Social media has entirely changed how we've received information in this new age. Most of the time, social media is as fast, if not faster, than "regular" news outlets. When the Aurora movie theater shooting happened, social media users were posting updates before the news crews could even arrive at the scene to cover the story. The Boston Marathon bombing unfolded simultaneously through both news outlets and eye witness tweets. One post can travel around the world. It can invade homes and schools. It starts conversations with hundreds of thousands of families. Social media is a powerful tool for spreading information. It reaches faster and farther than any communication method to date. Even though the Apostle Paul communicated the Christian message about nineteen and a half centuries ago, he would be much more successful in spreading his message of Jesus Christ in today's day in age with social media.
Paul's early life was detailed by religious zeal, brutal violence, and the relentless persecution of the early church. Fortunately, the later years of Paul's life show a marked difference as he lived his life for Christ and the advancement of His kingdom. Paul would send letters to communities and become a part of them to change and influence the churches. As a result of this miraculous transformation, Saul became known as Paul. Paul spent time in Jerusalem, Damascus, Arabia, Syria and his native Cilicia, and helped to teach those in the church in Antioch. But the one thing Paul always had was a message. There is enough evidence to believe that Paul did in fact write Romans, 1 and 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Philippians, 1 Thessalonians, and Philemon. They are described as the undisputed Pauline epistles. Ephesians, Colossians, and 2 Thessalonians are debated whether or not Paul wrote them but, they are called the Deutero-Pauline Epistles. 1 and 2 Timothy and Titus are represent the Pastoral Epistles, while they are believed to have been sent to pastors concerning their pastoral duties.
The successful ministry is seen as the one which builds the greatest sanctuary, has the most age specific programs, and distributes their teachings through the most forms of media. ... Paul had this relationship in mind when he said, "Imitate me, just as I also imitate Christ" (I Cor. 11:1). ...
It is also impossible to believe the Church can outweigh the media in teaching to answer the call from God. ... Pope John Paul II sees that the current situation not as a crisis of structures but as a crisis of confidence, the solution to which is a new appreciation of the Catholic identity (NCR). Pope John Paul II has stated that the idea of women becoming priests is too unrealistic at this point. It is a complete contradiction of the priests" ties to the original twelve apostles and would ultimately destroy the tradition of the church. ... Catholics must accept the fact that the Church...
Grafman, Bishop Paul Hardin, Bishop Holan B. ... Paul the Apostle (born A.D. 10, died A.D. 67) Early in his life he was a enemy of the Christian church and worked to eradicate Christianity. On the road to Damascus, Paul had a mystical experience and the Gospel of Jesus Christ was revealed to him. ... His conversion from enemy of Christianity to Apostle suggests the importance of absolution of sin through faith and grace in Christianity. Macedonia On his second and third missionary journeys, Paul traveled in Macedonia to spread the gospel. ...
Homosexuals, who have been intertwined into every culture since they beginning of time, have constantly been the receptor of violence, discrimination, and condemnation by conservative Christians, gay bashers, the media, mainstream evangelists, and, surprisingly, people who are gay (but are insecure in their sexuality). ... Homosexuals (gays, lesbians, bisexuals, transsexuals, and transgendered - or quite simply, gays) vary in age, emotional maturity, social status, personality, and many other ways. ... Three sections are often quoted when people use the Bible to condemn homosexuality: The s...
