The Life Of The Apostle Paul // Pastor Gene Pensiero

The last few years of Paul’s life, and even his death, are somewhat of a controversy if not a mystery (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

What if you were literally chained to someone? That’s the situation Paul found himself in for two years in Rome (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

After two years of being held in protective custody Paul had appealed his case to the highest court and was finally Romeward bound (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

Felix and Festus were Roman governors. Agrippa was a descendant of Herod the Great and was a Jewish ruler, consider king over his region. Whenever Paul appeared before these rulers he preached the Gospel. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

Paul had been assaulted, forcibly dragged down some stone stairs, and beaten by multiple assailants. He would be bruised, bloodied, disoriented. But still he desires to preach the Gospel to the very people who attacked him. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

Paul decided to visit Jerusalem a fifth time – but along the way he was warned by prophets that chains and imprisonment awaited him there (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

Just when you think you’ve got ministry figured-out, God changes things up on you. On his second missionary journey the Holy Spirit directed Paul away from Asia because God wanted him to spend most of his time in Europe. On his third missionary journey most of Paul’s time was spent in Asia, in the city […]

Paul’s second missionary journey reads as if Paul had to discern certain clues along the way in order to go where God intended to send him (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

Early in the life of the church, around 50AD, there was a movement to introduce a lifestyle of works in order to be truly saved. Paul was instrumental in defending grace and preserving the integrity of the Gospel. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

Paul’s first missionary journey was not his first missionary journey (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

Barnabas seeks out Paul to come help with the Gentile church in Antioch (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

Barnabas risks it all to connect Paul with the apostles (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

Paul receives his commission and message directly from Jesus Christ and goes out into Arabia to preach the Gospel among the Hebrews that had settled there (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

God chose to use Ananias as a vessel to minister to Saul as His chosen vessel (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

Paul finally stops kicking against the goads and converts to faith in Jesus Christ (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

Paul carries out a brutal campaign of hate and terror against the young Church (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

Paul grew up to be a great Pharisee, which wasn’t always as bad a thing as we think it to be (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

A study of the life of Paul begins with a look at his ancestry (Pastor Gene Pensiero)