But the angel reassured them. “Don’t be afraid!” he said. “I bring you good news that will bring great joy to all people.” Luke 2:10 (New Living Translation) Then the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which will be to all people –Luke [...]
by Dr. Fazale Rana I remember our first few days of living in Athens, GA. We had just moved there from Charlottesville, Virginia, so I could take a post-doctoral position at the University of Georgia. My oldest daughter had just turned three. We were busy unpacking so we sent her out to play on the [...]
via: Reasons to Believe by Kenneth Samples Logic is to the philosopher what mathematics is to the physicist. When I’m confronted with a controversial topic my training in logic compels me to think the subject through carefully and to arrive at a rational conclusion. This is the benefit of studying logic. Rather than teaching you [...]
The last thing Paul points out is man’s responsibility. Men have lived, he says, in “times of ignorance.” Now, these “times of ignorance” need to be understood carefully. This phrase doesn’t refer to a certain date on the calendar. It’s not talking about Old Testament times, as such, or of past dispensations (which is a [...]
The last thing Paul points out is man’s responsibility. Men have lived, he says, in “times of ignorance.” Now, these “times of ignorance” need to be understood carefully. This phrase doesn’t refer to a certain date on the calendar. It’s not talking about Old Testament times, as such, or of past dispensations (which is a [...]
I sometimes hear Christians talking as though they were nothing and God is everything. Now, I understand what they mean, but the truth is: Man is more than a mere “nothing.” The Bible never says that he’s nothing. What the Bible says is that man is the image of God, and that he has a [...]
“From one man he made every nation of the human race to inhabit the entire earth, determining their set times94 and the fixed limits of the places where they would live, so that they would search for God and perhaps grope around for him and find him, though he is not far from each one [...]
As you should remember, Paul was in Athens and Paul was speaking before an assorted crowd in the Areopagus. In the rest of his message, he unfolds the truth about the living God which idolatry denied, and then he showed them the corresponding truth about man which followed as a logical result of the truth [...]
If you visit Athens today you will be taken up a small rocky hill without buildings, west of the Acropolis, and told that this is the Mars Hill where Paul addressed the Athenian philosophers. In the message he gave them, we have a perfect example of just how the gospel operates to deliver men. It’s [...]
The Book of Acts Chapter 17: (pt 21 of 21)
I want to back up a moment and reread verses 30-31: “Therefore having overlooked the times of ignorance, God is now declaring to men that all people everywhere should repent, because He has fixed a day in which He will judge the world in righteousness.” Acts 17:30-31 NASB In his message to the Athenians, there [...]
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