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I will join you and Peter for fishing and a few brews in the future Kingdom for sure. It's a date!

Yes, I look forward to reading those lost works one day as well. I read through the Apocrypha a number of years ago (works included in the Catholic Bible), and they were interesting "books." But, I could see why they weren't included in our canonical Bibles handed down from the church fathers...

For sure, as Paul writes: 1 Corinthians 13:12 King James Version 12 For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known. The impact the other apostles had who didn't write was far more than we understand, and the...

Amen. We have everything we need with the written documentation we have in our Holy Bible, God's Word. If the other apostles wrote as Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John did, we would have more of the same--the Gospel of the Kingdom of God and Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior! I love how John ends...

Paul sets such a great example for us as fellow pilgrims, and he deeply loved our Lord: Philippians 2:5-8 King James Version 5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: 6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: 7 But made himself of no...

Merry Christmas! And, this is one of the best times of the year to express our faith to others. I also try to encourage my professional colleagues in industry to avoid taking Christ out of Christmas. If we are celebrating Christmas in our companies, then we are celebrating the mass of Christ...

Having that personal interaction with Jesus certainly set the apostles on fire with the help of the Holy Spirit. And, the apostles lived under much tougher circumstances being subjected by a foreign power in Rome. Their focus was on fulfilling their calling to spread the good news that Jesus...

You had to get this from... "How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?" Cool tongue twister! :love:

Great and important question, and I was involved in an in-depth Bible study with a couple of my missionary friends on this topic. Matthias was selected as the replacement to Judas just prior to the Day of Pentecost and the coming of the Holy Spirit (see Acts 1: 20 - Acts 2: 4). After prayer...

I have been a Christian for 35+ years, and I still haven't learned to rejoice in suffering. It just shows how weak I am compared with Paul and the early church disciples. Colossians 1:24 King James Version 24 Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the...

Amen is all I have to add to this one, brother!

This reminds me of Jeremiah's calling and special ministry as well... Jeremiah 1:5 King James Version 5 Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations. One of Paul's greatest...

And that's just it my friend: Paul received revelation directly from Jesus, and he passed those revelations on to others--the Gentiles as his main target audience/mission. We can only handle so much power and "revelations" as humans. Our pride becomes out of control, and we think we are special...

I love this statement! The Holy Spirit is the spirit of the law in action--I never really thought about it this way until your insightful commentary.

Excellent brother--while I was writing my last response to you, I was thinking about Paul's senior advice and encouragement to his young mentee pastor, Timothy. Paul always goes back to the source, Jesus, and as intelligent and well educated as he is, Paul focuses on the simplicity that is in...

During Paul's missionary journeys, he always visited the local synagogue and spoke to the Jewish people in those cities. It seems that on the whole unfortunately, Paul's message was rejected by the Jews because they were caught up in traditions and their blessing of being the covenant people...

Paul's apostleship was an addendum to the original twelve's apostleship in my view. Paul had the same authority as the other apostles, and he submitted to the organizational structure that Jesus established with Peter being the chief apostle. However, Paul's apostleship was unique in that he...

The original 12 apostles had their main focus on Judea and firmly establishing the church in that region. Paul's apostleship expanded Christianity into the civilized world so, yes, I agree that Paul's impact was much larger on a worldwide scale. It all goes back to Jesus as the Head of the...

I'm 35+ into my study of the Bible and like you said, "It is always new." My background is classical literature, and there isn't another book that comes close to the Bible.

Paul is one of my patron saints. John, Peter, and the rest of the original apostles (minus Judas of course) are awesome, too, but Paul was given a special mission to expand the gospel to the Gentile world. This was revolutionary, and the scope of his ministry spread the gospel to the civilized...