Episode #69 – P, B, in J

Episode Summary:

Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley continue their discussion of Acts, beginning a journey with Paul and Barnabas as they head to Jerusalem.

Questions Covered in This Episode:

  • Why are we studying Acts and what did we find in the first 13 chapters?

  • Who are Paul and Barnabas?

  • How’d they link up? Is this a John Lennon/Paul McCartney kind of collaboration?

  • They encounter resistance to their message, don’t they?

  • What were they doing?

  • Why keep telling the same story over and over again?

  • In Acts 14:8-18, we get a fascinating encounter, where they are mistaken for gods... 

  • Was Paul a pastor?

  • In Acts 15, we encounter a resistant voice to what is happening in the gentiles: What’s the best reading of the Jewish concern here?

  • Peter has a moment here, doesn’t he?

  • At the end of Acts 15, Paul and Barnabas break up?!?

Helpful Definitions:

  • Presbyteros: Greek term for elder.

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