Forged by Grace: Into All the World

He walked away from the highest moment of his ministry and straight into a friend's betrayal. Saul the persecutor is gone. Paul the apostle is standing on the shore, ready to carry the gospel into the Roman world. But the road ahead isn't paved with victory. It's paved with a cousin who quits, a crowd that tries to worship him as a god one day and stone him to death the next, and a theological battle that threatens to split the early church in two. Into All the World picks up where Forged by Grace: The Making of Paul left off, following the apostle Paul and Barnabas across Cyprus, through Pisidian Antioch, Iconium, Lystra, and Derbe on the first missionary journey - a mission that will cost Paul his reputation, his safety, and nearly his life. You'll watch a crippled man leap to his feet in Lystra, and hours later see the same city drag Paul through its gates for dead. You'll sit in the room at the Jerusalem Council where the future of the gospel hangs on a single question: is Jesus enough, or does grace need an asterisk? And you'll read over Paul's shoulder as he writes the most urgent letter of his life - the book of Galatians - refusing to let anyone add a single requirement to the finished work of the cross. This isn't a dry historical account. It's a narrative biography, written to put you inside the dust and the danger and the courage of the first-century church - grounded in Scripture, shaped by years of expository preaching, and told with the conviction of a pastor who has staked his own life on the same grace that found Paul on the road to Damascus. Inside Book Two, you'll discover: - How a devastating betrayal in Pamphylia shaped Paul's ministry for the rest of his life - The sermon in Pisidian Antioch that turned an entire city - and then turned against him - The wild scene in Lystra where Paul and Barnabas were mistaken for Greek gods - What really happened at the Jerusalem Council, and why it still matters today - A verse-by-verse walk through Galatians and the fight to keep grace from being watered down - A closing invitation to the same grace that transformed a murderer into the greatest missionary the world has ever known Whether you're deep into a study of Acts, wrestling with what grace really requires, or simply love a true story told well, Into All the World will take you further into the unlikely story of the Apostle Paul - and further into the grace that never stops moving. The mission has just begun. The best is still ahead.