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For all the talk of how the Gospel was received by people in this series, the final text reminds us that the bearer of the Gospel will most likely be treated in like manner to the Gospel itself. As Paul returns to Jerusalem, three evaluations are...

The end of Paul’s third journey reads like a farewell tour. He and his partners revisit a number of churches, giving final instructions and encouragement. The meeting with the Ephesian elders paints a picture of what many of these visits were like...

The end of Paul’s third journey reads like a farewell tour. He and his partners revisit a number of churches, giving final instructions and encouragement. The meeting with the Ephesian elders paints a picture of what many of these visits were like...

Paul’s relationship with the Ephesian church was marked by his own comings and goings, the additional work of his ministry partners, and a two-year stint at the lecture hall of Tyrannus. Luke’s account of the ministry, however, centers in on four...

Paul’s relationship with the Ephesian church was marked by his own comings and goings, the additional work of his ministry partners, and a two-year stint at the lecture hall of Tyrannus. Luke’s account of the ministry, however, centers in on four...

Lest the reader begin to think that all Jews were opposed to Paul, the account of his first visit to Corinth introduces four (and maybe five) key partners in his ministry, most of whom are Jewish. They also come from different walks of life: Roman...

Lest the reader begin to think that all Jews were opposed to Paul, the account of his first visit to Corinth introduces four (and maybe five) key partners in his ministry, most of whom are Jewish. They also come from different walks of life: Roman...

Athens might no longer have been the center of the world like it was during the heyday of the Greek empire, but it was still a large, influential, and forward thinking city when Paul arrived mid-way through the first century. The philosophically...