Tag Archives: Common Ground

HOW TO TEACH. Acts 17:22-28.

Teaching is taking hold of what a student knows and attaching something new to it. Each time Paul entered a city, he went to the synagogue. “As usual, Paul went to the synagogue… On arrival, they went to the synagogue… So he reasoned in the synagogue” Acts 17:2,10,17. Why? Because God had prepared the JewishContinue reading “HOW TO TEACH. Acts 17:22-28.”

MARS HILL: PAUL, A JEWISH INTELLECTUAL, FINDS COMMON GROUND WITH GREEKS. Acts 17:22-24.

When the Apostle Paul arrived in Athens he wandered the city, observing its altars. Eventually he saw one with the inscription, “TO AN UNKNOWN GOD.” Later, when his preaching had excited the Greeks enough that they brought him to address the assembly at Mars Hill, Paul spoke of the unusual altar. He creatively used itContinue reading “MARS HILL: PAUL, A JEWISH INTELLECTUAL, FINDS COMMON GROUND WITH GREEKS. Acts 17:22-24.”