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During Paul's three mission trips, he encountered and encouraged many people. During his second missions trip, Paul met Timothy. Timothy grew up in Lystra and it is said that he was spoken very highly of and respected by the Christians in the area. His mother came from a Jewish background and it is believed that she was a Christian; however, his father was Greek and it is believed that he was not a believer. Because of the fact that his father was Greek, timothy was uncircumcised and when he decided

Hi, How are you all doing? I was very excited when I heard about your interest in St.Paul! Hopefully I’ll be able to satisfy your curiosity. To really understand St.Paul, we must first try to understand the community in which he lived. At the time the Church wasn’t what it is today, they were still trying to figure a lot of things out. What made this task even more confusing was that there was so many groups of Christians who all lived in different places that communication was difficult and

Paul outlines 3 major ideas in the way that all believers should relate to one another. Paul begins with the posture that we should take with one another. That posture has 3 goals: humble and gentle (without exception), dealing with one another in love, and eager to maintain unity in the church as a whole. Sadly, we have lost sight of this posture not just interracially but also inter-denominationally and cross culturally. While all of these goals are extremely difficult to begin to achieve they

There is an ongoing debate whether or not the letter to the Colossians was written by the Apostle Paul. This letter purports to be from Paul to the Colossians. It has been suggested by 1:1, that the authorship could be that of Timothy, written while Paul was in jail and that he gave it Paul’s name out of respect, prominence and importance. The letter is Pauline, but stated in Timothy’s own way…Conceivably. Paul did not find the church in Colasae. Possibly, it was Epaphras, as it is recorded, “who

Logeneckers “ Lost letters of Pergamum” is written as a fictional account of a series of letters that were written by a few prominent men in the year 92 AD. These men include Antipas who is known as a proclaimed benefactor of the cities that include Tyre and Caesarea of Rome and also a worshipper of Jupiter, Calpurnius a nobleman of Ephesus, as well as Luke a scholar and the writer of the third gospel and a very good friend of Calpurnius. The letters exchanged between the three men contain information

Traditionally, 1 Corinthians is attributed to Paul, as are many of the New Testament letters. Paul was writing to a church in Corinth, a church and town that would have been primarily Gentile. This means the congregation would likely have been familiar with, and influenced by, pagan practices. Paul had since left Corinth and it seems that other Christian leaders had visited after Paul’s departure. Paul writes to correct and address issues that have arisen in the church. It seems the Corinthians

A Look into the Book of Ephesians A book about love, sacrifice, strength, and choice: that’s what I would call the book of Ephesians. A letter from Paul to Gods people is what makes up parts of the book of Ephesians. Paul writes about how all Christians are saved, and about the good of God. In the book of Ephesians we may also see what’s right, and what’s wrong. The book puts life into perspective and shows us that we all have a choice. We can either be the good guy, or the “bad guy,” so to speak

Historical Context According to John Calvin, the book of Romans was written at Corinth around 57-58 AD on Paul’s third missionary journey. The location is confirmed in Acts 20 vv. 3-6 and again in 2nd Corinthians v. 1 and v. 10.) In the letter, Paul introduces himself as an Apostle set aside for the gospel. He planned to visit the church at Rome when he traveled to deliver donations to the poor in Jerusalem (1 Cor. 16:1-3; 2 Cor. 8:1-9:1). However, Paul’s mission was to establish Christianity

Circumcision is a large topic in the book of Galatians , but why does Paul mention this in the letter to the people of Galatia? Paul is currently playing the game of interpretation with the Galatians where he started by giving them the good news of Jesus, they respond with trying to be so Jewish that they felt more Jewish than the Jews, and Paul responds in his letter—later to become the book of Galatians—that they should not circumcise. Paul’s letter shows a brief insight into his game of interpretation

I have carefully read and considered the entire assignments of I Corinthians Introduction and Chapter 1-2 pages 1770-1774. 1. The first thing (positive) that stands out to me is the homiletical essence applied by Peterson in verse 4-5 (pg. 1771) he said "Paul was not interested in their accomplishments, in their sins, about their success or failures. What he would love to hear is the grace of God which is in Christ Jesus that Corinthians have." It may sound that Paul doesn't care for the lives of