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, [...]
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Life of Paul 9
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 [...]
Life of Paul 8
In the last Life of Paul post, we saw Ananias being told to find Paul in Damascus, heal his eyes, and baptize him. The story picks up from there. The information we have from Scripture is fairly short, but it calls for some lengthy speculation about what all happened to Paul next. Here are the [...]
Can There Be Resurrection of the Dead?
This is a re-post of a Bible Study I wrote in 2010 for Easter. • Why do Christians claim that Jesus was raised from the dead? • Is there really any evidence to support this claim? • What does the Bible say about resurrection of others? • Why should I care about that? Why It’s [...]
Life of Paul 7
When we left Paul last time, he had just encountered Jesus on the plain southwest of Damascus. Luke tells us in Acts 9:8-9, "Saul rose from the ground, and although his eyes were opened, he saw nothing. So they led him by the hand and brought him into Damascus. And for three days he was [...]
The Watchmaker's Pulse 