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Chapter 11, starting with verse 9, is a weak echo of the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew, although as I say it's not clear that Paul ever read Matthew. If he did, all he did was cheapen it. This is the kind of banal dreck that any two-bit preacher might spout. Be good, don't be bad, basically. I don't have much to say about it, except that it's largely unexceptionable.  

That is a news story, but the corporate media, for reasons that are not entirely clear, cannot treat it as such. The New York Times can publish what it labels a "guest essay" w...

Remember that the epistle to the Romans was actually intended for the Jewish community in Rome, which Paul expected to be visiting soon. They in fact did not receive the letter before he arrived, although presumably he handed them a copy once he got there. Anyway, chapter 11 continues the argument for salvation by belief, and in turn that belief is bestowed by election. 

In chapter 10, Paul is mostly trying to convert the Jews. But in verses 16 through 18 he claims (quoting a psalm) that everyone on earth has had the chance to hear the Gospel news. "17 Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word about Christ. 18 But I ask: Did they not hear? Of course they did: “Their voice has gone out into a...

 the White House resident is. Let me translate the sludge flowing through his deteriorating brain into household level terms. This is literally, in fact, really truly what he thinks.

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