Tag: thessalonica
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Three Weeks in Thessalonica- Acts 17
Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews. Acts of the Apostles 17:1 ESV Luke summarizes an 80-90 mile [~130 km] journey from Philippi by these apostles of Christ in a single verse. ~ A.D. 50 – Philippi to Thessalonica (by land)…
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![Thessalonica [Θεσσαλονίκη] next destination of Paul, Silas and Timothy when they depart from Philippi on the 2nd missionary journey of Paul.](https://talkofjesus.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Thessalonica-2nd-missionary-journey-from-Philippi.jpg)
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Persevering the Social Distancing of Virtual Relationship
Letters to a Distanced Church A quick glance at the map reveals many first century churches near the Aegean Sea, a long voyage from Jerusalem. Believers of The Way had to depend on distant leaders to sow and nurture virtual relationships: to each other, to other churches (many in local or nearby homes) and to…
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What’s the DIFFERENCE between Christians & non-Christians?
So as not to reinvent the wheel or simply understate what others have taught previously, I share with you the Christian witness of a wonderful background history of context, culture, and some geography of Paul’s Letters to the Thessalonians as HOMEWORK for a Bible Study I will be teaching, God willing, next Sunday, 9:15 a.m.…
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