his letters to new christian communities, the epistles make up a third of the new testament. his teachings show how determined he is to reach out to gentiles. jesus sade go and make disciples of all the nations, and that meant not just the jews. if i were james and i d heard about paul and what paul was doing, i would be hugely frustrated. paul never met the human jesus. here was james, who was jesus brother, and this upstart was presuming to teach jesus message and go out among the gentiles with this message? things got so bad in the relations between paul and james that ultimately they had a big conference in jerusalem to sort it out. around 50 a.d., 20 years after the execution of his brother jesus, james presides over a council of the movement s leaders. the outcome will decide the
doing, i would be hugely frustrated. paul never met the human jesus. here was james, who was jesus brother, and this upstart was presuming to teach jesus message and go out among the gentiles with this message? things got so bad in the relations between paul and james that ultimately they had a big conference in jerusalem to sort it out. around 50 a.d., 20 years after the execution of his brother jesus, james presides over a council of the movement s leaders. the outcome will decide the future. will they remain a small jewish sect? or will christianity stand alone? paul comes to defend the salvation afforded by the death and resurrection of christ that also extends to gentiles, and he brings a saved christian to jerusalem in order to try to prove his point. here is my friend, a greek.
the tricky issue of what do we do with gentiles was the hot button issue in earliest christianity. you have to remember all the earliest followers of jesus were jews. all of them. so where do the gentiles fit into this? ball doesn t want the gentiles to convert to judaism in order to become christians or in order to be followers of the christ. his letters make up a third of the new testament. his teachings show how determined he is to reach out to gentiles. jesus said go and make disciples of all the nations and that meant not just the jews. if i were james, and i had heard about paul and what paul was doing, i would be hugely frustrated. paul never met the human jesus. here was james that was jesus s brother and this upstart was
the epistles make up a third of the new testament. his teachings show how determined he is to reach out to gentiles. jesus sade go and make disciples of all the nations, and that meant not just the jews. if i were james and i d heard about paul and what paul was doing, i would be hugely frustrated. paul never met the human jesus. here was james, who was jesus brother, and this upstart was presuming to teach jesus message and go out among the gentiles with this message? things got so bad in the relations between paul and james that ultimately they had a big conference in jerusalem to sort it out. around 50 a.d., 20 years after the execution of his brother jesus, james presides over a council of the movement s leaders.
so where do the gentiles fit into this? paul doesn t want the gentiles to convert to judaism in order to become christians, to be followers of christ. his letters to new christian communities, the epistles, make up a third of the new testament. his teachings show how determined he is to reach out to gentiles. jesus sade go and make disciples of all the nations, and that meant not just the jews. if i were james and i d heard about paul and what paul was doing, i would be hugely frustrated. paul never met the human jesus. here was james, who was jesus s brother, and this upstart was presuming to teach jesus s message and go out among the gentiles with this message? things got so bad in the relations between paul and james that ultimately they had a big conference in jerusalem to sort it out. around 50 a.d., 20 years after the execution of his brother jesus, james presides over a council of the movement s