Thanks to Pastor Rick Hunter of CityChurch for his sermon on Acts 17:16-34, where Paul had a unique opportunity to preach to a group of well-educated men who did not know the Bible. This sermon sounds very different from those he preached in the Jewish synagogues but contains the same Gospel message. As Christians present this good news to people of all backgrounds, we can learn much from Paul’s ability to deliver an unchanging message in a form that was accessible to his audience and even persuasive to some of them, who went away wanting to hear more.
After ruling out the possibility of being right with God through the law, Paul presented the only way – through faith in Jesus Christ.
Ever since there began to be two groups preaching and baptizing, there were those who wanted to set up a competition between them. In...
Two stories combine to show how Jesus has power to make people whole again and to call us to believe his words.