Becoming a Christian Is Not About Earning Points by Obedience

i want to aim as much as possible for dealing with widely accepted scholarly positions. That way, at the end you can feel like you have a good sense of what learned and informed people who study the stuff are saying. Just quoting a law from leviticus or anywhere doesn't take into account the historical and the literary complexities which the editors of the bible had no interest in shielding us from. Becoming a christian is not about earning points by obedience, but living a faithful life as a christ Christian is a matter of ever increasing alignment with the heart of god. And one last point by way of introduction, i'm going to bring into our discussion here some insights of biblical scholarship. O