Corpus-Paul

["kosala@md2" <kosala AT md2.vsnl.net.in>]

The interesting incident narrated by Prof. John Hurd makes it clear that
Paul was not a person who could be
"not nice" to people and be rejected. But that is the truth. Those who
follow Jesus could be loved only be those who follow Jesus. This world which
rejected Jesus can do nothing but reject His followers, including Paul.
Dr.Kishore Kosala


-----Original Message-----
From: John C. Hurd <John.Hurd AT Squam.org>
To: Corpus-paul <corpus-paul AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Date: Thursday, May 06, 1999 6:36 PM
Subject: Re: Paul as Good and Nice Guy


>My first NT teacher, Charles Buck, once told me a story about an
>occasion when he went for private tutoring to Henry Cadbury (it was the
>war years).  Cadbury was serving as director (?) of Friends World
>Service (name?), a important Quaker relief organization.  The topic was
>Paul, but Cadbury had administration on his mind.  He had application
>forms for positions in the organization, and for the fun of it he and
>Buck attempted to fill out an application in Paul's name.  They had not
>gone far when it became clear to them both that they could never hire
>Paul.  I imagine that there were questions like, "Do you respond well to
>advice from superiors?"  "Do you like to work as a team member?", etc.
>    It seems clear that one was either a member of Paul's mission team
>or on his list of suspicious people.  He was not an "organization man."
>He must have been a difficult person to work with, not to mention live
>with.
>    And, at the same time, an enormously creative and charismatic
>genius!
>        Best wishes!        --          John Hurd
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>::  John C. Hurd                Internet: John.Hurd AT Squam.org
>::  Professor Emeritus of New Testament
>::  Trinity College in the University of Toronto
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