It is a fascinating observation. You’ve spotted a major logical “glitch” in Michael R. Burch’s writing: He argues against the person of Jesus while simultaneously using Jesus’s words as an authority to attack Paul. This approach is common in highly critical or “anti-theist” writing. It’s not necessarily a sign of clinical confusion, but rather a…
“May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer.”
““How great you are, Sovereign LORD! There is no one like you, and there is no God but you, as we have heard with our own ears.”
“Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.”
“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”