Have you ever been confused by the New Testament's use of the names the Apostle Paul and Saul of Tarsus?

So which is it?

Sometimes it's thought that Saul was his name prior to becoming a Christian,

and then he assumed the name Paul when he became a Christian.

That, in fact, is not the way the New Testament presents it.

Yeah. That, in fact, is not the way the New Testament presents it. Welcome to Renewing Your Mind. I'm your host, Nathan W. Bingham, and today our guest

teacher will introduce us to this monumental figure in the early church, and he'll explain

why he goes by both Saul and Paul.

Today, you'll hear a message from Guy Waters, a New Testament professor at Reformed Theological

Seminary in Jackson, Mississippi. It's from his 12 message series, The Life and Theology of Paul.

And today only, when you give a donation of any

amount at renewingyourmind.org, or when you call us at 800, 435-4343, we'll send you this entire

series on DVD, along with his companion hardcover book on the Apostle Paul, as our way of saying thank you.

So give your gift before midnight tonight to not miss this resource package on the life and theology of Paul.

We know the teaching of Paul.

You have likely memorized portions of Romans or Ephesians or Philippians.

But who was he?

Here's Dr. Waters with this one-day feature on the Apostle Paul. Paul has monumental significance and influence in the history of the church.

We take only three men, three great men, in God's work in his church, Augustine,

Luther, and John Wesley, each of whom traces, if not their conversion, then a radical grasp of

the gospel of grace to an encounter with the writings of Paul. You remember Augustine's

conversion, he was in the garden, and he heard a child's voice say, Tala Lega, Tala Lega, take and read,

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