This Sunday will be our second in the new Summer series “Advance” on Acts 8-15. We will look at the story of the conversion of Saul, who became known as the Apostle Paul (9:. What struck me as I read this story again was the before and after. Who was Saul? Who did he become after that? Jesus rescues us from who we were and transforms us by his life into someone new. And yet we are the same person, just better, because of grace and mercy.