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Paul's Messages

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Cultural Challenges

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Paul's Letters

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Paul's Conversion

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Mediterranean World 33CE

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ALL PAULS MISSIONARY JOUNREYS!

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Paul started his 1st journey from Antioch’s seaport Seleucia. He then traveled through Cyprus,

Pamphylia and then traveled up to the other Antioch in Pisidia. They then went across to Lycaonia, working in Iconium, Lystra, and Derbe. Passing through Pisidia and Pamphylia again, they then worked in Perge. After all of these places they went down to Attalia and caught a ship back to Syrian Antioch. St Paul’s first journey was a significant part in establishing Paul as a leader as he went to spread the word of Jesus. It was Difficult to travel to the places that st Paul needed to go to as there was no direct routes. St Paul would have done most of his journey would have been by foot he would have also spent time on boat and carriges. st Paul traveled with his companion baranabas and mark where they opened churches and appointed elders in every church. St Paul prepared them with prayer and fasting and them committed them to the lord (Acts 14:23).

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The message I found in Paul's letter Philippians 2: 1-5, the message I got out of it is to treat people how you want to be treated and with respect. Respecting others is easy and can be done in our everyday lives by listening, helping others, using manners and helping elderly people etc. St Paul's letter tells the reader to treat people with compassion and think of others apart from ourselves. I also feel that this passage is all about connecting with Christ through sharing the same qualities and principles and doing good things for the cause instead of self-recognition – through doing this it will give you joy. Due to things like social-media, we have become a very self-absorbed and self-aware society and have neglected the values of humility and selflessness.

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Post 5 -   cultural challenge for Paul that  is revealed in one of his epistles 

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Post 5 -   cultural challenge for Paul that  is revealed in one of his epistles 

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Paul came across many cultural challenges such as different languages and people not understanding what he is saying because wasn't speaking their language. Paul only knew how to speak Hebrew which was his main language so people who knew different languages other than Hebrew wouldn't understand him. He was also bought up as a Jew which meant he hated Christians and because of this his conversion to Christianity was hard to believe by his preachers. His preachings are about circumcision. So that means he was a Jew then he had to interact with Gentiles which are non Jewish so that was a cultural challenge for St Paul. He was trying to say that circumcision meant nothing to him or to God. He just wants  to spread the word of Jesus.

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The letters are important because they are apart of God's aspired word. Paul had decided to preach to gentiles apparently out of his own revelatory experience that this was the mission that had been given him by God when God called him to function as a prophet for this new Jesus movement. The purpose was to provide advice, encouragement about unity, religious practices, guidance, salvation and perseverance to the Early christian churches. There were many main messages in Paul's letters like living a moral life, to trust God and persevering salvation.

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Post 2- The conversion of Saul of Tarsus

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Post 2- The conversion of Saul of Tarsus

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The conversion of St. Paul is one of the most important and sea  changing moments in the history of Christianity. The conversion of St. Paul is important to us for two reasons. Firstly, this is the man who would become known as the Apostle to the Gentiles, the man who would do more than perhaps anyone else to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ far and wide, and to fight heterodoxy and other problems that would arise in the churches he established. St. Paul is largely responsible for the spreading of Christianity beyond Jewish circles.m Secondly, St. Paul helps to show us just what conversion means. Conversion does not simply mean changing religious adherence. Paul’s conversion didn’t only consist of his acceptance of Jesus as the Messiah, but a change of heart. Paul had essentially made a career out of persecuting Christians for their faith. After his experience on the road to Damascus, Paul recognised the folly of his ways, and had a dramatic change of heart. This is in what conversion consists: a change of heart.

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Rome controlled much of the area, Romans built up their empire through conquest or annexation between the 3rd century BC and the 3rd century AD. At its height, the Roman Empire stretched from north-western Europe to the Near East and encompassed all the lands of the Mediterranean. The Mediterranean sea was very important to the Roman Empire as it was a vital trade link with other parts of the Empire especially the Middle East and North Africa. The romans referred to this as "their sea" and would not allow competing empires to flourish on it, such as Greek and Egyptians. The Romans occupation brought culture and engineering. As Roman rule and Roman culture spread, so did Roman religion. The Romans were remarkably eclectic in religious matters: while there were certain observances which had to be made, they were reluctant to exclude any other religious belief, and happy to accept most of the gods and practices of the subject peoples of the empire. Ancient Romans traveled by land and sea. From earliest times the Romans displayed remarkable skill at building and engineering. They constructed bridges across the river Tiber, aqueducts to supply Rome with water, and sewers to drain the forum and keep the city healthy.