Reading from Titus chapter 1:1‚ we identify Apostle Paul as the author of the book of Titus. This book was written approximately 62 to 67 AD. He wrote this book to Titus who was one of his missionary companions and a matured brother in Christ. Titus was left in Crete by Paul to help groom the young converts who were there and to established them with the Gospel of the Grace of God. The letter is an explanation of how local churches are supposed to be established and how leaders are to be chosen.
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Fowler Paul ’s Many Missionary Journeys ’ Paul‚ born Saul was originally born in Tarsus and a good Pharisee that knew the Bible and believed that the Christian movement was dangerous to Judaism. Thus‚ Paul hated Christian faith and persecuted them without mercy. Paul got permission to go to Damascus to capture Christians and bring them back to Jerusalem. God stopped him in his tracks‚ as Paul was blinded by heavenly lights and met Jesus. A disciple named Ananias was told to go see Paul by the Lord
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responsible for welcoming St. Paul into the Church. Meaning “Son of Encouragement”‚ St. Barnabas played a major supportive role in establishing the Christian community as well as serving as a kind of mediator between the former persecutor and the suspicious Jewish Christians. Early in his life‚ St. Barnabas sold his large property and donated the money to the apostles for the poor – where he was given his new name. Barnabas was also able to persuade the community to accept Paul – from Tarsus - as a disciple
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The book of Galatians was a book undoubtedly written by the apostle Paul‚ a man who was radically changed by God. Paul wrote this epistle to the churches in southern Galatia after having a part in starting these churches on his first missionary journey to Asia Minor. Paul had a close relationship with these churches that he built‚ to the point that he had an incredible impact on these churches from the time they were created. During this time period‚ the Galatian churches were having controversy
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believers in Rome by Paul in approximately 57 A.D. During this time Paul was on his third missionary journey (Acts 20:1-3) and was soon to arrive in Jerusalem with an offering for the needy church there (Romans 15:25). Paul most likely wrote Romans while in Corinth‚ where he stayed with Gaius (16:23). Noteworthy is the fact that Paul had never met the people who he wrote to‚ because he had never been to Rome at the time when he wrote the epistle. It seems‚ from the names that Paul mentions when sending
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individuality" Willa Cather’s "Paul’s Case‚" displays the conflict between conformity and individuality through the main character‚ Paul. On a number of occasions‚ Paul is forced to lie and steal to escape the conformists who wish to control him and stifle his unique imagination. However‚ his lying‚ stealing‚ and attempts to escape the conformists‚ only force Paul into isolation‚ depression‚ and feeling a sense of shame for his individuality. Throughout the story one might see Cather’s constant
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Apostle Paul; among those is the letter to the Church in Ephesus. Ephesians chapter 4 focuses on the need for unity within the body of Christ‚ or the church‚ as well as the necessity of being mature and developed in knowledge of the teaching of Christ. All of this is necessary for believers to not conduct their lives as they did when they lived by the world’s standards‚ but to live set apart‚ being transformed into the image of Christ. Context Historical Cultural Context The Apostle Paul was one
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the letter and seemingly second-hand knowledge of the audience. In verses 3:2 and 4:21‚ the author uses language that may suggest that the audience is unfamiliar with Paul and his message. Ephesians is also very systematic and theological. The closing greetings have no mention of any individuals in Ephesus‚ which is strange since Paul spent three years there. (2) The letter is also strikingly similar to Colossians.
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(Romans‚ 1:17). The Apostle Paul wrote several letters‚ in the New Testament‚ to cities that he visited trying to help them grow and flourish. In this letter he doesn’t want to state what they have done wrong‚ instead he talks about the salvation that is offered through Christ. This letter is the most important of his writings. Most of the letters he wrote were to the churches that Paul established. In this letter he wrote to a church that he had never been to. Paul is arrested before he could
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