If Athens was known for its idolatry, Corinth was consumed with immorality. Paul’s preaching and reasoning in the synagogues led to his being opposed and reviled by the Jews. He…
Jesus' salvation of Zacchaeus speaks directly into our society today. We are surrounded by those who are lost, but who are comfortable in their lostness. They are, at best, happy…
Paul was briefly alone in Athens, and he found this great city of pagan antiquity utterly given over to idolatrous worship. Consideration of the lost souls that were perishing in…
Paul and his friends were accused in Thessalonica of turning the world upside down. There was an element of truth to the charge. The Gentile world of gross idolatry would…
The New Year is a good time to ask not just what we want to accomplish but whom we want to become. The life we live depends on the right…
A building is not the church; the church of Jesus Christ is a people: all those who are in relationship with God. This psalm was written to show the church…
Violent persecution doesn’t work; God gives his servants boldness to continue to proclaim the truth - and here we have Paul reasoning in the synagogues of Thessalonica despite the brutality…
Having come to Macedonia at the Spirit’s leading, Paul and Silas make straight for one of the principal cities, Philippi. Yet we don’t meet the man of Paul’s vision or…