Tag: acts
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Most Excellent Felix – Tertullus for the Prosecution
Today we find ourselves with Paul in Caesarea facing Felix. (The plot thickens even after a secretive conspiracy to assassinate the Apostle.) History plays out over time through the interactions of its leading actors. Luke records the Acts of these men of the A.D. first century whose leading actors include: Luke focuses on each of…
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Justice deferred in a Political Theatre of Law
We suppose Law to be a tool of Justice Justice Citizens of Greek City-States claimed freedom and justice.. (although like everywhere else, Greek democracy did not apply to its slaves.) Socrates drank the hemlock of justice weighed by his opponents of classic philosophy. And, of course, Alexander the Great Macedonian claiming all Greece and the…
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Death Put Under the Authority of God —Resurrection — in Order
For God has put everything under his feet. 1 Corinthians 15:27a CSB How can this include DEATH? Is death not the antithesis of LIFE —decay into deep darkness the defeat of created man? How can the resurrection of the dead — even those martyred in Christ — take place? The Apostle Paul continues to address…
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