Podcast: Do We Apply a Cruciform Lens to the Writings of Paul Even Though He Writes After Christ?
Greg talks about Paul and Peter and the slow acclimation of Christ’s message in the early church.
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Tags: Cross Vision, Crucifixion of the Warrior God, Cruciform Theology, Paul, Paul's Letters
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