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Speak out! Like Paul, we can find our courage to go forward in the strengthening presence of the Lord. How often we, like Paul, need an encouraging word from the Lord! Consider the words of this song addressed directly to YOU today!
I refuse to judge such matters. But Gallio paid no attention. By refusing to get involved in strictly religious matters, Gallio does right — and effectively gives legal protection to Christianity.
This also speaks to the kind of life Paul had led, in that Gallio knew there was no wrong-doing to be found. There he shaved his head according to Jewish custom, marking the end of a vow. The vow was probably the vow of a Nazirite Numbers 6. Usually, the vow of a Nazirite was taken for a certain period of time, and when completed, the hair which had been allowed to freely grow was cut off and offered to the Lord at a special ceremony at the temple in Jerusalem.
While he was there, he went to the synagogue to reason with the Jews. From there he went up and visited the church at Jerusalem and then went back to Antioch. The Parthenon, on the Acropolis, was already over years old when Paul arrived in Athens. This view is from the Areopagus hill. The Areopagus sermon refers to a sermon delivered by Apostle Paul in Athens, at the Areopagus, and recounted in Acts The Areopagus sermon is the most dramatic and fullest reported speech of the missionary career of Saint Paul.
I have read that ancient writers say there were some 30, gods in Athens! But Athens was still the university center of the world. It was the heir of the great philosophers, the city of Pericles and Demosthenes, of Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Sophocles, and Euripides — these men who established patterns of thought that have affected human learning for centuries.
Almost all philosophies follow, in some degree, the teachings of these men. But Athens was long past its zenith when Paul visited it. It was now four hundred years after the golden age of Greece, and, though Athens was still a center of art, beauty, culture, and knowledge, the city had lost all political importance.
Both philosophies were popular in the Roman era. Today we might call them existentialists and fatalists. Wanting to hear and talk about the newest thing.
Oh, how modern is that! He himself gives life and breath to everything, and he satisfies every need. He decided beforehand when they should rise and fall, and he determined their boundaries.
Paul starts not with an overview of Hebrew history, as he often did in Jewish synagogues. Instead, he begins with God as Creator, distinct from His creation, and mindful of the people He had created. This is a very different philosophy from the Epicureans, who believed the gods had little to do with people, and from the Stoics, who saw gods in everything.
This altar is located on Palatine Hill, Rome, where once stood the palaces of the Caesars. It dates from about B. Then he takes a similarly sympathetic approach by quoting from Aratus, a Stoic poet:. Zeus fills the streets, the marts, Zeus fills the seas, the shores, the rivers! Everywhere our need is Zeus! We also are his offspring! The sermon ends with God as the main actor: God overlooks, commands, sets the day, judges the world, and provides proof through the resurrection.
Greeks believed in the immortality of the soul. But they believed the body was material and inherently evil; the idea of a glorified, resurrected body made no sense to them. Among them were Dionysius, a member of the council, a woman named Damaris, and others with them. Our Father, we pray for our own age, our own generation, our own world. We know how men have pursued the emptiness of pagan philosophies in our day and how men are trying to satisfy the emptiness within with some lesser concept than you.
They can never do so and are therefore rendered restless and unhappy, never finding what they are looking for. Others are resistant to this message, Lord, preening themselves in their intellectual pride, trying to find their own way by the power of reason. Father, we pray that everywhere this great message may have its effect as it did on Athens, and that our age, our darkened society will be set free from its bondage to materialism and made to be what you intended us to be: warm, whole, balanced, happy, excited, and alive as Jesus Christ intends men and women to be today.
We ask it in his name, Amen. HERE is an old Greek hymn! The fool is not willing to accept failure as his own. Of course, to blame God is also folly. So let us thank the Lord for all his good gifts to us!
Though the poor pursue them with pleading, they are nowhere to be found. Jack was quite hurt and discouraged by what had happened, and frankly, the other person was clearly at fault. Choose NOT to be offended. It has become a motto for me! If they are trying to hurt me, I will sweetly deny them that satisfaction. I choose NOT to be offended. Choose NOT to be offended and just get on with it. He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
We are to give to the poor out of pity. Not to be seen and applauded, much less to get influence over them; but out of pure sympathy and compassion we must give them help. We must not expect to get anything back from the poor, not even gratitude; but we should regard what we have done as a loan to the Lord.
He undertakes the obligation, and, if we look to him in the matter, we must not look to the second party. What an honor the Lord bestows upon us when he condescends to borrow of us! That merchant is greatly favored who has the Lord on his books.
It would seem a pity to have such a name down for a paltry pittance; let us make it a heavy amount. The next needy man that comes this way, let us help him. We will do business there and make a profit.
It was once said that the brain stops learning at a certain age, but research has since shown the brain constantly shapes and changes throughout our lives, which means we can continue learning at any age. It is too late to prepare for an examination when the examination paper is before you. It is too late to make the house secure when the storm has burst. When Queen Mary of Orange was dying, her chaplain wished to read to her. The man who has lived all his life with Christ is never unprepared to enter his nearer presence.
I have had instances in my life that could bring me close to understanding, but still not quite. Every year I post as a Facebook status the lyrics to the chorus of this song but I think this year I will post the whole song right here. Why complain about your clothes and your shoes? Why complain about your teacher and her rules? Why complain when so many have no home? Why complain when you have one of your own? CHORUS: Just be thankful for the good things that you got Oh be thankful for the good things that you got The good things that you got are for many just a dream So be thankful for the good things that you got.
Why complain about the way that you look? Why complain about the scolding that you took? Why complain when so many cannot run? Just be thankful for the good things that you got Oh be thankful for the good things that you got The good things that you got are for many just a dream So be thankful for the good things that you got.
Amen, Marcie! I love Evie too. Heart Thoughts was in my inbox!! Yay God! Your post is timely for me.
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