A colleague like Barnabas could comfort him (Paul) in illness and keep him from overstrain when fit.

Disgust at idols strengthened his love for idolaters, and the man who once held Gentile neighbors at a distance now listened to their problems, fears, and temptations.

New converts displayed a most un-Roman concern for the sick man.

In his late forties, an age when men settle to comforts and seek a firm base, Paul began his roughest travels.

His (Paul's) entire personality within mutation. He was being turned inside out as he led Jesus light the recesses of his soul.

Though blue sky and the road’s yellow dust and the green of the nearing oasis were all snuffed out, he (newly converted Saul) did not miss them. Light suffused his blinded eyes, his mind.

Faith in Christ leaped from person to person like some divine epidemic, not of disease but of spiritual health.

History existed to be retold, with more panache but not necessarily greater accuracy.

A figure stood at the far end, cloaked in black and beckoning him.

I freely will the best choice, thus willing the same will

People just get kicks out of making other people sad.

Almost anything is easier to get into than to get out of.

It is morally wrong to allow suckers to keep their money.

Even at 10 or 12, I was a hot, fast little cheerleader.

How are you going to keep your workplace engaged, retained, active and motivated? It all comes down to what kind of meaning and purpose can you provide.

God says he will never be satisfied with the infidels.

You know, I have never had a casting couch proposition in my life. I thought there was something wrong with me.