true Paul rarely quotes Jesus. And the only sense in which Paul ever spoke with Jesus was on the Damascus road, yet in that interaction Jesus told Paul off. Paul dismisses the fact that the other apostles had walked with Jesus; they knew him “according to the flesh” (2 Cor 5:16 ESV). He never expresses any disappointment that he didn’t follow Jesus through the villages of Galilee. Instead he brags about learning at the feet

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