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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.
Alex Kremer // 11-12/20 // Early Church History - The Apostolic Fathers, Part 1
Alex Kremer 11-15-20 // The Model for the Church; Acts 2:42-47
Eric McLaren 11-08-2020 // Unnamed Heroes of the Faith; Hebrews 11:33-40
Alex Kremer 11-01-20 // What Must We Do? Acts 2:37-41
Alex Kremer 10-11-20 // Peter's First Sermon; God's Sovereign Plan and Man's Responsibility; Acts 2:22-36
Alex Kremer 10-04-20 // Peter's First Sermon; Prophecy Fulfilled - Acts 2:14-21
Alex Kremer // 10-08-2020 / Early Church History / Persecution
Alex Kremer 10-01-2020 // Early Church History // The Apostolic Age to the Destruction of Jerusalem
Duane Brown 09-27-2020 // Is the Devil Active Today?
Eric McLaren 09-20-2020 // Unnamed Heroes of the Faith; Hebrews 11:32-34; Daniel 1:1-21
Alex Kremer 09-24-2020 // Early Church History // The Jewish World; Hellenistic Judaism to the Apostolic Age
Alex Kremer 09-17-2020 // Early Church History // The Jewish World; The Exile to the Roman Occupation
Alex Kremer 09-13-20 // Pentecost; The Birth of the Church and the Promised Fulfilled
Alex Kremer 09-10-2020 // Early Church History // 02 Historical Backgrounds
Alex Kremer 09-06-2020 // God Still Works in Times of Waiting; Acts 1:12-26
Alex Kremer 09-03-20 // Early Church History // 01 Why Study Church History
Alex Kremer 08-30-20 // Wait For It; Acts 1:4-11
Alex Kremer 08-16-20 // Continuing the Work of Christ; Acts 1-3
Eric McLaren 08-09-2020 //Hebrews 11:23-29 - People Who Made Choices Based on Their Faith in God
Alex Kremer 08-02-20 // Introduction to the Book of Acts
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