Category: Life of Paul

I implied that Paul and Barnabas left Pisidian Antioch quickly last time, but I don't think that's what happened. The last verses of Acts 13 say, "And the word of the Lord was spreading throughout the whole region. But the Jews incited the devout women of high standing and the leading men of the city, [...]

I was unable to write an "in-between" blog post last week, so I'll just continue this week with my Life of Paul series. We left Paul last time on the shores of Pamphylia (Turkey). Acts 13:13 records, "Now Paul and his companions set sail from Paphos and came to Perga in Pamphylia. And John left [...]

The church in Antioch has been prospering. We see in Acts 13:1-3 that it is a church comprised of a diverse group of people - diversity of race, of culture, of economy, and of gifts. The church is engaging in worship and service and the Holy Spirit stirs them to global missions. "Now there were [...]

Time is moving on in the life of the apostle Paul. In my last post we saw him returning to his hometown of Tarsus in the region of Cilicia. He remained there for some time and we were only able to conjecture a little about what he did while there. Luke picks up his story, [...]

For this week's review of the events in Paul's life, I want to first step back a little in Luke's account of the early church in Acts 4:32-37. Here we read about the church in Jerusalem before Stephen's martyr and before Paul had begun his persecution of the church. The church was growing and caring [...]