Saul consented to the stoning of Stephen outside of Jerusalem. Little did he realize that years later he himself would be stoned in Lystra, stoned to death so his enemies thought. And perhaps it was to death, but after being dragged out of town and left for dead by men who supposedly knew what they were doing, he would stand up.
On his way to Damascus, Saul once again was up to no good. This time the Lord Himself knocked him down, or rather, he fell down unaccustomed to the blinding light. When his blindness left, so too did his powerful delusion.
Denise offers the prompt word “powerful” for this week’s Six Sentence Stories. The story is a recounting of some events from Acts 6-9,14.


Delusion indeed
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I am always amazed by God’s miracle healing, from one second to the next, Saul became Paul. 🙏
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That must have been a miracle healing even if Paul wasn’t actually dead from the stoning. And Saul was healed also becoming Paul.
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Thank you, Cassa!
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This is intense and beautifully written.
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Thank you, Pragalbha!
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Well told and poignant!
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Thank you, Susan!
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It is an amazing story, and you phrased it just right.
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Thank you, Mimi!
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God is POWERFUL than anything else.
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He is. Thank you, Romi!
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Your Six Sentence chops are well suited to this (as other) re-tellings of stories from the Bible. Lucky them guys what wrote it are dead, they’d be right jealous of your Sixes.
Taut, to the point and still with offering the underlying spirit of the original.
cool
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I am glad you liked them. Thank you!
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A succinct retelling, Frank!
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Thank you, Chris!
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Very well done. Saul to Paul is so powerful example for us. Thanks for bringing it alive.
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Thank you, Michael!
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Beautiful
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Thank you!
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I like how you pick up on the parallelism between stonings.
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He got to see both sides of a stoning. Thank you, Paul!
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Yes, and, my pleasure Frank.
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Better call Saul! A short, sharp and punchy revisit of a classic.
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Thank you!
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I read something about how Paul and Stephen are now both friends in heaven. 😊 It was beautiful to think about that.
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Yes, I can see how they would be friends now in heaven even though it didn’t look like it initially. It is beautiful to think that such can happen with the people we know today. Thank you, Jenna!
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Yours is a powerful Six, Frank. I’m not overly familiar with the story, yet I can tell by your characterization you’ve tightened it up for the lay person to understand it’s message.
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I picked only a few of the many events. Thank you, Denise!
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Old Saul had a really bad day there, Frank!
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I imagine he did although I think he was glad afterwards about what happened on the road to Damascus. Thank you!
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In the retelling of the story you point out the true meaning of ‘powerful’, Frank.
Nicely done.
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Thank you, Jenne!
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So Glad God saved SauL!
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I am, too! Thank you, Jim!
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🙂👍
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Thank you!
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