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Apostle Paul

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Zeal Mixed With Theology

In his biography of the Apostle Paul, N.T. Wright emphasized zeal and theology in a way that … well, in a way that worked. There are a lot of books about Paul’s theology, but not many well written biographies. Leave it to N.T. Wright to author a biography about a intellectual from 2000 years ago and make it engaging!


If theology isn’t your thing, I still think you’d enjoy this book. The author takes clues from Paul’s writing as well as from early Church historians to blend together a fascinating profile of the man who did more to spread …

Belize, PathLight,

Abundant Joy

As readers of this blog know, the work PathLight does in Belize is among my favorite ministries. Recently the CEO of PathLight, Roger Dermody, wrote the letter below announcing the launch of a new campaign built around Abundant Joy. I’m sharing it here in whole because it is so good!

Dear Friends,

I am writing this letter after spending a week in Belize surrounded by people who have what the Apostle Paul describes as “abundant joy” in his letter to the Corinthians. In the midst of poverty, with no obvious way out, the people Paul wrote to embraced joy –

Emerging Ministries, PathLight, The SOLD Project,

Remembering the Poor – And Also the Spiritually Poor

I’m exploring Galatians 2 this week. Here is the passage from the NIV:

“James, Cephas and John, those esteemed as pillars, gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship when they recognized the grace given to me. They agreed that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcised. All they asked was that we should continue to remember the poor, the very thing I had been eager to do all along.”

As I said in my first post, it is obvious that Paul is saying that when he went out into the world, he was …

Emerging Ministries, PathLight, The SOLD Project,

Remembering the Poor

There’s a passage in Galatians 2 that has always intrigued me, so this week I’m going to share three posts on the topic. This is from The Message translation of the Apostle Paul’s letter:

“Recognizing that my calling had been given by God, James, Peter, and John — the pillars of the church — shook hands with me and Barnabas, assigning us to a ministry to the non-Jews, while they continued to be responsible for reaching out to the Jews. The only additional thing they asked was that we remember the poor, and I was already eager to do that.”