Acts 15:4-6, Antioch at Syria, part 3 of 12
Author: R New
I'm a 1959 Baby Boomer which has allowed me to see drastic changes in the Christian landscape. I grew up going to Church every Sunday, in those days the Bible still had strong roots in America. In my 20's, I participated with the Church in public meetings. There were about eight of us who would go out to a street corner or public park to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ. There were horns, a bass drum, singing, and a short Salvation message from the Bible. Suddenly, that all changed. The city passed ordinances to prohibit that type of public "solicitation." Today, it seems almost illegal to mention the Gospel to the younger generation.
I retired at the age of 62. As a person living for the testimony of Jesus Christ, I always felt like a salmon swimming against the current. Work was always a struggle between trying to be a decent individual while dealing with "progressive" and "left wing" changes at the workplace.
It's clear that there is a force in the world that is quietly eliminating the Gospel of Jesus Christ while making Christians look like enemies of humanity. At the same time, there is a force in the world that has power over physiology and is able to form thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. It is definitely against Jesus Christ.
John 3:16 is something I always want to cling to, “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life." I know the suffering of spiritual assault that hinders a constructive lifestyle & when frustration & anger seems to be the sole option - I know we can survive through the Cross of Christ. We have a home in the Kingdom of Heaven waiting for us.
From the birth of Christ, to Christmas with Santa Claus, to the Grinch being the highlighted character.
In Circleville and Chillicothe, the Grinch is being celebrated.
Debate over whether circumcision was required or not.
Acts 15:1-3, Acts Antioch at Syria, part 2 of 12
Paul reports of how God opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.
Acts 14:27-28, Antioch at Syria, part 1 of 12
Derbe, return to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch in Pisidia: Sharing and Encouragement through the Gospel of Jesus Christ
Acts 14:21-26, Derbe, return to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch in Pisidia, part 1 of 1
Paul was stoned, left for dead, and rose up and went into the city.
Acts 14:19-20, Lystra part 4 of 4
Proclamation that everyone has the same human nature in need of the Living God.
Acts 14:13-18, Lystra part 3 of 4
People believed that gods came down in the likeness of men.
Acts 14:11-12, Lystra part 2 of 4
Healing of the man who was crippled from birth.
Acts 14:8-10, Lystra, part 1 of 4
Violent conspiracy against Paul and Barnabas.
Acts 14:4-7, Iconium part 3 of 3