To discuss your favorite Bible stories, characters and verses.
Personally I always liked the story of Joseph, and how after being sold by his brothers he became the Vizier of Egypt. Samuel and the book of Kings are also great. From the New Testament my favorite gospel is the Gospel of Mark as it seems to be the oldest, Jesus is more human in Mark as well when compared to John.
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I like how Matthew 5:18-19 says "For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is accomplished. Therefore whoever relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven."
And Christians ignore the teaching of Christ, preferring the teaching of a man whose name literally means "least" -- Paulus -- who wrote that the commandments were abolished.
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Jesus was first and foremost a jew, many people seem to forget this, and as such following The Law was very important to him. He never intended to abolish the commandments, he merely pointed out the hypocrisy of religious leaders who weren’t really following the Mosaic Law while preaching it.
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