Tag: jews

  • According to the Custom of Moses

    Paul and Barnabas have returned from Cypress and the mountain cities of nearby Asia minor after nearly two years of an amazing first missionary journey from Antioch. But some men came down from Judea and were teaching the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.” Acts of…

    Moses holding up ten Commandments from the Pentateuch of the LORD
  • Why worship legends, idols and false gods?

    Why worship legends or stone idols or false gods of mythology? Men, why are you doing these things? It’s a great question, isn’t it? Paul has asked adoring crowds who would worship him, WHY are you preparing a party to worship ME? In case you missed the parallels of first & 21st century application from…

    Lystra, Derbe and Iconium in the Taurus mountains and general Roman region of Galatia to where Paul sends the first of his epistles.
  • Iconium – A Pattern of Persecution

    But having shaken off the dust of their feet against them, they went to Iconium. Acts of the Apostles 13:51 LSB Their journey of about 90 miles on a Roman road connecting these two capital cities of Asia Minor through the mountains would typically take about a week on horseback or on foot. Paul and…

    route of Paul and Barnabas from Pisidian Antioch to Iconium