Tag: history
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a Brief Apologetic for Doctrine
Doctrine (of the Common Era) Defined A doctrine is a set of principles or beliefs, especially religious ones. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary Synonyms: teaching, principle, belief, opinion Quite simply EVERYONE has doctrines WE believe, beliefs and opinions WE teach unyieldingly or perhaps underpinning our speech subtly. Due to its everyday influence on our lives…
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The Connection of Christ’s Missions
a timeline of ACTS of the Apostles Twenty-first century followers of the Lord Jesus Christ and believers less immersed in Scripture tend to oversimplify the journeys and any connection of apostles of the first century church. Our helpful, but partial view tends to look something like this: a Connection of Apostles JESUS CHRIST is the…
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Asia – Let’s Not Go There – Acts 16
The importance of this juncture in Paul’s journey, now with Silas and Timothy, cannot be overemphasized as these apostles are sent out beyond Asia into all the world of Euro-Asia. Asia – the BIG picture Growing up geographically-challenged (as my 5th grade teacher surely would have confirmed) in a small village far distant from Paul’s…
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Exhortation from the Jew of Jews Saulos Tarseus :שָׁאוּל
Saul’s sermon in the synagogue of Antioch We must leave behind us any notion that Paul’s exhortation to the Jews in Antioch Pisidia would have much effect by proclaiming the Gospel as Paul had to the Roman ruler Sergius Paulos in Paphos Cypress or to the faithful ‘Christians’ of the church at Antioch in Syria.…
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Opposed to the Gospel at the Gate: Bar-Jesus
Bar-Jesus is another name for a Jewish influencer on Cypress: Elymas the magician. Acts 13: When they arrived at Cypress Cypress is Greek, NOT Roman (And certainly not Jewish) What the tourist visiting Cypress should know: Cyprus was allowed a large amount of autonomy remaining mainly Greek in culture while adopting and adapting Roman customs. No…
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What happened to Peter?
Jerusalem must have been all abuzz with the questions of yet another unfolding mystery involving the Apostles. What happened to this Apostle of Jesus? What happened to Simon Peter? How did this leading Disciple of Jesus escape? Peter could not possibly have come to our gate since Herod has him under the guard of sixteen…
