Fourth option: written literature is the BEST medium for communicating detailed, specific information that can be preserved, studied in community, and shared worldwide. Other communication methods (prophets, dreams, miracles) are either also subject to interpretation, subjective, or lack specificity.
Response to Q1 — written text as optimal communication
Braxton argues written text provides intrinsic goods: (1) enables the quest for knowledge and hermeneutical study, (2) supports relational community (1 Cor 12:12, 12:27 — body metaphor means no individual has everything they need), (3) preserves specific information across centuries. God snapping information into brains would remove these goods. Mark 12:30-31 and Matthew 22:36-40 cited for God's relational goals.
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Round 2 Interview With Paul
This post is the second one of a simulated interview with the Apostle Paul taken from the position of what he might say if we could transport Paul from the New Testament account through a time tunnel into our present day. While Paul gets to experience life in the 21st century, Doug, a strong complem
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Acts 1:16-26
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κλῆρος (klēros)
lot, allotment, portion
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