Tag: paul

  • ACTS of the Herods 25

    “BUT WAIT,” you may be thinking; “we were following ACTS of the APOSTLES and Paul.” Note the timeline above with its anti-Christian timeline bias utilizing BCE (Before the Common Era) rather than B.C. (Before Christ). What IF history had recorded the politics of the JEWS and ROMANS in place of the truth of Christ? We…

    In Acts 25 Paul is brought before the Governor Festus with Herod Agrippa II and his Herodian sister Bernice with great pomp (even though the Apostle has already appealed to Caesar
  • 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…

    optime Felix - Latin "most excellent Felix" from Acts of the Apostles 24 trial of Paul featuring the Roman orator Tertullus
  • 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…

    Acts of the Apostolos 23 Law in the Roman Theatre of Justice