Tag: thessaloniki

  • Eschatology – a walk from Thessaloniki to the holy city

    Paul has already given the Thessalonians walking instructions to please God more. So why does the Apostle to the gentiles proceed toward eschatology and their walk in the last days? 1 Thessalonians 4: Consequently, he who sets this aside is not setting aside man but the God who gives His Holy Spirit to you. 1…

    Eschatology - a walk of these last days from any city of destruction to the HOLY City.
  • 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)…

    Thessalonica [Θεσσαλονίκη] next destination of Paul, Silas and Timothy when they depart from Philippi on the 2nd missionary journey of Paul.
  • Persevering the Social Distancing of Virtual Relationship

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    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…

    map of e Mediterranean with Roman cities