religion assesment

• the spread of Christianity from its Jewish roots into the Gentile world and throughout various periods of Church history was a complex process influenced by missionary activity, cultural context, conversions of key figures, imperial support, and missions and monasticism. These factors established Christianity as a global faith with diverse expressions and traditions.
• The New Testament is the latter part of the modern Bible, the first part being the Old Testament
• The Old Testament was a group of sacred texts to the Jewish faith
• The New Testament deals with the story of Jesus and the story of the first generation of Christians
• There are 27 documents that form the New Testament, and 13 of them were written by a gentleman named Paul
• Apostle


  A special kind of leader in the early church, who the Christians believed had the authority to speak on Jesus' behalf
• The Apostles were primarily responsible for carrying on the story of Jesus and his teachings
• Paul


  • He was not one of the first group of apostles who were close followers of Jesus before he died
  • He became an apostle after Jesus had already died and rose again, and the church was beginning to spread
  • He was a Pharisee who opposed the Christians at the start, but had an encounter with the risen Jesus and converted to Christianity
• Paul became a missionary and took the story of Jesus into various cities and areas of the Roman Empire
• By the time the second epistle of Peter was written, Christians were already beginning to think of Paul's letters as scripture
• Paul's letters


  • He introduces each letter with his own name
  • He includes prayers for his readers, answers questions, addresses issues Christians faced, talks about what Christians should believe and how they should behave
  • He includes greetings as he was traveling a lot and had friends all over
• Two big groups that Paul's letters can be divided into

  • Letters to churches
  • Letters to individuals
• Paul's letters to churches

  • Romans
  • 1st and 2nd Corinthians
  • Galatians
  • Ephesians
  • Philippians
  • Colossians
  • 1st and 2nd Thessalonians
  • Hebrews (possibly written by Paul)
• Paul's letters to individuals


  • 1st and 2nd Timothy
  • Titus
  • Philemon
• Paul's writings about the Old Testament are still really useful for Christians who want to study the whole Bible
• Paul's letters to individuals are very useful for people who want to become pastors or enter some sort of leadership-oriented ministry
• Paul's letters to churches are good for all Christians to take into account, as we are all part of Christian communities
• Paul's missionary journeys


  1. Departed from Syrian Antioch

  2. Went to Cyprus, Pamphylia, Pisidia, Lycaonia

  3. Sailed to Macedonia, Athens, Corinth, Cenchreae, Ephesus

  4. Returned to Syrian Antioch

  5. Departed from Syrian Antioch again

  6. Went to Galatia, Phrygia, Ephesus, Macedonia, Greece

  7. Returned by the way he came

  8. Went to Troas, Assos, Miletus, Cos, Samos, Trogyllium, Miletus, Caesarea, Jerusalem
• Paul had three missionary journeys
• After the third journey, Paul had one final trip to Rome
• Paul fought the good fight, finished the race, and made the name of Jesus known