Obviously, Scripture is freely available on the web from sites like biblegateway.com and many others. Despite this, I find many who don't follow the Messiah afraid to go to such sites, they'd rather shy away from anything remotely religious. Any URL with "bible" in the name is going to scare away many, making it less approachable to unbelievers.
Going with this thought, I'm undertaking what I hope you will find to be an interesting project: Epistles of Paul.
There are several reasons I wanted to create Epistles of Paul:
- To give an open, intellectual forum for discussion on Paul's writings in particular, and religion in general.
- To make the writings of Paul more accessible to unbelievers on the web: tech-saavy unbelievers feel uncomfortable visiting sites like biblegateway.com, but there are many who regulary visit blogs. Paul's letters in blog form, in standard modern-day English, is also more accessible to most than King James' thou's, ye's, art's and lo & behold's.
- To write emulations of Paul's letters, addressing modern issues to groups of people today: Catholics, Protestants, Muslims, Secularists, to name a few. While Paul was a zealous teacher and follower of the Messiah -- someone that I cannot come close to in comparison -- I feel I can learn from him while giving others insight into his teachings as well.
So initially, I'm going to be posting the actual letters of Paul, starting with Romans. When all existing books are completed, I will post letters to modern people groups, religious and cultural, emulating Paul's argumentative and intellectual writing style. I hope you all will find it interesting and enlightening.
Epistles Of Paul