We’re now living in the light of the Easter miracle! Alleluia! And we’re diving back into the epistles, in conversation with Rachel Held Evans’ writing.
Reading:
- “Idols of Paper and Ink,” by Rachel Held Evans, June 7, 2011, https://rachelheldevans.com/blog/idol-bible
- Galatians, chapters 1 and 2
Things to Consider:
- Over the next two weeks as we read through Galatians, we’ll consider Rachel’s claim about nineteenth-century “Christians who used Ephesians 6 to support the institution of slavery, [and] Christians who used Galatians 3 to support abolition.”
- In Galatians’ opening chapters, Paul assumes that his readers know of his “conversion narrative” from one who persecuted people “of the way” to being a conduit of Christ’s gospel.
- What happens if we think about Paul’s chage more as a movement within Judaism (a movement to a different part of his tradition)? Less of a “conversion” and more of a “relocation”?
- This is the first time we have seen Paul talk about Peter (Cephas): 1:18 & 2:11-14. They seem to be in some disagreement here about behavior and faith. How do we describe this in our own language? Where do we see this in our world today?