The conversion of Paul speaks HOPE. Paul was 180 degrees out of what God was actually doing, yet God found him.
According to statistics, we live in a society where 98% of people in America say they believe in God. Eighty percent of those believe in heaven. Half of Americans say they are "born again". There is a residue of Christendom in America, but many are living with some misinformation about what it might be to actually give ones live to Christ.