Ive heard of ‘the apostle Paul’. Who is he?
The apostle Paul was a major contributor to the New Testament of the Bible. He wrote letters to the church of the day in Rome, Corinth, Galatia, Ephesus, Philippi, Colosse, and Thessalonica. Paul also wrote letters of support and encouragement to people with whom he shared his Christian ministry—Timothy, Titus, and Philemon. You can find all these letters by looking in the index pages of the Bible. Paul wasn’t always a supporter of the Christian faith; in fact he was quite the opposite. He was a Roman citizen, born into a Jewish family. He grew up in Tarsus (a little town in modern-day Turkey) and was a tentmaker by trade. Paul was well acquainted with the Hebrew Scriptures and went to Jerusalem to study under a famous Rabbi called Gamaliel. Paul later became a very influential religious political figure. His strong beliefs and political position led him in a reign of terror and persecution against the Christian church. But the book of Acts in the New Testament tells of his amazing con
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