Is the New Testament Church meant to be about grace or law? Is it about turning comments made by Paul into new laws more burdensome and oppressive than the old? Why has Paul’s advice to Timothy and Titus on a few considerations for office become an overbearing obstacle course which discourages both men and women from seeking ministry? How did Paul’s recommendations about not offending become a rule against even moderate use of alcohol, when even he recommended a little? Since when did Paul’s cultural comments about hair turn into permanent rules about hair length for men and women? How did Paul’s discouragement of legalism as a different gospel become more laws than the 613 Old Testament commands? What would Jesus say? Would he say we worship him in vain, teaching mere commandments of men as doctrine (Matthew 15:9)?
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