Acts 17:19-21, Athens part 3 of 7
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.
Reject “wives’ fables” and know that physical exercise profits some but Godliness is profitable for all things.
1 Timothy 4:7-11
Philosophers said, “What does this babbler want to say?”
Acts 17:18, Athens part 2 of 7
Doctrines of demons, blocking Christian marriages, and forbidding to eat beef and drink milk.
1 Timothy 4:1-6
Paul preaches against the worldly god.
Acts 17:16-17, Athens part 1 of 7
The role of women in this world compared to God’s role for women.
1 Timothy 2:9-15
Hostile culture tracks down the influencers of the way of Jesus Christ.
Acts 17:13-15, Berea part 2 of 2
Hearing the Good News, searching the Scriptures, and Believing in Jesus Christ.
Acts 17:10-12, Berea part 1 of 2
Security and safety taken from Believers.
Acts 17:8-10, Thessalonica part 4 of 4
Believers accused of harboring other Christians against the will of governing authorities.
Acts 17:6-7, Thessalonica part 3 of 4