tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20704380.post9121639265859211423..comments2024-03-22T17:35:52.045-04:00Comments on Extra Thoughts: A new undesigned coincidence discoveredLydia McGrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00423567323116960820noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20704380.post-24812072064303369732015-10-13T14:47:47.025-04:002015-10-13T14:47:47.025-04:00Love this :)Love this :)Maryann Spikeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11252412506351650920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20704380.post-58245381766517387042015-05-05T18:45:40.600-04:002015-05-05T18:45:40.600-04:00Hot diggity! Nice work, Lydia. Hot diggity! Nice work, Lydia. Tonynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20704380.post-1641545759678613602015-05-04T17:12:07.268-04:002015-05-04T17:12:07.268-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Lydia McGrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00423567323116960820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20704380.post-10905694981848688972015-05-04T16:42:44.651-04:002015-05-04T16:42:44.651-04:00Thanks for sharing this with everybody! You'r...Thanks for sharing this with everybody! You're doing great work for the Kingdom of God!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15439877878287767551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20704380.post-46645643747839146062015-05-04T13:27:45.658-04:002015-05-04T13:27:45.658-04:00Mark, nothing is springing to mind concerning Paul...Mark, nothing is springing to mind concerning Paul's not baptizing. The most I can say is that there is, to the best of my recollection, no mention anywhere in Acts of Paul's baptizing anyone. But that tells us very little one way or another.<br /><br />Shandon, I really don't know what the best explanation is concerning Acts and money. I'm weakly inclined to think that it was just not a topic that interested Luke. <br /><br />He does mention the _first_ contribution to Judea in connection with a famine (Acts 11:28-30). But he omits all direct reference to Paul's collection for the church at Jerusalem which Paul must have been organizing in the time represented by Acts 19-20:3. Acts records only Paul's own oblique mention of this collection in his defense before Felix: Acts 24:17. <br /><br />The contrast with Paul's mind is striking. Paul talks about money a lot in the epistles.Lydia McGrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00423567323116960820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20704380.post-76796792864874875952015-05-04T13:24:14.153-04:002015-05-04T13:24:14.153-04:00Good stuff, Lydia. Love to discover more golden nu...Good stuff, Lydia. Love to discover more golden nuggets in the text. Thank you for your hard work!<br /><br />Mark S. PhillipsMark S. Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10696976768497599581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20704380.post-14555343532558726472015-05-04T13:17:14.187-04:002015-05-04T13:17:14.187-04:00An impressive find! I wonder if the omission of P...An impressive find! I wonder if the omission of Paul's new-found financial backing might in part be due to Luke's penchant for emphasizing that the pursuit of money is counter-spiritual (cf. Luke 6.20; 16.13).Shandon L. Guthrienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20704380.post-62194108269802300842015-05-04T13:13:08.523-04:002015-05-04T13:13:08.523-04:00Excellent insight, Lydia! Thank you so much for sh...Excellent insight, Lydia! Thank you so much for sharing.<br /><br />I'm also interested in a possible undesigned coincidence for 1 Corinthians 1:14-17 where Paul said he was thankful that he had not baptized many people 'lest anyone should say that I had baptized in my own name.' What I'm looking for is a possible undesigned coincidence that would help explain this statement in verse 17 … "For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of no effect." Where else in Acts or other Pauline writings would we see this idea that Christ did not send Paul to baptize but to preach the Gospel?<br /><br />Thanks again for your great work on Acts 18 and 2 Corinthians 11!<br /><br />Mark McGee<br />Faith and Self DefenseMark McGeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07822477083351721031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20704380.post-70368919183602300432015-05-04T13:06:25.681-04:002015-05-04T13:06:25.681-04:00Excellent Lydia. This really brings the relevant s...Excellent Lydia. This really brings the relevant scriptures to life!Edgar Andrewsnoreply@blogger.com