as Keith touches base again with his adventures through learning about church history, will return to a familiar resource. See the credits that follow the show notes. Today we take a look at Paul’s early life, training, ministry and milestones of his life. Will have to return to the chapter at a future point to have a look at the impact his writings had on the early church. Here are a few of the points that we focus on today.

Paul and Gentile Christianity

  • The Beginning of the Movement
  • the results of early PERSECUTION
  • what in the world is the Seleucid monarchy?
  • Paul’s Background
  • his training as a Pharisee
  • his presence at the stoning of Stephen
  • his persecution of Hellenistic Jewish Christians
  • Paul’s Conversion
  • Paul’s Early Ministry
  • Three years after his conversion, he made a two-week visit to Jerusalem
  • his ministry for nearly a decade is unrecorded.
  • He travels with Barnabas for a counsel in Jerusalem
  • In Early Church Crisis
  • the matter of circumcising Gentile believers needed to be settled
  • there would also be the matter of table fellowship, maintaining dietary restrictions
  • Paul’s First Missionary Journey
  • after a split with Barnabas, Paul’s Second and Greater Missionary Journey
  • Keith recounts his travels and timeline during this trip
  • finally, it was his journey to Jerusalem, where he was arrested
  • Paul’s final days

Credit

Thanks to the recorded comments from J Vernon McGee. His ministry and daily bible study live on through Through the Bible Ministries (ttb.org)–>

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A History of the Christian Church
Williston Walker
Richard A. Norris, David W. Lotz, Robert T. Handy
Copyright © 1918, 1959, 1970, 1985 Charles Scribner’s Sons; Copyright renewed 1946 Amelia Walker Gushing and Elizabeth Walker.
Today’s focus is on the first half of Chapter 5

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