30. Paul’s wonderful views of faith & grace and not so wonderful views on women…
LDS Come Follow Me 2023
October 23–29
1 and 2 Timothy; Titus; Philemon
“Be Thou an Example of the Believers”
Paul has some beautiful teachings on faith and grace. We’ll discuss what it means to have “faith unfeigned” and the two keys Paul gives to avoid a “shipwreck of faith” (or we would say in modern terms, a “faith crisis”).
Unfortunately, this letter to Timothy isn’t all good. Paul has some backwards views on women and their role in the church. (Actually, and I forgot to mention this in the podcast, this could potentially be easily explained by the fact that most biblical scholars don’t think Paul actually wrote these letters, but that they were written after his death by someone else in his name. This could explain why the misogynistic parts of 1 Timothy 2 don’t align with other things Paul said and did). But no matter who wrote them, we’ll discuss them.
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Bookmarks:
0:00 Intro
1:19 The end of the law is love
2:53 What is “faith unfeigned”?
7:01 “strong assertions” vs “faith unfeigned”
8:19 The law is only good if used “lawfully”
12:30 What does Paul mean that he is chief among sinners?
16:34 Jesus’ mercy should be a pattern for us
17:09 How to avoid shipwrecking your faith
22:22 Jesus would have all be saved. Do we doubt His ability to do that?
24:21 Doubts and angry prayers are ok!
27:29 Paul’s misogyny…
39:34 Laying good works up in store. What kind of good works?
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Books & Articles Referenced:
Adam Miller Podcast: https://faithmatters.org/stories-and-sin-a-conversation-with-adam-miller/
Original Grace: https://amzn.to/45OwS3S
The Sin of Certainty: https://amzn.to/3Q6kqq7
Richard G. Scott talk (Adam & Eve Quotes): https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/1996/10/the-joy-of-living-the-great-plan-of-happiness?lang=eng
Ensign article: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/2002/01/the-choice-that-began-mortality?lang=eng
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