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Acts 14St. Paul has long intrigued me, and I have retraced portions of his footsteps on multiple occasions. I’d like to do that again…with a tour group from St. Paul’s…? In this portion of the Book of Acts Paul has arrived at Perga, and is working through coastal towns before heading up the quite challenging …
Acts 13: 5 – 52Few populations in South America have as much over which to feel aggrieved as the Argentines. Argentina has defaulted on its debts eight times since its 1816 independence, most recently in 2014, and very soon once more in 2020. The richest country on earth in 1913, Argentina has a penchant for …
Acts 13: 1 – 4Saul is called Paul for the first time in Acts 13. Does this reflect a continuing shift in his sense of personal identity as he more and more aligns with the Gentiles to whom he is increasingly committed? The church in Antioch, where Christians were first so called, has grown strong, …
18 Passion and Prism: REFLECTION, Wednesday, May 13th Read More »
Act 12Judaism was one of the 1st century religions tolerated by the Roman Empire. As Christianity comes into its own, Hellenizes, and is cut adrift from Judaism, it loses protected status. Marcus Aurelius, Lucian, and Celsus scorn Christianity because of its subversive effect on the empire, and its growing prestige within the ranks of the Roman …
