World Upside Down: The Life of Paul, God's Chosen Messenger

This book tells the story of an uncompromising Pharisee and religious bigot named Saul, later renamed Paul, who initiated the first persecution of Christians, including approving the death of Christianity's first martyr, Stephen, after the crucifixion of Jesus. To Saul, those Jews who followed Jesus were heretics fit for imprisonment or death. Then he encountered the risen savior Jesus Christ and became an intrepid messenger of the gospel of salvation, grace, and love to Jews and former pag...