The Lost Message of Paul: Has the Church misunderstood the Apostle Paul?
We have misunderstood Paul, badly.

We have read his words through our own set of assumptions. We need to begin with Paul's world view, to see things the way he saw them.

- What if 'original sin' was never part of Paul's thinking?
- What if the idea that we are saved by faith in Christ, as Luther argued, was based on a mistranslation of Paul's words and a misunderstanding of Paul's thinking?

'Over the centuries,' writes Steve Chalke, 'the Church has repeatedly failed to communicate, or even understand, the core of Paul's message. Although Paul has often been presented as the champion of exclusion, he was the very opposite. He was the great includer.'

Steve Chalke MBE is a Baptist minister, founder and leader of the Oasis Charitable Trust, and author of more than 50 books.

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The Lost Message of Paul: Has the Church misunderstood the Apostle Paul?
We have misunderstood Paul, badly.

We have read his words through our own set of assumptions. We need to begin with Paul's world view, to see things the way he saw them.

- What if 'original sin' was never part of Paul's thinking?
- What if the idea that we are saved by faith in Christ, as Luther argued, was based on a mistranslation of Paul's words and a misunderstanding of Paul's thinking?

'Over the centuries,' writes Steve Chalke, 'the Church has repeatedly failed to communicate, or even understand, the core of Paul's message. Although Paul has often been presented as the champion of exclusion, he was the very opposite. He was the great includer.'

Steve Chalke MBE is a Baptist minister, founder and leader of the Oasis Charitable Trust, and author of more than 50 books.

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The Lost Message of Paul: Has the Church misunderstood the Apostle Paul?

The Lost Message of Paul: Has the Church misunderstood the Apostle Paul?

by Steve Chalke
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The Lost Message of Paul: Has the Church misunderstood the Apostle Paul?

The Lost Message of Paul: Has the Church misunderstood the Apostle Paul?

by Steve Chalke

Overview

We have misunderstood Paul, badly.

We have read his words through our own set of assumptions. We need to begin with Paul's world view, to see things the way he saw them.

- What if 'original sin' was never part of Paul's thinking?
- What if the idea that we are saved by faith in Christ, as Luther argued, was based on a mistranslation of Paul's words and a misunderstanding of Paul's thinking?

'Over the centuries,' writes Steve Chalke, 'the Church has repeatedly failed to communicate, or even understand, the core of Paul's message. Although Paul has often been presented as the champion of exclusion, he was the very opposite. He was the great includer.'

Steve Chalke MBE is a Baptist minister, founder and leader of the Oasis Charitable Trust, and author of more than 50 books.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780281079407
Publisher: SPCK (Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge)
Publication date: 06/20/2019
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 256
Product dimensions: 5.10(w) x 7.80(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

The Revd Steve Chalke, MBE is the founder of the Oasis Charitable Trust. He is also a former United Nations' Special Adviser on Human Trafficking, a British Baptist minister, a regular contributor and commentator on television, radio and other media, and the author of several bestselling books.

Table of Contents

Contents
Acknowledgements xiii
1 The conversation 1
2 The revolutionary 7
3 Longing 14
4 Air 20
5 A new world 30
6 Perspective 40
7 A legal error 51
8 Faithful 61
9 Think like a Hebrew 70
10 What if? 83
11 Aha! 95
12 Oxymoron 105
13 The double whammy 118
14 True 126
15 The crux 134
16 Shades 144
17 Layers 153
18 Different 162
19 The elephant 174
20 Credo 185
21 A twist in the tale 196
22 Judgement 205
23 The pruning 217
24 Wired 229
25 Refined 245
26 In heaven's name 252
27 Metaphor 263
28 Rescued 272
29 The revolution 279
Appendix: What did the Ancient Greeks think about the afterlife? 290
About Oasis 293
Further reading 295

What People are Saying About This

Brian D. McLaren

"Seldom does the same person build an amazing organization and write amazing books. And seldom does an author of an amazing book grapple with a huge body of scholarship and then summarize it in a way that popular audiences can read and enjoy. That's why Steve Chalke is so remarkable. His new book, The Lost Message of Paul, is not only well-written and fascinating; it is also profoundly bold and revolutionary. In fact, its impact could be of historic importance if enough of us have the courage to read it and put its message into practice. Highly recommended for all who dare to give life's most important questions a second thought!"

Rob Bell

"If you've meet Steve in flesh and blood then you know how extraordinarily ALIVE he is, how open and free and hopeful and compelling he is—which brings me to this book: This book is pulsing and brimming and overflowing with that very same life. Only this time he's homed in on the Apostle Paul and his underrated and overlooked genius, innovation, and revolutionary fervour. If you're familiar with the Bible, you will find yourself frequently pausing while reading and thinking 'Wait-what? That's the word, that's the idea, that's what Paul actually said? How come everybody doesn't know this?' And if you are new to the Bible, you'll find yourself saying 'That's what is actually written in the Bible? That's both ancient and yet so fresh and pressing for our world right now. This could change things all the best possible ways.' The research, the stories, the synthesis of then and now—this book is going to set so many people free."

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