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ACTS 7:54 - 8:3
ACTS 9:1 - 31

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websites: http://www.bibleodyssey.org/people/related-articles/paul-and-acts.aspx

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/religion/first/missions.html

https://lifehopeandtruth.com/bible/holy-bible/new-testament/epistles-of-paul/2-corinthians/

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Map of St Paul's second missionary journey 

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Map of St Paul's second missionary journey 

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Map of the Routes of St. Paul's Mission by unknown artist. [Fine Art]. Retrieved from Encyclopædia Britannica ImageQuest.
http://quest.eb.com/search/107_3354241/1/107_3354241/cite

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Post 6 - *Interpret and *apply one of Paul's messages for us today in  50-100 words

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Post 6 - *Interpret and *apply one of Paul's messages for us today in  50-100 words

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Philippians 3:12-14
The message in this text is that if you believe in yourself and in God then you will always reach your goal. The text also says that you should always remember that "Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead" is what you need to do if you want to reach your goals. The message is relevant for people and groups of people today because a lot of the time people do not believe in themselves and give up on their goals and they need to remember that if you believe then you will reach your goal.

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Post 5 - *Identify and *explain  in 50-100 words a cultural challenge for Paul that  is revealed in one of his epistles 

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Post 5 - *Identify and *explain  in 50-100 words a cultural challenge for Paul that  is revealed in one of his epistles 

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Paul had many cultural challenges in his life and you can tell what some of these are from his letters. One of these cultural challenges was that some people believed that if you wanted to convert to Christianity you needed to do things like being circumcised. Paul did not believe these things, he believed that to follow the lord you needed to respect the Gospel and the teachings of Jesus. St Paul even wrote in one of his epistles  (Gal. 5:6:) "For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but faith working through love."

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Post 4 - *Explain the purpose of Paul's letters    and     *identify the main messages in his preaching in approximately 100 words            

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Post 4 - *Explain the purpose of Paul's letters    and     *identify the main messages in his preaching in approximately 100 words            

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The purpose of Paul's letters was to spread the word of Jesus and to explain the purpose of Christ and the Gospel to those who did not already know about it. He mainly wrote letters explaining and telling people about the presence of Jesus so that people knew that even without Paul they could still know how to learn more about the Gospel and Christ. The main messages in the letters that St Paul wrote were usually about the rules of the Gospel and the things you need to do to become a follower of Christ.

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Post 3 - *Outline the extent of Paul's first or second or third Journey        *Include a map

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Post 3 - *Outline the extent of Paul's first or second or third Journey        *Include a map

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On St Paul's second Journey he started at Antioch and stopped through many towns and cities then eventually made his way back to Antioch and lasted for around 3 years. Some of the main places that Paul visited were Tarsus, Lystra, Ephesus, Troas, Thessalonica, Corinth, and Jerusalem. While Paul was in these places he did many good things, for example, they preached the Gospel to others, they made new people believe in Christ, they made new people follow and preach the Gospel and they recruited new people to come with them on their journey. This Journey was so important because it was one their longest journeys and they strengthened the Christian Churches and people believes in Christ and the Gospel. Another thing that made his second journey so important was because he got in some trouble with the Roman Empire but because of his previous teachings, people still believed in Christ.

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Post 2  - *Explain in 50-100 words the significance of the conversion of Saul of Tarsus          

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Post 2  - *Explain in 50-100 words the significance of the conversion of Saul of Tarsus          

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Saul being born in Tarsus meant that he beat up, threw stones and very strongly hated the Christians. Once Saul had heard a message from Jesus asking why he was doing this, Saul decided to start to explore more into the Gospel. Eventually, through preaching, teaching and spreading the word of God, Saul became Paul. Paul then decided to devote his whole life to God and did not even mind getting beat up and put in jail because he knew it was for God. If Saul hadn't converted to Paul then the Christian faith would not be nearly as strong and popular as it is today.

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Post 1 - Describe the Mediterranean World in 33 CE in approximately  100  words    *Add a map  

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Post 1 - Describe the Mediterranean World in 33 CE in approximately  100  words    *Add a map  

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Questions to address

1.Why did Rome control much of this area of the world? For how long did it do so?
Rome controlled a lot of that area of the world because they were such a big group and that many people were apart of and joined regularly. They also controlled a lot of that part of the world because they were so powerful and were in charge of many people. They were in charge for

2. What main languages were used?
The languages that were used during St Pauls time in the Mediterranean region were Greek, Latin and Aramaic.

3. What were some of the different ethnic/cultural groups living in the regions?
Some of the different ethnic/cultural groups that lived in some of the regions were that there were different economic classes some examples are slaves, free individuals, Roman citizens and Nobels and different kinds of political people.
4. How were people and goods transported?
Transporting goods and people was very important to the Romans and the other citizens in that time. The main ways to transport goods and people were to take a boat or to walk. They built lighthouses to make it easier to travel and made all of their own boats by hand.

5. What were some main regions? What were some main cities?
Some of the main religions in the Mediterranean World were Greek Mythology, Polytheistic, Islamic and Christianity. Most Romans did not care what religion you were as long as you worshipped the Roman Empire and did not create any other problems between religions. Some of the Main cities in the Mediterranean World in the time of St Paul were Rome, Antioch, Tarsus, Corinth, Athens, and Lystra.