Session 3: Paul's Conversion
Preparation Resources
1) Primary text: Galatians 1:13-17
2) Extended Biblical texts (optional): Acts 9: 1-19, Acts 22: 1-21, Acts 26:1-18
3) Paul, A Biography reading (optional): Chapter 2: "Damascus"
4) Why They Glorified God, a Tim Keller sermon on Galatians 1:10-24
Discussion Topics
Notes for Discussion
1) Primary text: Galatians 1:13-17
2) Extended Biblical texts (optional): Acts 9: 1-19, Acts 22: 1-21, Acts 26:1-18
3) Paul, A Biography reading (optional): Chapter 2: "Damascus"
4) Why They Glorified God, a Tim Keller sermon on Galatians 1:10-24
Discussion Topics
- The phrase “Damascus Road Experience” has entered the common vernacular. Generally speaking, what does that mean today?
- What does NTW say that it meant to Saul/Paul?
- What do you think happened that day on the road to Damascus?
- NTW says that a traditional Jewish view was that heaven is “not far off” and that the veil between the two sometimes is dropped. Is this consistent with your understanding of heaven?
- NTW spends time in the lecture contrasting a public life of faith that would have been the norm in Paul’s day with a more private life of faith that is the norm today. Does this challenge your thinking about our lives of faith?
Notes for Discussion