tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13840519.post2238577657061059062..comments2024-03-17T02:31:41.623-05:00Comments on Euangelion: 1 Corinthians 15:3-8 and the Definition of the GospelMichael F. Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09713482855679578651noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13840519.post-16982235162845467572009-03-24T11:21:00.000-05:002009-03-24T11:21:00.000-05:00joel,interesting post...on your point above about ...joel,<BR/>interesting post...on your point above about "limiting" the gospel - which I agree with - I'd love to hear your thoughts on Paul in Gal where he says that the gospel was announced to Abraham and in Hebrews where the good news was preached to the wilderness generation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13840519.post-12572334419766380752009-03-23T17:10:00.000-05:002009-03-23T17:10:00.000-05:00Peter:I'm happy agreeing with you that these verse...Peter:<BR/><BR/>I'm happy agreeing with you that these verses contain important elements of Paul's Gospel. But it leaves much out as well, things say like the "obedience of faith" (Rom 1:5). Interestingly, Paul nowhere spells out a point by point Gospel track so to speak. We don't have "Paul's four, five, or six or more spiritual laws".<BR/><BR/>While I prefer not to name names, I have seen it stated recently that the Gospel is not more than the points of 1 Cor 15:3-4. That is really the position I have a problem with given the contextual contingencies of the 1 Cor 15.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13840519.post-85871115905038498212009-03-23T13:52:00.000-05:002009-03-23T13:52:00.000-05:00Joel, how do you feel about stating it this way: "...Joel, how do you feel about stating it this way: "Here Paul is attempting to define <I>the major points of</I> the Gospel <I>on his way to</I> asserting the reality of the resurrection"?<BR/><BR/>I think I'm with it in wanting to let the thrust of 1 Cor. 15 hold more sway in reading vv. 1-3, but I don't see how the later context mitigates reading vv. 1-3 as the central tenets of Paul's Gospel.<BR/><BR/>Maybe you can give some examples of of misuse of these verses? or, if I can put you on the spot even more, where would you go to find the clearest statement of Paul's Gospel in all its complexity?Peter Gurryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10396444437216746412noreply@blogger.com