The Conversion of Paul by Hyatt Moore
Hello, my name is Phillip Dawson, welcome to our Start:Stop
reflection from St Stephen Walbrook, when we stop for a few minutes and start
to reflect on a passage from scripture.
This week
the church celebrates the conversion of St Paul. The feast, on 25th January,
also marks the end of the Week of Prayer of Christian Unity.
The drama
of Paul’s road to Damascus experience is told in Chapter 9 of Acts of the
Apostles, but also in Paul’s own words in his letter to the Galatians - a
letter he wrote to defend his mission to the gentiles, under attack from
Christians from Jerusalem who wanted gentile converts to the faith to observe
Jewish practices and laws.
In the
letter, Paul’s first hand account of his experience suggests that while his
encounter with Jesus on the road to Damascus was life-changing, the process of
his conversion, which we celebrate this week, was only just beginning.
Tuesday, 26 January 2021
Start:Stop - The Long Road to Damascus
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