Paul’s Damascus Road: Conversion Story or Prophetic Calling?

Diane reexamines the Damascus Road story, arguing Paul never calls it a “conversion” in Acts, Galatians, or Philippians, but describes it with prophetic calling language like Jeremiah 1 and Isaiah 49: set apart from birth, called by grace, and sent to the nations. She challenges common assumptions that Saul’s name changed at Damascus (noting Acts keeps “Saul” for chapters and introduces “Saul, also called Paul” later in a Roman context) and that Paul was a tortured Jew crushed by Torah (citing Philippians 3 where he says he was “blameless”).

00:00 Damascus Road Question

01:44 Paul Tells His Story

03:21 Prophetic Call Language

06:22 Saul Also Called Paul

09:31 Myth of Tortured Paul

12:41 Courtroom Resurrection Defense

17:12 Hope Fulfilled in Messiah

19:26 Calling Not Conversion

21:19 Weekly Takeaway and Farewell

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