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Podcast: West End UMC Podcast Audio Podcast
Episode: Best Supporting Actor
Description: We continue our trip through the Bible with today’s reading from Acts, a book that chronicles the early days of Christianity. Our focus is on Barnabas, who plays a minor role in Acts. His character is all about support and encouragement. We may recall that Saul (later Paul) was initially intent on crushing the belief in Jesus until his conversion on the road to Damascus. When Paul went back to Jerusalem to join the Christian movement, the leaders there rejected him because of his previous actions. It was Barnabas who encouraged them to accept the converted Paul. Perhaps if Ba...