{"product_id":"paul-behaving-badly","title":"Paul Behaving Badly","description":"The apostle Paul was kind of a jerk.\n\nHe was arrogant and stubborn. He called his opponents derogatory, racist names. He legitimized slavery and silenced women. He was a moralistic, homophobic killjoy who imposed his narrow religious views on others.\n\nOr was he?\n\nRandolph Richards and Brandon O'Brien explore the complicated persona and teachings of the apostle Paul. Unpacking his personal history and cultural context, they show how Paul both offended Roman perspectives and scandalized Jewish sensibilities. His vision of Christian faith was deeply disturbing to those in his day and remains so in ours.\n\nPaul behaved badly, but not just in the ways we might think. Take another look at Paul and see why this \"worst of sinners\" dares to say, \"Follow my example, as I follow the example of Christ.\"","brand":"Randolph E \u0026 O'Brien Richards","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55281235034488,"sku":"9780830844722","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9351\/9316\/files\/10027801_LRG.jpg?v=1758160338","url":"https:\/\/etcevents.co.uk\/products\/paul-behaving-badly","provider":"ETCEvents","version":"1.0","type":"link"}