I've read this chapter.
Its interesting, it doesn't sound like Paul was really in a terrible prison. In fact,for one stay he was in Herod's Palace. Isn't it funny, that those who should have been the enemy, the Romans, seem to be protecting Paul and treating him well. While the religious groups were out to kill him.
Sometimes I worry that I may be a lot like the religious groups- we love our religion, but only when it stays "in the box". The minute it starts to make us uncomfortable, we want to contain it and put it back on the shelf.
I guess this may be why a lot of churches struggle when transitioning to a new pastor/minister- the new guy comes in, breaks tradition and makes people uncomfortable and the people go away, sometimes. But sometimes, a new group comes in because they thirst for the new message and they want to be uncomfortable, they want to be challenged, they want to grow.
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