What news magazine cover story credited the Apostle Paul with introducing Christianity?
A news magazine cover story, recalled as either Newsweek or World News and Report, featured men who made an impact on history and credited the Apostle Paul with introducing Christianity. While many say Jesus Christ introduced Christianity, the article gave Paul credit for taking it to the Gentile world.
Les explains that on a previous program he mentioned a news magazine cover story from a few years earlier. He cannot remember whether the magazine was Newsweek or World News and Report. The cover story that week displayed pictures of men who had made an impact upon history—great men, politicians, and so forth. According to the article, one of the greatest men was the Apostle Paul, and they gave him credit for introducing Christianity. Les notes that normally everybody says Jesus Christ introduced Christianity, and Jesus is the foundation and basis of it. But it was the Apostle Paul who took it out to the Gentile world. Next to Christ, Les considers Paul and Moses the two greatest men who ever lived and had the greatest impact on human history. The context then introduces Saul of Tarsus as Israel rejects everything concerning the Christ, standing by holding the garments of those stoning Stephen.