On the Eastern side of the Aegean in Turkey his base is the major city of Ephesus which precisely at the time that Paul is arriving there is about to become the most important metropolis of all Asia.

It was in this theater that the silversmiths led by Demetrius rioted against the Christian mission work of Paul and his companions. Ephesus was also the site of a large gladiators’ graveyard.

A dramatic roadside conversion turned Saul into Paul (circa AD 3 - 67) and a persecutor of Christians into one of their greatest missionaries. But in spreading the word, Paul would ruffle many ...

We often think of the word “blessed” in the context of God doing something for an individual. However, in Paul’s opening ...

But now under the Emperor Nero, Paul is more certain of his fate. He has completed his last missionary journey and is close to execution. Timothy is probably still in Ephesus (4:12), but Paul ...

First Timothy, Second Timothy, and Titus are known as the pastoral Pauline Epistles. The pastoral epistles were written to individuals and addressed church leadership, organization, and governance in ...