The Big Picture
When Saul became a Christian, it was a big deal. A really big deal! It was so big that he talked about it many times in his letters to churches, and the story is retold three times in the book of Acts. But there’s another story that was really important in Christian history, especially the earliest days, about another man who became a Christian. The book of Acts uses two whole chapters to tell and retell his story. In some ways it is the same story as Saul’s: God’s grace reached down and saved someone. But in other ways the two stories are worlds apart. Both men prayed to the God of Israel. Both men wanted to know and follow God’s ways. But Saul was a Jew from the tribe of Benjamin and a very serious Pharisee. And before Jesus saved him from his sins, he persecuted Christians and was on a terrible mission to destroy Christianity. The other man was different in a lot of ways! Do you want to learn about him and how God saved him? Listen up!