A man small in size, bald-headed, bandy-legged, well built, with eyebrows meeting, rather long-nosed, full of grace – for sometimes he seemed like a man, and sometimes he had the countenance of an angel.
[Apocrypha] Acts of Paul and Thecla
Among the many innovative features which shaped Christian theology for all time are the key terms which Paul introduced. Above all we should think of “gospel,” “grace,” and “law.”
Paul’s image of the gospel is the good news of Christ focusing in his death and resurrection.
The word grace epitomizes the character of God’s dealing with humankind.
The word love means the motive of divine giving and in turn the motive for human living.
James Dunn
Paul stakes all his life upon the truth of what he says about the death and resurrection of Jesus.
J. Gresham Machen