Acts 19Ephesus, among the best preserved of archaeological sites, is a dazzling place to visit, and must have been a fine place to live. St. Paul stayed there a full two-years, holding forth daily in the lecture hall of Tyrannus during siesta hours between 11am and 4pm. This meant his hearers would have needed to …
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Acts 18Back in 1976, ABC, when there were only three television networks, aired a game show called ‘Family Feud’ created by Mark Goodson. Two families competed to answer responses to various survey questions, winning cash and prizes. This was low-brow television, and tremendously successful, with three long runs. In 2013, ‘TV Guide’ ranked ‘Family Feud’ …
Acts 17Four centuries prior to St. Paul’s arrival in Athens, the orator Demosthenes chastised his fellow Athenians for their preoccupation with new ideas and intellectual fancies. To Demosthenes way of thinking, the issue of the day was the preservation of democracy as Philip of Macedonia rattled his saber along Greece’s northern border. An inquisitive spirit …
Acts 16: 16 – 40At 4:30 in the morning on Sunday June 28th, 1992 I got out of bed in Apple Valley, California and put on my running togs, as it was my custom to run most mornings, and on Sundays, with first Mass at 8am; I had to rise earlier than usual. I loved my …
