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Season 2 Episode 59
Of all the apostles, the New Testament only describes the fate of James the Just. For all the others, we have only stories written decades or even ce…
6 years ago
Paul's Fate and Final Letters
Season 2 Episode 58
The final chapters of Acts are a rollicking adventure where Paul endures storms and shipwreck on his way to trial in Rome. Paul spends two years in R…
6 years, 1 month ago
Paul's Arrest and Trial
Season 2 Episode 57
After decades preaching to the gentiles in Asia Minor and Greece, Paul returns to Jerusalem for a final time. James the Just humiliates Paul by deman…
6 years, 2 months ago
Paul's Third Mission: To the Corinthians and Romans
Season 2 Episode 56
In 1st Corinthians, Paul struggles to impose his authority on his foundation. He denounces other preachers. He attacks the Corinthians for tolerating…
6 years, 2 months ago
Paul's Third Mission: To the Galatians
Season 2 Episode 55
Paul has been on the road for 20 years. In his third and final mission, Paul travels from his base in Antioch in Syria through his earlier foundation…
6 years, 3 months ago
Bonus: The Mysterious Q Source
Season 2
The three synoptic gospels are markedly different from John. It is clear that both Matthew and Luke used Mark. But Matthew and Luke have much materia…
6 years, 3 months ago
After-dinner Mint: A Pagan visits a Jesus Club
Season 2
This is an addendum to episode 2.54, Paul's Second Mission: To The Greeks. It is a repeat of part of an earlier episode. I imagine a curious pagan's …
6 years, 4 months ago
Paul's Second Mission: To The Greeks
Season 2 Episode 54
Paul's 2nd mission is much more extensive than his first. He starts from his base in Antioch. Before he even begins, Paul has a face-off with Peter i…
6 years, 4 months ago
Paul's Lost and First Missions
Season 2 Episode 53
Paul's letters say that he spent 17 years in Arabia Nabatea, in Damascus, and in what is now southern Turkey. In all those long years, he met the dis…
6 years, 4 months ago
The Many Puzzles of Paul's letters
Season 2 Episode 52
Paul's letters are puzzles. Why do we have so few? Paul loved to write. We should have 90 or more letters, not the scant dozen we have. And why don't…
6 years, 5 months ago