Atlantic Gospel Chapel Messages
Religion & Spirituality:Christianity
As we pick up again in our study of Acts, we find Paul, in the midst of his second missionary journey arriving in Corinth, having left Athens. Like Athens, Corinth is a major city within the Roman empire. It is a center for commerce and trade, resulting in great wealth, along with a multicultural flavor due to people arriving from all over the empire. Only Athens, Alexandria and Rome were larger than Corinth in the Roman Empire. By all accounts, it was a very modern city for its time, and would likely fit in well in our modern world; think of a city like Chicago. But while Athens was considered a hub for intellectualism, Corinth was a hub for hedonism. To be called a "Corinthian" was to be associated with low moral character.
With such widespread immorality, it would be expected that the Gospel would experience enormous obstacles from a pluralistic society. And while this is true, the first hurdle Paul came up against was the religious elite; from his own Jewish countrymen, who counted on their own works-based righteousness to earn favor with God.
Join us as we consider how Paul responded to the obstacle of religion and how this applies to our own treatment of the Gospel.
Thank you for listening to today's lesson. We pray you will be blessed through the teaching of God's Holy Word.
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Alex Kremer - 08-27-2023 // Swallowing Spiders in Our Sleep; Acts 21:27-39
Alex Kremer - 08-20-2023 // You Must Be Born Again; John 3:1-21
Doug Schorle - 08-06-2023 // God’s Righteous Judgment Within the Body; 2 Thessalonians 3:1-18
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Ned Brown - 07-23-2023 // Love; 1 Corinthians 13
Grant Nelson - 07-09-2023 // The Light of the World
Alex Kremer - 02-Jul-2023 // The Shepherd’s Heart; Acts 20:17-38
Alex Kremer - 06-18-2023 // Flak Gets Heavy Over the Target; Acts20:1-16
Doug Schorle - 06-11-2023 // God’s Righteous Judgment in the End Times; 2 Thessalonians 2:1-17
Alex Kremer - 06-04-2023 // Eating the Vegetables; 2 Peter 1:16-21
Alex Kremer - 05-28-2023 // Sanctify Christ as Lord; 1 Peter 3:13-18
Ned Brown - 05-21-2023 // Looking Down Loose Cannons; John 8:1-11
Alex Kremer - 05-07-2023 // The Deity of Christ
Stefan Johnson - 04-30-2023 // God Doesn’t Cry Wolf; Lamentations 2
Alex Kremer - 04-16-2023 // Who Are You, Again? Acts 19:8-20
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Alex Kremer 04-02-2023 // Make Disciples; Not Just Converts; Acts 18:18-19:10
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