Introducing Paul

by Michael F. Bird

Publisher:

Seminary Now

, 2023

Overview

Many Christians who know and love the Bible think they know the apostle Paul. He’s a theological master, a pastoral mentor, a spiritual adviser and a missionary hero. Yet just when we think we have him in our grasp, he slips through our fingers. At the point where we suppose we have finally understood him, Paul again confounds us. But he also beckons us to explore God's ways more deeply.

Michael Bird suggests that if the Paul we claim to know looks and sounds a lot like us, it’s probably a warning that we don’t know him as well as we think we do. But if we let Paul be Paul, allowing him to speak for himself in his language, on his terms and for his purposes, then we stand a chance of meeting him anew.

This course is an animated and penetrating survey of Paul’s life and teaching. Blending life and study, Bird aims to get us excited about reading Paul’s letters, sharing his gospel and living the Christian life the way he thought it should be lived. For beginning students and laypeople, this course is a valuable entrance into the contemporary study of Paul.

Key Features

• Shows a penetrating survey of Paul’s life and teaching.
• Aims to get us excited about reading Paul’s letters.
• Explores an entrance into the contemporary study of Paul.

Contents

• Lesson 1: What Is Paul?
• Lesson 2: Pauline Biography
• Lesson 3: The Stories Behind the Story
• Lesson 4: Paul and His Letters
• Lesson 5: The Gospel Paul Preached
• Lesson 6: The Crux of the Gospel
• Lesson 7: The Return of the King
• Lesson 8: Monotheism and Messiah
• Lesson 9: Living a Life Worthy of the Gospel
• Lesson 10: Paul’s Spirituality

Product Details

• Title: Introducing Paul (video)
• Author: Michael F. Bird
• Publisher: Seminary Now
• Print Publication Date: 2023
• Logos Release Date: 2023
• Era: era:modern
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Video
• Subject: Bible. N.T. Epistles of Paul › Criticism, interpretation, etc.--Videos
• Resource ID: LLS:INTRODUCINGPAULVD
• Resource Type: Media
• Metadata Last Updated: 2025-02-10T21:10:08Z

About Michael F. Bird

Michael F. Bird, is Academic Dean and Lecturer in Theology at Ridley College, Melbourne, Australia. He is the author of numerous scholarly and popular books on the New Testament and theology, including The Gospel of the Lord, Paul and the Gospels, Jesus is the Christ, Evangelical Theology, An Anomalous Jew: Paul among Jews, Greeks, and Romans and .Jesus the Eternal Son: Answering Adoptionist Christology.