To Die Is Gain Analysis

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From Chapter 20 - To Die is Gain - On page 440, Polhill asserts, "Paul was what literary critics call a 'round character'; he was many different things to many different people." Do you agree with Polhill's assessment? Why or why not?

I couldn’t agree with Polhills assessment any more. His statement explained it his life and character very well. He was a very important person in the master plan in which God had and that is very evident from the story of his life and of the testimony of his encounter with the Lord when he changed from Saul to Paul. The question I have asked myself is what would have happened if Paul would have not have had his encounter with the lord. Would someone else have taken his place and shared the good news or would

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