20240519 Acts 17:16-34 Witness to Philosophers
There is a TV show called "Curb Your Enthusiasm." In an episode, a character who is not a Christian tells his wife who is a Christian, “With Christ, not only do you have to worship him, but you want everybody to worship him. I like lobster. Do I go around pushing lobster on people? Do I say you must like lobster, eat lobster? It's good, it's good. And this is not only where you live. You go to Africa. You travel all over the world, and say eat lobster, have more lobster. It's good. We want you to have lobster.” [i] What he is getting at is, it is great that you like Jesus, but do not impose that on others. It is understandable that outsiders could think we are trying to impose something. How we see it, is that we have discovered the greatest joy in Christ. We get excited at the idea of more people discovering that joy. In the book of Acts, we are in the second missionary journey. Paul is spreading the message of Christianity in Europe. In Acts 16, in Philippi...