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Bible Project podcast — https://bibleproject.com/podcasts/series-gospel-p9-acts-e5-nt-wright-interview-getting-know-apostle-paul/
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Paul's Damascus encounter was not conversion but collision — a zealous Jew's entire story-world shattered and rebuilt around a crucified Messiah.
self-and-identity
I've stopped calling it his conversion — something more like his radical encounter or his transformation.
BP-SERIES-GOSPEL-P9-ACTS-E5-NT-WRIGHT-INTERVIEW-GETTING-KNOW-APOSTLE-PAUL-RC-005It's so easy to imagine Paul reciting the Shema as he's going to Damascus — it's exactly his piety that's driving him.
BP-SERIES-GOSPEL-P9-ACTS-E5-NT-WRIGHT-INTERVIEW-GETTING-KNOW-APOSTLE-PAUL-RC-010faith-and-doubt
As a Jew he knew perfectly well what to do. If he is confronted with the fact of Jesus — that changes everything.
BP-SERIES-GOSPEL-P9-ACTS-E5-NT-WRIGHT-INTERVIEW-GETTING-KNOW-APOSTLE-PAUL-RC-008calling
Paul feels that love surrounding him, sustaining him — the only choice is to love in return.
BP-SERIES-GOSPEL-P9-ACTS-E5-NT-WRIGHT-INTERVIEW-GETTING-KNOW-APOSTLE-PAUL-RC-021When you have a crucified and risen Messiah, suddenly both halves — judgment and mercy for the world — come into focus.
BP-SERIES-GOSPEL-P9-ACTS-E5-NT-WRIGHT-INTERVIEW-GETTING-KNOW-APOSTLE-PAUL-RC-007For Paul it is absolutely basic: God wants to give Abraham a single worldwide family across every ethnic group.
BP-SERIES-GOSPEL-P9-ACTS-E5-NT-WRIGHT-INTERVIEW-GETTING-KNOW-APOSTLE-PAUL-RC-016Illuminates
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