One apostle I really admire is Paul. He is really faithful to God by doing what God commands him to do. Paul went to Iconium with Barnabas and spoke the gospel. Both of them spoke so effectively that a great number of Jews and Gentiles believed‚ but those who didn’t believe them hardened their hearts. With faith‚ Paul and Barnabas spent time there speaking boldly about God‚ and the Lord helped them to do miraculous signs and wonders. Acts 14: 1-3 "At Iconium Paul and Barnabas went as usual into
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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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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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(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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live by from the book of Romans In the book of Romans Paul gives us some really helpful tips on how we should live our Christian life. Our relationship with Him and how we treat others. Here are some of the life principles that I would like to follow in my life. The first one and perhaps the most important is I want to live a life that is in obedience to the Lord. I want to have the power and privilege that obedience to the Lord offers. Paul wrote in Romans 8:7-9 “for the mind that is set on the
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Paul Tan is My New GM The final 2 years of my publishing company By Edwin Kheng I have fought the good fight‚ I have finished the race‚ I have kept the faith. – 2 Timothy 4:7 Just like the apostle Paul who declared at the end of his ministry that he had did his utmost in everything that the Lord had tasked him to do‚ I felt that my brother-in-Christ Paul Tan was sent on a mission to be the general manager of my company during the two most difficult years of my life‚ which corresponded
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The book of Romans was written by Paul‚ a Roman citizen‚ and firmly grasps the Jewish belief system. He was educated in the school of Gamaliel‚ and thought that the Jewish belief system was the only true religion that existed. Paul wrote the book of Romans specifically to everyone who wanted to hear the Word of God‚ but also wanted to get his fellow Romans attention also. Saul‚ a former Jew‚ began his ministry when he first encountered God on the way to Damascus. “Suddenly a light from heaven flashed
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Servant Leadership Winter Quarter 2012 1. The Role of Authority in Our Lives God placed authorities over our lives to test us on how we respond and honor those authorities. All authorities are ordained by God. Romans 13:1-2 states that every soul is subject to the governing authorities and that God has appointed all authorities regardless of their past roles and experience. John Bevere writes that “When we oppose God’s delegated authority‚ we
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“the Gospel according to Paul.” M. Luther‚ after seeing the meaning of Rom 1:7‚ wrote: “The whole of scripture took on a new meaning!” He called it “the chief book of the New Testament and the clearest Gospel‚ so valuable that a Christian should not only know every word of it by heart‚ but should take it about with him everyday as the daily bread of his soul.” Scholars have suggested many different answers to the reasons of Paul’s writing to the Romans. For example: 1) Paul hoped that the Roman Christians
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Spirit. Summary of the Book The overall purpose of the Roland Allen’s book is to convey the dramatic differences between the methods of modern day missionary organizations and those of the Apostle Paul. Through deep personal study of the various teachings‚ practices‚ and strategies of Paul‚ Allen gained an understanding of what made the ministry of the Apostle so successful. Allen spent thirteen chapters discussing the most prominent foundations of Paul’s ministry with the intention of bringing
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