order to be followers of the christ. >> his letters to new christian communities, the epistles, make up a third of the new testament. his teachings show how determined he is to reach out to gentiles. >> jesus said, "go and make disciples of all the nations," and that meant not just the jews. >> if i were james and i had heard about paul and what paul was doing, i would be hugely frustrated. paul never met the human jesus. here was james, who was jesus' brother, and this upstart was presuming to teach jesus' message and go out among the gentiles with this message. >> things get so bad in the relations between paul and james that ultimately they have to have a big conference in jerusalem to sort it out.