Sometimes its important to speak up I am working my way through the book of Galatians at the moment and I came across the moment when Paul has to step up to disagree with Peter. Peter was the most significant personality in the New Testament Church but he had started to distance himself from people who weren’t Jews to keep the powerful people happy. (You will find the story in Galatians 2:11-21) It would have taken a fair bit of courage for Paul to speak up on behalf of the Gentiles who would have been the “low status” members of the Christian church. Sometimes those who are higher status can…