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Grace: Probing the limits

Paul's concept of grace was not static. His experiences as an apostle of Christ led him to probe its limits, but not necessarily to reach them.

It is now significantly harder to write on the Pauline concept of grace than it was twenty, fifteen, or even ten years ago. The general agreement about the basic structure of Paul's theology has collapsed, replaced by the chaos of vigorous debate.1 Even old certitudes about grace, that most characteristic component of Paul's theology, have been shaken. Few would deny the basic premise that grace is central to Paul's thought,2 but few would also now deny that grace was central to almost all forms of first-century Judaism. Furthermore, with the ...

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