Psalms: 141, 142 Meditation Acts: Paul and Barnabas are smack-dab in the middle of Asia Minor. That is important because of the overwhelming Hellenistic influence on the people. Paul and Barnabas are proclaiming the gospel to the Jews and God-fearing Gentiles (Greeks). Many converted since these people could grasp all that the prophets had announced …
Tag: Asia Minor
Tuesday, June 15
Psalm: 58 Meditation Galatians: I am persuaded that Paul may not have been an ingratiating person. All through his walks in Asia Minor and later through Macedonia, the overarching theme is that Paul was an “in your face” kind of fellow, a rabble rouser, as it were. This section of Galatians opens with Paul telling …
Monday, November 23
Psalm: 48 Meditation 1 Peter: In the 16th Chapter of Acts Paul receives a vision encouraging him to head toward Macedonia (Philippi, Berea, and ultimately to Athens and Corinth). At about the same time Peter reaches out to Bithynia, Pontus, Galatia and Cappadocia, all in the northern and Eastern Asia Minor (present-day Turkey). This letter …
Tuesday, July 28
Psalm: 107 Meditation Acts: Paul, Silas and their companions roamed (aimlessly, as I see it) throughout the region (Asia Minor) but the Lord and the Holy Spirit prevented them from going deeper into Asia and Bithynia (the northern region of Asia Minor). We have come to term Paul’s shift to Macedonia as the “big left …
Wednesday, July 22
Psalms: 119:49-72 Meditation Acts: Let’s begin by clearing up something which may prove confusing: there are two cities called “Antioch” One is located in Syria not far from Damascus and the other more like an outpost located in the region of Pisidia not far from Galatia in Asia Minor. Lucky you, you get both Antiochs …
