Have you ever heard of Paul? I am talking about Paul the apostle, the man – Saul of Tarsus – who was converted on the Damascus Road. You've got him now? If not, you can read about him in the New Testament, Acts 9. Well, anyway, I want to take up his life story some years later than Acts 9; Acts 28, in fact. Paul is now a prisoner of the Roman Empire, under house-arrest. He has just arrived in Rome after being transported in a series of hazardous sea voyages crossing the Mediterranean, including a shipwreck close to Malta. A proper Robinson Crusoe story! But, exciting though that was, it's not what I want to talk to you about at this time |