WHEN PAUL AND BARNABAS HEALED A CRIPPLE AT LYSTRA, THE PEOPLE NAMED THEM
A. Zeus and Hermes ✓ B. Zeus and Apollo C. Jupiter and Mercury D. Zeus and Mars The answer to the question is: A. Zeus and Hermes When Paul and Barnabas healed a cripple at Lystra, the people named them Zeus and Hermes. This…
PAUL EARLY LIFE AND CONVERSION
Paul’s nativity and education (Acts 22:1-5, 26-30) Sometime after the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem, another boy was born to a Jewish family. This Jewish family was living abroad in the town of Tarsus in the city of Cilicia in…
PAUL AND HIS TRIALS
Paul’s arrival in Jerusalem and his arrest (Acts 21:17-40) When Paul arrived in Jerusalem, he was arrested, and tried before the Jewish Council. A plot was hatched to kill him, and he was rescued and taken to Caesarea. Paul was…
PAUL TEACHING ON LOVE
1 Corinthians 13:4-8, 13 In his letter to the Corinthians, Paul taught about the qualities of love in order to help us understand what love is all about. Paul wrote that: ‘Love is patient and kind; love is not jealous…
PAUL TEACHINGS ON THE DIGNITY OF LABOUR AND OBEDIENCE TO CONSTITUTED AUTHORITY
Paul’s teaching on: ‘The Dignity of Labour’ (2 Thessalonians 3:6-15; Colossians 3:23) Dignity means respect and labour means work. Therefore, dignity of labour refers to respect for all types of decent work. Paul’s teaching on ‘the dignity of labour’ was…
PAUL FIRST MISSIONARY JOURNEY
Acts 13 and 14 After his conversion to Christianity, Paul began to preach in Damascus that Jesus was the Son of God. The Jews in Damascus did not like the idea that Paul had joined the Christians and was preaching…
PAUL THIRD MISSIONARY JOURNEY
Paul in Ephesus: (Acts 18:23-28; 19:1-41) Paul’s third missionary journey took him to Ephesus. Paul first went to Caesarea and greeted the members of the Church there. From there he came to Antioch and to Galatia and Phrygia. Meanwhile a…
PAUL IN ATHENS
Acts 17:16-34 From Philippi, Paul and companions, Silas and Timothy came to Thessalonica where he (Paul) was well received by both the Jews and the Greeks. But some of the unbelieving Jews in Thessalonica persecuted the apostles. So, Paul and…
PAUL SECOND MISSIONARY JOURNEY
Acts 15:36, 18;22 Paul separated from Barnabas on the second missionary journey because of John Mark who wanted to accompany them again. John Mark had abandoned Paul and Barnabas on their first missionary journey. Paul refused and Barnabas went off…