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Sep 29, 2015 · Paul doesn’t just reason with his Greek audience about the existence of God; he pushes his audience toward the truth of the gospel. From the premise that God made everything and doesn’t dwell in in man-made temples, Paul argues that the Athenians are wrong to worship idols.
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Mar 1, 2016 · Paul measures every truth claim and all behavior against the ultimate measure and authority of the gospel (Gal 1:6-10). In Galatians 2:14, Paul explicitly describes “the truth of the gospel” as the fixed point of reference with which to measure all reality, including both knowledge and behavior.
- I. Connecting with The Athenians Situation, Acts 17:19–20
- II. Conversing with The Theological Framework of The Hearers
- III. Convicting The Stoics and Epicureans of Their Compromise
- IV. Confronting The Athenian Audience
- V. Summary and Implications
First: what did the Athenians perceive Paul to be doing as he ‘dialogued’ with Jews, god-fearers and ‘those who chanced to be there’ in the Greek civic centre or Agora (17)? Luke indicates that some hearers felt he was ‘a charlatan’.1 Others said, ‘He appears to be a herald of foreign deities’. Luke explains their justification for the latter perce...
In Acts 17there are five important affirmations about this ‘knowable’ God. First: on the subject of God and the created order: God ‘made the world and everything in it, being himself Lord of heaven and earth … gives life and breath and all things to all his creation’ (24–25). Second: on God and the nations: God ‘determined allotted periods and the ...
Their attitude to popular cults was pragmatic, for it did not follow from their philosophical teaching. It has been argued that early Stoicism was opposed to the worship of idols and the erection of temples, but that in the post-Posidonius period, and certainly by the early Roman empire, it had assimilated the practices of popular piety.57It is que...
To declare, as Paul did, that God had previously ‘overlooked’ their idolatry ‘but now called upon all men everywhere to repent’ (30–31), had political ramifications for this philosophically orientated audience in Athens. Paul explained that the ‘now’ was because God had appointed a day of judgement, a judge, and the canon of judgement. Escape from ...
The strategies Paul adopted in Acts 17provide the paradigm for contemporary Christian interactions with the minds of non-Christians. Connecting with the hearers, correcting their misconceptions, conversing with the theological or ideological framework, convicting them of their compromises with their own consciences in the light of their intellectua...
Nov 17, 2020 · Paul says that God’s existence and attributes can be “clearly seen” (Romans 1:18-20) since they have been “shown” to the unbelieving world through “the things that are made” (nature). When we observe the effects in the world, we can infer there are two kinds of causes—natural and intelligent.
Oct 5, 2020 · So, in a nutshell, when Paul refers to his apologetics method and “our gospel”, he refers to an evangelistic message, the power and presence of the Holy Spirit, and a transformed life that existentially represented what he was preaching. I call Paul’s approach, three witness apologetics.
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Paul has thus brilliantly put the gospel claims that the Athenian philosophers found so puzzling and strange — Jesus and his resurrection — into a proper world-view context, in terms the Greeks could understand and the Stoics in particular could appreciate.
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Paul as Apologist. When the Gospel first was communicated into Europe, apologetics played a significant role. In Acts, we see how the apostles reasoned with their contemporaries and tried to convince them about the truth of the gospel. Stefan Gustavsson is a member of the European Leadership Forum Steering Committee.
