Why I Love the Apostle Paul 30 Reasons

includes index and biblioraphy

1. The Beutiful Transformation From Angry killer to apostle of Christ .......17 Beyond rational Persuasion to the Revelation of Glory ......23 Steady in his Calling through incomparable sufferings ........27 Unwavering love for those who scourged him ...........33 Unshakable contentment whether abased or Abounding ..............37 2. Loving the Man Shaped my Life Magnifying christ through a Satisfying death .......43 Love for people as the Overflow of joy in God .................51 From rabid Ethnic Arrogance to Herald of Deepest Reconciliation ...........57 My Friend with the best news during cancer .................63 Learning late in life to know and kill my most besetting sins ...............71 3. A Mind for logic, a Heart for love Rigorous in Reasoning, transparent in Feeling ......83 Speaking with feeling about the glory of Christ , Not religious activity ...........87 From logic on Fire to Lyrics of Love ..........91 Turning high thoughts to the help of the lowly .............95 4. Making the mysteries sing More Awed by the Glory revealed than the Glory Concealed ...........101 Revealing in God`s Power in and through Ours........107 A Global Grasp of Suffering and a Heart of Personal Empathy ......111 The Horror of Human sin, the hope of Human Splendor ...........117 Showing the truth of Christian Freedom, But not in a simplistic Way ...........121 5. A Personal Passion for Precious Community NOt Lonely at the Top, But Linked with Precious Friends .....129 Christ was all- Sufficient, and Community was Crucial .........133 Backbone, Blunt, and Beautifully Affirming ...............137 Zeal for Gospel Accuracy, Slow to Take Personal Offense ..........141 Not a Conforming Chameleon, and not a Ministering Maverick .............147 6. Counting Others more Significant than Himself Lover of God`s Soverignty with Tears for the Lost ........153 Apostle of the Happy God and the Hard life of Spreading Joy .............159 Admitting imperfections and Turning them for Love .........165 Unrivaled Success as a Missionary, With no Conceit ..........169 The Pursuit of Pure Doctrine and Passion for the Poor ..........175 7. The Best Paul could Give The greatest chapter in the Bible and the Most Important promise in my Life ..........183