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| Preface | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Map of Paul's World | |
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| Beginnings | |
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| Before Paul met Jesus | |
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| What's your name and where do you come from? | |
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| Paul's first contacts with Jesus and his followers | |
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| The big bang! | |
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| What was Paul thinking as he went to Damascus? | |
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| Paul's dramatic conversion | |
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| What happened to Paul's ideas as a result of his conversion? | |
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| New directions | |
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| Ananias | |
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| What happened next? | |
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| Antioch: capital city of the East | |
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| Paul comes to Antioch | |
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| The question of Paul's second visit to Jerusalem | |
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| What about dates? | |
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| Missionary Journeys and Letters | |
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| Travels in and around Galatia | |
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| What happened next according to Acts? | |
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| What happened next according to Paul? | |
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| Relating Acts and Galatians | |
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| What is going on in Galatians? | |
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| Paul's context and Paul's opponents | |
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| How does Paul respond to these charges? | |
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| What does Galatians tell us about Paul and Jesus? | |
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| The cross and resurrection of Jesus | |
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| Jesus as Son of God having the Spirit | |
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| The kingdom of God | |
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| The apostles | |
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| The destruction of the temple and being crucified with Christ | |
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| Love and the law | |
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| Travelling in Greece | |
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| On the way there | |
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| Ministry in Greece according to Acts | |
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| Ministry in Greece according to Paul's letters | |
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| What is going on in 1 Thessalonians? | |
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| A sigh of relief | |
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| Issues raised by Timothy | |
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| What does 1 Thessalonians tell us about Paul and Jesus? | |
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| The Lord's future coming | |
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| The judgement of the Jews | |
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| The suddenness of the Lord's coming | |
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| Suffering | |
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| The kingdom and ethics | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| A look at 2 Thessalonians | |
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| Doubts about 2 Thessalonians | |
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| Paul and Jesus in 2 Thessalonians | |
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| Travelling on to Ephesus | |
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| What happened next according to Acts? | |
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| What happened next according to Paul? | |
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| What is going on in 1 Corinthians? | |
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| A spiritual church | |
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| Women and men in Corinth | |
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| Food matters | |
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| Leadership issues | |
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| Resurrection at last | |
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| Chaos in Corinth! | |
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| What does 1 Corinthians tell us about Paul and Jesus? | |
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| The resurrection | |
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| The Lord's Supper | |
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| Sexual relations | |
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| Apostleship | |
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| Baptism and the kingdom of God | |
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| Faith, knowledge and charity | |
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| Wisdom and revelation | |
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| The Sermon on the Mount | |
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| Church discipline | |
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| Adam and the Son of Man | |
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| The Lord's return | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Finishing the Story | |
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| And so on | |
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| The ongoing story in Acts | |
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| Paul and Jesus in the later letters | |
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| The true story | |
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| The story of Paul in Acts | |
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| The story of Jesus in Paul | |
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| The true stories of Paul and Jesus | |
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| Index of biblical references | |
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| Index of subjects | |