Paul Of Tarsus Quotes

“So far as we know, Jesus did not write anything, nor did anyone who had personal knowledge of him. There is no archaeological evidence of his existence. There are no contemporaneous accounts of his life or death: no eyewitness accounts, nor any other kind of first-hand record. All the accounts of Jesus come from decades or centuries later; the gospels themselves all come from later times, though they may contain earlier sources or oral traditions. The earliest writings that survive are the letters of Paul of Tarsus, written 20-30 years after the dates given for Jesus's death. Paul was not a companion of Jesus, nor does he ever claim to have seen Jesus before his death.”
― L. Michael White

“Paul of Tarsus, for instance. Putting aside the little problem with all the people he had killed, he was annoying, sexist, stuffy, and theoretical. He was not a great storyteller like the Gospel writers. He often got preachy, and his message was frequently about trying to be more stoic, with dogmatic "Shape up" and
"Shame on you" talks.”
― Anne Lamott, Hallelujah Anyway: Rediscovering Mercy

“Though it was the Young Men’s Christian Association, Paul of Tarsus had little to do with it. The showers were cruisy, and the sauna even more so.”
― Trebor Healey, A Horse Named Sorrow

“Paul's aspiration was to know Jesus Christ in a way that was experiential.”
― Henry Hon, ONE: Unfolding God's Eternal Purpose from House to House