While Paul was under house arrest in Rome, he met a young runaway slave named Onesimus and led him to Christ. When Paul discovered that Onesimus was from the household of Philemon, a man that was a member of Paul’s church in Ephesus, he decided to call in a few favors...
This letter was written during the same period of time that 1 Timothy was written. After traveling a bit, Paul settled in Corinth once again. From that familiar base of operation Paul wrote this letter to Titus, whom Paul sent to the island of Crete to lead the church...
This is Paul’s last letter. During the reign of Nero, when Christians were being blamed for just about all the evils in the Empire, Paul was arrested and placed in a dungeon in Rome. From this dismal place, Paul writes to his beloved son (spiritually speaking) Timothy...
After the book of Acts ended Paul was released from his house arrest in Rome and resumed his travels. He retraced his steps through Asia and Macedonia, but left Timothy to lead the church in Ephesus. While Paul was in Macedonia, he wrote this letter to Timothy in...
Paul’s first letter to the church in Thessalonica was written shortly after he had been run out of that town by threats and opposition. Soon after Paul’s departure, false teachers crept into the church and tried to convince the people that Jesus had already returned...
The church in Colossae was one of the “grandchildren” churches that sprang out of Paul’s ministry in the hall of Tyrannus. Epaphras started the church after he had been instructed by Paul. While Paul was in prison, he received word that Epaphras’ church was being...
Philippi was the center of Paul’s Macedonian ministry. In all of the Macedonian cities — Philippi, Thessalonica, and Berea — Paul ran into strong opposition from the Jews. In this letter, Paul writes to the church in Philippi to encourage them to not lose hope. Read...
https://youtu.be/7i_eKS7m0iIEphesus was one of the “epicenters” of Paul’s church planting ministry. While he taught in the lecture hall of Tyrannus for two years, people from all over the region of Asia came to be discipled by him. They, in turn, went back to their...
This is actually the first letter that Paul wrote. After Paul took his first missionary tour through the region of Galatia he returned home to Antioch and rejoiced that God had freely poured out His Spirit on the Gentiles. Read more...[catlist name="downloads"...
Paul writes this letter to the church in Corinth. He started this church, and, in a previous letter scolded them harshly for their inappropriate behavior. Some scholars think this might be the third letter in a series, and that this letter might actually be a...
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