Note: On Tuesdays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. We understand why Christians might have been taken aback initially by Paul’s conversion. After all, he’d been at Stephen’s stoning. He had seemed to enjoy persecuting people like them. Now, there… Continue reading Conversion Moments, Large and Small
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Of Stoning
Note: On Tuesdays and some Sundays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. It’s not a quick death, stoning. It takes about a half hour, and you get bruised and battered and bloodied. Probably, you pray for one of the first… Continue reading Of Stoning
“May It Not Be Counted Against Them!”
Note: On Tuesdays and some Sundays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. I think of St. Paul as a whirlwind or tornado, storming through towns, attempting to set people on fire with the Good News, not always being as tactful… Continue reading “May It Not Be Counted Against Them!”
Promises, Promises
Note: On Tuesdays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. Promises, promises. St. Paul made promises, promises to visit people and churches. But he was a busy man. Sometimes his casual promises couldn’t be fulfilled. Maybe he even knew as he… Continue reading Promises, Promises