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The book of Acts shows us the public Paul preaching, debating, attracting crowds, causing a stir. But it also shows us Paul the person meeting with a few intimate friends, sharing his testimony with them, counseling them, saying an emotional goodbye.

How would you like to be remembered in scripture as the guy who fell asleep during one of Paul's long talks? If only Eutychus hadn't fallen out of the window he was sitting in, we'd never have heard of him. As it is, he's a hero to every long-suffering pew sitter.

Judging by the movies we watch, we're drawn to big cities. More than a thousand movies have been filmed in New York alone. In Paul's day, Ephesus was a big city, with a third of a million people. And it drew him not only to visit but to linger. It was one of the cities where he honed his strategy for reaching people with the gospel.

Judging by the movies we watch, we're drawn to big cities. More than a thousand movies have been filmed in New York alone. In Paul's day, Ephesus was a big city, with a third-of-a-million people. And it drew him not only to visit but to linger. It was one of the cities where he honed his strategy for reaching people with the gospel.