We need to live as the holy people of God set apart from the world around us, not in some kind of clickish way, but in a missional way, to show the world around us what the character of God is like.

That he is a merciful and gracious God slow to anger and abounding and steadfast love, and that he is concerned

for the oppressed and the poor, the disenfranchised, the widow and the orphan.

I mean, that goes all the way through from the beginning to the end of the Bible.

Welcome to the Crossway podcast, a show where we sit down with authors each week for thoughtful

interviews about the Bible, theology, church history, and the Christian life. I'm Matt Tully, and today

I'm talking with Frank Feelman. Frank currently serves as Presbyterian Chair of Divinity and Professor of New

Testament at Beeson Divinity School.

He's also an ordained minister in the PCA and the author of many books and commentaries,

including one on the Book of Galatians in the ESV Expository Commentary Series, published by Crossway.

Today, Frank and I discuss what the New Testament, and particularly the Apostle Paul, teaches

us about how Christians today should think about the Mosaic law.

He reflects on why this seems like such a challenging hermeneutical issue, why the topic

of circumcision was so central in Paul's epistles, and how the so-called new perspective

on Paul fits into this conversation.

Let's get started.

Frank, thank you so much for joining me today on the Crossway podcast.

Well, delighted to be here, Matt. Thanks for having me.

Before jumping into the weeds on understanding, you know, what the New Testament actually

teaches about how the New Testament actually teaches about

how the Old Testament law applies. One maybe bigger question that maybe some people have

wrestled with. I know I have. Do you think that scripture, in particular the New Testament,

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