On the other end of the link is an enlightening blog post, “Parchments,” by Mike Wittmer, giving us some idea how much it cost Paul, the church, or some patron to write and copy each of the epistles we now have in our New Testament. Doing God’s work, even then, was not cheap.
Parchment leaf from a purple Book of Gospels (6th c.) By Tilemahos Efthimiadis from Athens, Greece [CC BY-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
Richard pastors Church of the Great God (CGG) headquartered in Fort Mill, South Carolina, and edits Forerunner magazine, CGG Weekly, and the Berean Daily Verse and Comment, all published by CGG (https://www.cgg.org). He has been married to Beth Bulharowski since 1989, and they have four grown children and three granddaughters. He is an avid sports fan (especially of Pittsburgh sports teams), as well as an admirer of J.R.R. Tolkien and his works.
