His first missionary journey was to Cyprus, Antioch, Iconium, Lystra, and Derbe. It was during this journey that Paul was stoned, but not killed while in Lystra. It was ironic that he went through the same punishment that he had sanctioned for Stephen and for the very same cause. Around 50 A.D. Paul returned to Jerusalem to report to the church elders. His visit started a dispute on whether Christians had to first become Jews. Paul said no. The controversy was temporarily solved in Paul’s favor and he then went on his second and third missionary journeys to Galatia, Phrygia, Macedonia, and Greece. After his third missionary trip, Paul returned to Jerusalem where he ran into a dispute with the Sanhedrin. He was in the middle of a civil disturbance and was arrested and brought back to Caesarea. In 1 Corinthians 13 we find one of the most beautiful and very familiar chapters in the Bible. This chapter is typically read at weddings and anniversary celebrations. It has even been set to music. This however was never the original intent. Instead, Paul was writing a rebuke to a church that was abusing their spiritual gifts. Usually this understanding is ignored and Christians never really think about the deeper meaning of the
His first missionary journey was to Cyprus, Antioch, Iconium, Lystra, and Derbe. It was during this journey that Paul was stoned, but not killed while in Lystra. It was ironic that he went through the same punishment that he had sanctioned for Stephen and for the very same cause. Around 50 A.D. Paul returned to Jerusalem to report to the church elders. His visit started a dispute on whether Christians had to first become Jews. Paul said no. The controversy was temporarily solved in Paul’s favor and he then went on his second and third missionary journeys to Galatia, Phrygia, Macedonia, and Greece. After his third missionary trip, Paul returned to Jerusalem where he ran into a dispute with the Sanhedrin. He was in the middle of a civil disturbance and was arrested and brought back to Caesarea. In 1 Corinthians 13 we find one of the most beautiful and very familiar chapters in the Bible. This chapter is typically read at weddings and anniversary celebrations. It has even been set to music. This however was never the original intent. Instead, Paul was writing a rebuke to a church that was abusing their spiritual gifts. Usually this understanding is ignored and Christians never really think about the deeper meaning of the