Tag: Ananias
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Who is this Saul, Apostle to the Gentiles?
“Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?” Saul: a Jew of Some Reputation We are familiar with Saul the first King of Israel, ultimately killed in battle then replaced by David. – שָׁאוּל His Hebrew name šā’ûl means ‘desired,‘ however Saul of Tarsus was not the ‘hebrew of hebrews’ that any follower of The Way…
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Damascus Road: Witness into all the World
Witness from Jerusalem to Damascus Of all places the Apostles would not have ever thought the risen Christ would anoint yet another Apostle, a road to Damascus likely would have been the last place to come to mind. Jesus had led them to places beyond Galilee (now formally a part of Syria under the administration…
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That’s Not Fair! Possessions and Community
The Saga of Ananias and Saphira From a background of my own evangelical christian American thinking I had always squirmed with a certain sense of unfairness that Ananias and Saphira died instantly at Peter’s feet when the Apostle confronted them about a sale of THEIR OWN possessions. Wasn’t the profit from THEIR MONEY from a…
