Fall Asleep to the Apostle Paul | The Man Rome Couldn't Silence

About this episode

This episode explores the complete and unsparing story of the Apostle Paul, detailing his life, struggles, and impact on Christianity.

Fall asleep to the complete, unsparing story of the Apostle Paul. He wrote half the New Testament from a dungeon. He survived five floggings, three shipwrecks, a stoning, and a snake bite. And Rome still had to execute him to get him to stop talking. The life of Paul is one of the strangest, most brutal, most consequential stories in all of history — and almost nobody knows the full version. ⏱️ CHAPTERS 00:00 - Introduction: The Man Rome Couldn't Silence 10:44 - Saul of Tarsus: The Zealot You'd Cross the Street to Avoid 38:11 - The Road to Damascus: When Everything You Believed Collapsed 01:08:57 - The Missionary Years: Thirty Years of Shipwrecks, Beatings & Bad Hospitality 01:43:27 - The Arrest in Jerusalem: When Your Own People Turn on You 02:18:54 - The Roman Dungeon: His Final Address on Earth 02:50:53 - The Execution: How Rome Killed Its Citizens 03:15:12 - Reflection: What Stays With You 03:24:26 - The Letters That Outlasted Empires 📖 IN THIS EPISODE In this documentary-style exploration, we cover: - The young Saul of Tarsus — the zealot who hunted early Christians with official authority - The Road to Damascus — the blinding vision that upended everything he believed…

Topics covered

• Apostle Paul
• Christianity
• New Testament
• Roman Empire
• Missionary Journeys

Keywords

• documentary
• Saul of Tarsus
• Road to Damascus
• shipwrecks
• imprisonment

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Road to Damascus, The Arrest in Jerusalem: When Your Own People Turn, The Roman Dungeon: His Final Address on Earth, The Execution: How Rome Killed Its, The Letters That Outlasted Empires, the New Testament's

Places: Rome, Tarsus, the Roman Empire, Jerusalem, Caesarea

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