Did the martyrdom of Stephen influence the Apostle Paul to accomplish more than the other apostles? Stephen is martyred in Acts 7. The first verse of Acts 8 says that Paul was there holding the coats of the people who stoned him and Paul approved of his death. This is…
What does 2 Corinthians 6:9-10 mean? “through honor and dishonor, through slander and praise. We are treated as impostors, and yet are true; as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as punished, and yet not killed; as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making…
Isn’t Latin mass forbidden according to 1st Corinthians 14:19? “Nevertheless, in church I would rather speak five words with my mind in order to instruct others, than ten thousand words in a tongue.” (1 Corinthians 14:19, ESV) This is an interesting question from our point of view. I must open…
Would every individual who gives their life to Christ have the same type of change in character as the apostle Paul did? Acts 9 records the extraordinary events that converted Paul to the gospel and to Christianity. As he traveled on the road to Damascus with his caravan, desiring to…
How was Paul a Roman? Like many in the Roman Empire, Paul had dual citizenship. He was both a citizen of the Jewish nation of Israel and a citizen of the Roman Empire. Roman citizenship was endowed in at least three ways. First, a person could be a native Roman…
In what ways did the Apostle Paul and Peter disagree? To my knowledge, there is only one disagreement between Peter and Paul. Paul mentions it in Galatians 2:10-14. When Peter visited Antioch, and the Christians there, even though he was the first apostle to witness to the Gentiles at Cornelius’…
What books did the apostle Paul write in jail? Paul wrote four of his prison epistles while under house arrest in Rome awaiting his trial. His goal was to present the gospel to the most powerful man of the world at the time, the Roman Caesar. House arrest is slightly…
After Paul’s supernatural change from Saul to Paul, is it possible that his missionary life would have been the most Christlike besides the savior himself? I don’t know that it was a supernatural change that happened as far as Paul’s name change. His experience with the Lord on the road…
Image by Hans Braxmeier from Pixabay In Galatians 1:19, is Paul saying he saw no apostles except James or only James? The best way to understand it is that he only saw James, and none of the other apostles while he was in Jerusalem. The context helps us to understand…
What were the problem churches for Paul and how do his letters show it? There were several churches that Paul had odd relationships with. Even though he founded these churches, his enemies found ways to take them off track from what he taught. These people chased Paul around and taught…
