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.
Paul’s constant prayer for believers was that God would give us his Spirit so that we can know the hope, riches, and power he...
God is free to define Israel, to show mercy or wrath, and to add to Israel from the nations.
Jesus combined a warning of judgment with a demonstration of the liberating power of the kingdom of God.
