Paul's Areopagus sermon
208Cynic, Epic, Stoic, Skeptic
21 Oct 2024
11:55¶ 31
“I think so. Now, when Paul was confronting these two groups on Mars Hill, if you remember his sermon outline, on the one hand…”
12:28¶ 32
“He quotes them to attack the Epicurean idea that God is far off and remote. A good part of his argument is that, but…”
13:02¶ 33
“At that point he’s offended everybody. He’s attacked the virtual Deism, the hyper transcendence of the Epicureans and the hyper immanence of the Stoics.…”
196Greek Life
17 Jun 2024
36:09¶ 128
“Yes. He’s telling them, “You are overly religious, overly superstitious, because you’ve imbued every object with deity. Let me tell you about God who…”
35:53¶ 126
“Yes. “In all things you are very religious,” or very superstitious, depending on how you want to read the word. A good point there…”
47:57¶ 162
“The classic example here is Paul on Mars Hill saying, “The unknown god, I’m going to tell you about him,” and he’s not cheating.…”
195From Marathon and On
3 Jun 2024
24:35¶ 78
“In Greece on Mars Hill, Paul doesn’t have any of those advantages. But he does appeal to something that had happened in their past,…”
25:06¶ 79
“Paul was able to say, “Without lying and without cheating, let me tell you about that god, because there’s only one God, and the…”
23:40¶ 75
“Paul of course ministers in Macedonia first and then in the Greek mainland below. Thessalonica is Macedonia. Corinth is Greece. He spends some time…”