Paul’s Prison Epistles: For Them and Us

The Apostle Paul was in a Roman prison in the early 60’s AD for 2-3 years. While there, Paul didn’t just sit around doing nothing. He redeemed the time. Paul’s Roman imprisonment produced three great letters to the churches of Ephesus, Colossae, and Philippi, as well as a personal letter to his friend Philemon. Some of the most encouraging words in the Bible were written by Paul during this prison time. The attitude of Paul as he wrote from prison, along with the attitude he conveyed in the letters, is something we can learn a lot from, as these 4 letters were written for Them (those he was writing to) and Us.

Jim serves as an elder in the Big Sandy (East Texas), Texarkana, TX, and Ruston, LA congregations. He and his wife Laurel also enjoy traveling and visiting other UCG congregations. He attended Ambassador College in Big Sandy, Texas from 1990 – 1994 and currently works in the IT department of a local hospital. He enjoys watching and playing sports, and loves working with children.  He and Laurel direct UCG preteen Camp Gilmont.