One of the perks of being a graduate of George Fox Evangelical Seminary is that they allow you come back and audit courses. I love the academic challenge so I enrolled in a class titled Paul and the Law.
The course study seeks to understand Paul’s letters by focusing on his relationship to the Law. The issues surrounding Paul and his understanding of the law impact how believers are expected to live in relation to the Old Testament law (is the law still required?), how grace and moral responsibility are to be balanced in the Christian life, and how we understand salvation in relation to other religious traditions (especially Jewish-Christian relations). Our class will spend a good deal of time looking at the so-called “new perspective on Paul.” Looking forward to another challenge in the academic realm.
The “New Perspective on Paul” is a significant shift in the way Protestant scholars, interpret the writings of the Apostle Paul.
Just remember, if you aren’t sure what the answer to a question is, go with “covenantal nomism.”