Damascus
243From Saul to Paul
31 Aug 2026
29:07¶ 86
“I’m guessing we talked about this last time, though I don’t remember, that Damascus plays a big role in the Old Testament in the…”
29:43¶ 87
“To start here that Paul is going to the capital of Damascus and he’s going to the bad guys to get help from the…”
29:59¶ 88
“There’s God’s recently-appointed general, Saul, and he would like to live to see another day so he can preach and do all that Jesus…”
242Baptism and Rebirth
6 Jul 2026
32:04¶ 124
“The political setting of this is something that’s been in the back of my mind for a long time, so I finally looked it…”
32:32¶ 125
“They would be letters of extradition, so the people he’s coming for are probably not just any believers but particularly those who had fled…”
33:58¶ 130
“Here it’s a reverse image. Rather than Israelite armies going into Damascus to attack it and claim it and subdue it, we have collaboration.…”