Paul Among the Philosophers (II)

Paul Among the Philosophers (II)
Acts 17.22-34

So we continue with our chess game, with Paul playing the role of grand master and taking on all the players of Athens at once. We have seen how he agrees with the Academy that it is indeed impossible, granted what was available to them, to know very much about the true God. Ah but, he says, God himself has been aware of this difficulty, and has now brought this ‘time of ignorance’ to an end. We have seen that, in typically Jewish style, and building on the critique of idols and temples throughout Jewish scripture and tradition, he rejects utterly the whole idea of temples, sacrifices and statues of the gods. Instead, he tells the good news of a creator God who made the world and everything in it...

Taken from Acts for Everyone Part 2 by Tom Wright