After leaving Philippi, Luke tells us, in Acts 17:1-15, that Paul, Silas, Timothy (and presumably) Luke went on to Thessalonica after leaving Philippi. "Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews." Downloaded from https://www.knowingthebible.net/bible-maps While there was apparently no synagogue in Philippi (which [...]
Month: August 2024
In the Beginning
A couple of weeks ago I wrote a post about the dual revelations of God - through His special (specific) revelation of His word and His Son, and through His general revelation revealed by what He has done. I would like to explore some of the evidences for the Creator and how they may match [...]
Life of Paul 17
We are following Paul in his second missionary journey. He visited the Galatian churches and then traveled to Troas where he saw a vision directing him to cross the Aegean Sea to Macedonia. This post will focus on the events that happened at his first major destination - Philippi. Luke picks up the story in [...]
The Revelation of God
This is an in-between week for my Life of Paul series, so for today I want to discuss a bit further a topic that I brought up two months ago in Life of Paul 13. In that post I mentioned, kind of in passing, about how Paul pointed to the general revelation of God when [...]
Life of Paul 16
After the council meeting in Jerusalem that resulted in the letter from the Jerusalem church leaders to Gentile believers, Paul and Barnabas returned to Antioch in Syria accompanied by Judas and Silas. They all remained in Antioch for an indefinite period of time. Then Luke tells us in Acts 15:36-41, "And after some days Paul [...]
The Watchmaker's Pulse 