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Pauline Metaphors – Part 1: Citizenship

‘For our conversation [citizenship] is in heaven’, Phil. 3. 20; ‘Only let your conversation [walk as citizens] be as it becometh the gospel of Christ� ...

Michael Buckeridge

2022 Volume 77 Issue 1

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Pauline Metaphors – Part 2: Guarantee

Introduction The concept of a guarantee, whether used literally or metaphorically, is not confined to the first-century period of the New Testament, ...

Eric Parmenter

2022 Volume 77 Issue 2

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Pauline Metaphors – Part 3: Adoption

Introduction The word adoption only occurs five times in the New Testament and is confined to Paul’s letters.

Richard Collings

2022 Volume 77 Issue 3

Pauline Metaphors – Part 4: Slavery and Manumission

Slavery and Manumission1 Even though we have seen public demonstrations against ...

Brian Clatworthy

2022 Volume 77 Issue 4

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Pauline Metaphors – Part 5: Warfare and Soldiering

Background In New Testament times the Roman Empire held sway, sustained by the ruthless efficiency of its armies. On occasions, Paul th ...

Ken Totton

2023 Volume 78 Issue 1

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Pauline Metaphors – Part 6: In the Marketplace

Like the modern scene, the New Testament world was filled with diverse worldviews. Many religions and philosophies vied for supremacy in public affairs and p ...

Keith R. Keyser

2023 Volume 78 Issue 2

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Pauline Metaphors – Part 7: Sowing and Reaping

Introduction The idea of sowing and reaping may be unfamiliar to someone living in a non-rural community in the 21st century, but it was a normal part of everyday life in ...

Stephen Baker

2023 Volume 78 Issue 3

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Pauline Metaphors – Part 8: Athletics

By the time Paul was writing in the New Testament, the Olympic games were an established event. Started sometime in the 700s BC, they had become so significant ‘that in late anti ...

Michael Buckeridge

2023 Volume 78 Issue 4

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