Only, they asked us to remember the poor, the very thing I was eager to do. (Galatians 2:10)
Remember the poor? What a strange intrusion into this passage. What an unexpected burp in the narrative Paul has been writing to demonstrate his apostolic authority.
Paul knows everything else–and the apostles in Jerusalem know he knows. The gospel. [...]

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My pastor gave an appropriate analogy yesterday.
Imagine, he suggested, that you want to get a classroom full of middle-school boys to learn math. They refuse to pay any attention. So you consider all your alternatives and finally settle on a plan. You hire an attractive female teacher–in her twenties–and have her stand at the front [...]

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