Session 5: Paul and Barnabus
Preparation Resources
1) Primary text: Acts 11:19-30
2) Extended Biblical texts (optional): Galatians 2:1-10
3) Paul, A Biography reading (optional): Chapter 4: "Antioch"
4) Two Tim Keller sermons on Acts 11:19-30:
Discussion Topics
1) What about the situation in Antioch do you think compelled Barnabus and the others to decide that they needed to bring Saul/Paul there?
2) Describe how the famine prophesied in Acts 11 actually worked to the benefit of the early church.
3) How does the Jerusalem “gift” help set the stage for a pivotal theological question to come for the early church, and what is that issue?
4) What is the significance of Paul calling Peter, James, and John the “pillars” of the early church?
Session 5 Notes