Editorial September 2, 1991 Issue

There is an urgency

Elaine Natale

Paul was on fire with Christianity's truth, its transforming power. This truth had changed him, and must change the world.

It seems almost unimaginable that an individual could act on this conviction to the degree that Paul did. He gave up what he had been doing and embarked on an active ministry of Christian healing. Nearly single-handedly he began inspiring the formation of Christian churches and nurturing them to spread Christianity's message.

Paul's letters show that he was animated by much more than human enthusiasm. What he glimpsed of the one God—in whom "we live, and move, and have our being," as he put it—couldn't wait to be shared. So he shared it.

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