Hi John,
I have finished reading the Jerusalem Council book and it has been wonderful! Some days I would read just three or four pages, but I would read it three or four times.
What a wealth of information! I thought about Samantha’s email to you about water baptism, and how this book would answer just about any question a person could have about doctrinal issues.
I just love the conversations the Council members had among themselves. Real discussions, questions and answers, such as any of us could have had in our journeys in seeking God. What a treasure trove this book is!
Thank you, and Jesus, for this book; it might be my all time favorite…..
Debbie T
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Hi, Debbie.
I hope that young people, especially, will take the time to do what you have done.
When I was in college, I read all the dialogues that the philosopher Plato wrote, which are conversations, kind of like the conversation in The Jerusalem Council, with Socrates’ ideas in the center of it all, the way Paul’s gospel was the center of the Council. I did not hurry through any of Plato’s dialogues. And if while reading, I realized that my mind had drifted, I would go back to where I knew I had kept up with the conversation, and start reading again. If young people would do with the Jerusalem Council the way I did with Plato’s dialogues, patiently and humbly willing to learn, the truth of Christ which they would take in will make them wise and bless them the rest of their lives.
Thank you for writing, Debbie. I am glad you took the time to absorb that book.
Pastor John