1.0Jesus Creedhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/jesuscreedScot McKnighthttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/jesuscreed/author/smcknightActs and Mission 56 - Jesus Creedrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="iWZCoUBTfa"><a href="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/jesuscreed/2009/11/acts-and-mission-56.html">Acts and Mission 56</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/jesuscreed/2009/11/acts-and-mission-56.html/embed#?secret=iWZCoUBTfa" width="600" height="338" title="“Acts and Mission 56” — Jesus Creed" data-secret="iWZCoUBTfa" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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I’d like to sketch a couple of more general points about the first missionary trip of Paul and Barnabas, and hope this can be put into the larger missional theology that the Book of Acts inhabits. I’m concerned about Acts 13-14, which clearly also sets the tone for Acts 15. I wonder how Paul would…http://blog.beliefnet.com/jesuscreed/files/import/imgs/Paul.jpg