In this issue of Catholic Update, author Ronald D. Witherup reviews St. Paul's call and mission, his role as evangelizer, his teaching through letter writing, his Jewish heritage and the influence of Rome and the surrounding cultures. Witherup writes, "Paul, like all of us, was a product of his era….Paul knew how to use common cultural images to good effect in order to get his message across to his audience. Perhaps that is the challenge of Paul to each one of us today."