Like Saul of Tarsus, I greatly anticipated my arrival in Damascus, an ancient city even in his day. Of course, I was not coming to persecute Christians, as was his intent. My aim was to retrace his ...
A Jewish scholar named Saul was persecuting Jewish followers of Jesus Christ. But Jesus intervened (as only He can). He unleashed His heavenly power on Saul, who converted to believing that Jesus was ...
Consider a fitting Easter follow up story. Lord George Lyttleton (1709-1773) was a graduate of Oxford University, a prolific poet, and member of British Parliament. He and his equally esteemed friend, ...
On the road to Damascus, Saul of Tarsus, who we would later come to know as St. Paul, saw a blinding light and from it heard the voice of Christ who asked, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?” It ...
ArtSpot Productions' The Road to Damascus is a solo performance that uses the story of Saul, or St. Paul’s conversion experience, as a metaphor for awakening to the persecutorial nature of white ...
Given that we are still here, and the history of close calls, I concluded on the road to understanding the “Damascus” disaster, that only a loving god, watching out for drunkards and fools, can ...
Pope Benedict XVI continued his series of teachings on St. Paul Sept. 3, focusing on Paul’s dramatic conversion on the road to Damascus. The ultimate source of our own conversion does not lie in ...
I read a Good Book and now I believe In God. Though my grandmother wanted me to be a preacher, I was educated as a scientist and along the way, any inclination I had towards believing in god became ...