Our readings in this series are from the book, Understanding the Times Here is a brief excerpt from page10:
“Paul had come to Athens like Jesus came to Judea and Galilee – to seek and save the lost. He seemed to brush aside what everybody in Athens knew to be true – the gods, the worldly philosophies, the Roman presence everywhere – as he held out the promise of full and abundant life through One Who had died and risen again. It’s no wonder these pragmatic, superstitious people found his truth so strange.
“Being labeled as strange or weird might be enough to put off many of us, but not Paul. The love of Christ that he had come to know kindled in him – as it must also in us – a deep sympathy for lost Athenians, and made him even more urgent to speak to as many people as possible about the Gospel of the Lord.
“And in our secular age, where worldviews morph to suit the desires of the moment, even a message so strange and new as the Gospel is powerful to save all who will believe.”
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