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 [...]
Category: Scripture
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 [...]
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 [...]
Life of Paul 15
Before I begin this post on the Life of Paul, I want to mention that I went back to the three previous "Paul" posts and edited them to include episodes from a new series I recently found on Right Now Media. I'll be referring to these some in future posts, but I wanted to make [...]
The Watchmaker's Pulse 