church unity
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Romans 15:14–21 reveals Paul’s astonishing self-understanding: his mission to the Gentiles is a priestly vocation. He presents Spirit-sanctified communities as an offering to God, tracing a gospel arc from Jerusalem to Illyricum. Mission becomes worship, unity becomes infrastructure, and Scripture becomes the compass for the church’s outward calling.
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Many evangelicals have inherited a view of Paul shaped more by post-Reformation debates than by Paul’s own Jewish context. The New Perspective challenges us to recover the apostle’s original concern: not private salvation alone, but the radical redefinition of God’s people in Christ. This post explores how justification by faith reshapes belonging, table fellowship, and…